Comments on: Thursday Drive http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 May 2008 13:33:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: John http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/#comment-8 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:13:56 +0000 http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/#comment-8 Mike, you are my hero. I will never look at your socks in the same way. In response to Dana: it is good to have folks excited about what we can offer on the national level for our youth. Being a Montreat advocate I am glad to hear that it was a moving experience. Have you ever thought what a MYC would be like with older adults? Can't for another thought Mike! JDS Efficiency #109 Mike, you are my hero. I will never look at your socks in the same way. In response to Dana: it is good to have folks excited about what we can offer on the national level for our youth. Being a Montreat advocate I am glad to hear that it was a moving experience. Have you ever thought what a MYC would be like with older adults? Can’t for another thought Mike!

JDS Efficiency #109

]]> by: Dana http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/#comment-7 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:09:00 +0000 http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/#comment-7 Not only do we know from personal experience, but research shows that camps and and retreats provide life-changing encounters with God. In a 2002 survey conducted by the Research Services office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), more than 25% of Presbyterian church members and almost 50% of pastors reported having an experience that *significantly* shaped their Christian faith while at a camp, retreat or similar event. (This is double the numbers who said they had a faith-changing experience in church school.) (As a side note, I'd never advocate taking money from church school, but it does make me think churches should at least consider this when they look at how they spend their Christian ed money. . . . ) We Presbyterians have been blessed with three national conference centers--including Montreat--and 150 regional camps and retreat sites. All three of my daughters have attended camps and retreats at Camp Covenant Point. And just as prominant, if not more, I witnessed my daughter and her fellow youth group members' *significant* faith development as a result of attending the Montreat Youth Conference. Can you tell I am passionate about this?!? Bless your work with this ministry, Mike :) Not only do we know from personal experience, but research shows that camps and and retreats provide life-changing encounters with God.

In a 2002 survey conducted by the Research Services office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), more than 25% of Presbyterian church members and almost 50% of pastors reported having an experience that *significantly* shaped their Christian faith while at a camp, retreat or similar event. (This is double the numbers who said they had a faith-changing experience in church school.)

(As a side note, I’d never advocate taking money from church school, but it does make me think churches should at least consider this when they look at how they spend their Christian ed money. . . . )

We Presbyterians have been blessed with three national conference centers–including Montreat–and 150 regional camps and retreat sites. All three of my daughters have attended camps and retreats at Camp Covenant Point.

And just as prominant, if not more, I witnessed my daughter and her fellow youth group members’ *significant* faith development as a result of attending the Montreat Youth Conference.

Can you tell I am passionate about this?!? Bless your work with this ministry, Mike :)

]]> by: Beth http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/#comment-5 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:55:25 +0000 http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/#comment-5 Hey Mike! This is Beth from Bowling Green, I know kind of weird to be contacting you like this. But I just read your blog and it made me smile to be reading some of your writings again. I was pretty used to getting home from school and reading your monday or tuesday morning emails. Can you send me your new email address mine is lizabethkat@aol.com. I hope your loving it is Kirksville and Merry Christmas! Hey Mike! This is Beth from Bowling Green, I know kind of weird to be contacting you like this. But I just read your blog and it made me smile to be reading some of your writings again. I was pretty used to getting home from school and reading your monday or tuesday morning emails. Can you send me your new email address mine is lizabethkat@aol.com. I hope your loving it is Kirksville and Merry Christmas!

]]> by: Susan from Texas http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/#comment-4 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:27:27 +0000 http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/#comment-4 Great story... it's true, powerful things HAVE happened at Christian camps, for me too. But... when gathered around the campfire, did you sing kum-ba-yah? Great story… it’s true, powerful things HAVE happened at Christian camps, for me too.

But… when gathered around the campfire, did you sing kum-ba-yah?

]]> by: Bookwoman2003 http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/#comment-3 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:20:52 +0000 http://www.presbykv.org/blog/2006/12/08/thursday-drive/#comment-3 Thanks for sharing this. It brings to mind a similar experience in my youth, at a VBS. Ain't God great?! Thanks for sharing this. It brings to mind a similar experience in my youth, at a VBS. Ain’t God great?!

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