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We’ve finally gotten the No Talent Night videos processed and posted for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy reliving one of the best NTNs in recent years! It was a great week and we’re already getting geared up for this year’s Winter Retreat! Hope to see you there!
Wednesday and Thursday at camp brought us the coolest weather we’ve had in a decade, just in time for some Virginia Reel dancing and our annual No Talent Night! We heard teachings from Randy Evans and Maria Weir on Wednesday and the older campers spent Thursday morning at Mitchell Manor – a nursing and assisted living home in nearby Mitchell, IN. All of the staff and older campers sang several songs and played a few rousing rounds of bingo with the residents before heading back to Camp Rivervale for afternoon canoeing, wall climbing, and No Talent Night preparations. Here are several photos from … Continue reading
Wednesday and Thursday at camp brought us the coolest weather we’ve had in a decade, just in time for some Virginia Reel dancing and our annual No Talent Night! We heard teachings from Randy Evans and Maria Weir on Wednesday and the older campers spent Thursday morning at Mitchell Manor – a nursing and assisted living home in nearby Mitchell, IN. All of the staff and older campers sang several songs and played a few rousing rounds of bingo with the residents before heading back to Camp Rivervale for afternoon canoeing, wall climbing, and No Talent Night preparations. Here are several photos from … Continue reading
This year’s Camp Theme is from 1 Corinthians 13 – the Love Verses. Monday the campers listened to teachings from Will Vasquez and Fr. Joel Weir. You can listen along by clicking on the files below. Enjoy! SC2013 Monday – Fr. Joel Weir SC2013 Monday – Will Vasquez
Monday afternoon was a BLAST! Unsure if the rain would hold out, the staff made a quick decision to have dancing tonight. So we practiced our moves to prepare quickly. Then we play Prisoners Base, which is an all time favorite camp game. Afterwards we had some delicious watermelon, and played some more. Then off to bed we went for yet another day of what is Summer Camp 2013.
We had an excellent evening in the pool last night after some awesome Tae-Kwon-Do lessons from Mark Clevenger. This morning we all traveled into town to spend time at a nursing home called Mitchell Manor. Our priests went and prayed for some of the ailing patients while others sang and played bingo with elderly folks in the home. The Lord continues to bless our time together. Please continue to pray for our directors, counselors, priests and campers this week! See the videos below for a peek into the Tae Kwon Do and Nursing Home visit times!
We had an excellent evening in the pool last night after some awesome Tae-Kwon-Do lessons from Mark Clevenger. This morning we all traveled into town to spend time at a nursing home called Mitchell Manor. Our priests went and prayed for some of the ailing patients while others sang and played bingo with elderly folks in the home. The Lord continues to bless our time together. Please continue to pray for our directors, counselors, priests and campers this week! See the videos below for a peek into the Tae Kwon Do and Nursing Home visit times!
This week sure is flying right bye. Fr. Joseph Gibson arrived this morning and gave a teaching to the older children. It’s nice to have him back at camp! The heat index is rather high for the day so our canoe trip for the afternoon activity was rescheduled for Friday. Tonight we will have Mark Clevenger (a black-belt tae-kwon-do instructor from St’s Constantine & Elena) teaching the children some basic tae-kwon-do; followed by pool time/rock climbing. We’re looking forward to seeing visitors for Thurday night’s No-Talent-Night!
Tuesday was another hot and sticky day at St. John’s Camp 2012, and definitely a day full of excitement. The campers participated in several olympic “stations” that ranged from passing a hula-hoop over a line of them holding hands, to eating skittles topped with whipped cream using only their mouths, and trying hard to get NO whip cream on their faces. Very few accomplished this task… After olympics we all headed up to the pool for the annual Luau that Mr. Bob Abel and Mr. David Becker setup every year for the campers and staff. This year they were joined … Continue reading