Easter Camp

Sorry I haven't posted for a while, things have been pretty hectic here.

Easter camp, judging from all of the reports that I have heard, both directly and indirectly, was awesome!!!

It was a great time of fun, friendship and faith, where we got to look at the Easter experience from the last supper all the way through to the resurrection.

For those who missed out, plan to come next year, it is one event that is definitely worth the cost.

Stephen and Danielle were fantastic. Some of the exercises they led us through were great, I know that the listening/imaginative prayer was a huge hit with many of the youth at camp. Stephen's amazing dive on the dung riddled hill was a great demonstration. The stories they told to illustrate their points will not be easily forgotten.

Let me know what you thought of camp, and maybe some ideas you would like to see included next year!!

On Sunday we watched a DVD about Fair trade, and heard about how Jesus came not only to redeem us as individuals, but to redeem the world corporately also. As a result of this Danielle challenged us to come up with 3 things that we would do to promote redemption of our communities and even the world.

So here are the 3 groups lists, this is so that we can all hold each other accountable:
GEELONG:
1 Find out more about Fair Trade products and encourage the church and individuals to use them.
2 See what Local coffee shops and schools are using for coffee etc. and educate them about Fair Trade.
3 Start a fundraiser with fair trade products.

TORQUAY/ARARAT:
1 Promote the coffee shops who already sell fair trade.
2 Contact local press to be in on the fair trade campaign.
3 make our churches, homes and lives fair trade.

DELACOMBE:
1 make a conscious effort to support Fair Trade products.
2 Campaign at Starbucks for more Fair Trade products.
3 Educate others by handing out flyer's about Fair Trade and it's alternative.

I hope that these are correct, let me know if I got something wrong.

Have a great time and make a difference, because as we learnt at camp; God has not forsaken us and Jesus died on the cross not only to bring redemption to our lives but to the whole world!!