The Hunger-y James

It's been quite the week here at Camp Phillip. Yesterday on Thursday we had a voracious Singing Supper and crazy evening games and campfires throughout the week. One character that has repeated throughout the week is the lovable and quite nerd Artie. Throughout the week, Artie has gone to an art museum, learned  how to be a smuggling pirate and even turned into a bear. Artie has appeared at camp throughout the summer and is especially famous for "tightening his belt" and the food he keeps in the breast pocket of his trademark blue polo. Beyond Artie, another highlight was the Hunger-y James. A Hunger Games inspired game where kids raced to catch their champion counselors while the hungry James ate and ate.

Philippians 3:10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death 

The camp started the morning with morning praise where the kids gathered together to sing instead of having a typical Password devotion and then Bible Study progression. For devotion, Jason told the story of Cliff Young, an Australian distance runner who ran and won his first race, over five hundred miles long, at the age of 61 and broke the old record time by almost two days. He changed the way people ran extreme distances forever. Races like this were never going to be the same again. When Jesus saved us, he changed the world. Christians could never be the same as those who didn't believe. The forgiveness of sins and a future with God changes the way we see the world and how we approach everything.