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BaseCamp 2011 Day Three

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Being at a camp like BaseCamp is kind of like being in the hospital. Or, I guess prison. What I mean by that this is.  You eventually aren’t sure what day it is, and what exactly you have to do today, and what exactly did you do yesterday.

So, today is Day Three of BaseCamp 2011.

I was struck last night at I sat in the back of the building during worship that we as the church undervalue our youth.  We have 150+ young people here this year. They are working. Hard.  I mean, really working.  I’ve not seen a lot of loafing around this week.

And they paid to do this. For some, this is their “youth trip.”  How many of us would pay to come to Hattiesburg during June and work and sweat for people that we don’t even know.  And did I mention that it is June in Mississippi?

And they are doing it, to show God’s love to folks.

So today, as an adult reading this (or a youth not here) this is my challenge to you. Show God’s love to someone in your life.

Get out of comfort zone.

Do something you wouldn’t normally do.

Be His hands and feet.

You can do it. He has lov

BaseCamp – Day One

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Instead of daily reflection on scripture the next few days, I’m going to write  a quick review of BaseCamp of the previous day.  Yesterday, me and my crew of teens went out after breakfast and morning worship to work.   I have a crew of kids that didn’t know each other.  They were from different towns, different churches, had different personalities, they were just all different from each other.

And, at first, it was a little ackward.  It’s tough not knowing folks and trying to figure out what to do.

And then, we went to work. And these four young folks went to work and worked HARD in the middle of the Mississippi summer.  And I was very proud of them.

And it reminds me of something that I know to be true, but I’ve seen over and over again.  When people, churches, people, families have no mission, no purpose, no vision, we will fuss. We will fight a little.  We might not get along.

But, when we have a mission to be about, we focus on that, and we see great things happen.  When we work together on a mission.

So, as individuals, as members of a church, what is your mission?  What is the mission of your church?  Where do you fit?  What are you doing for that mission?

We all have a part to play, we all have something we can do for that mission.

Today, may we find out where we fit in that, and may we be about the mission God has given us.