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Archbishop Job + Water Balloons, and Hawaiian Luau

Tuesday was packed full of fun. We headed down to the old bridge to drop water balloons on unsuspecting canoers. With us was Archbishop Job, who was right on target with his water balloon bombs (I believe he had a direct hit to someone’s shoulder). Camp Rivervale kitchen staff donned Hawaiian apparel in the spirit of the Luau scheduled for later that night. After dinner, campers participated in the all camp olympic games, which included 5 groups rotating between 5 different olympic game stations. The stations consisted of 1) balancing an egg on a spoon and running an obstacle course, … Continue reading

Archbishop Job Arrives And Prisoners Are Captured!

Monday was a day of beautiful weather, great teachings, canoe trip water balloon bombings, and a whole lotta Prisoner’s Base. Seriously, there really was a lot of Prisoner’s Base. We skipped the campfire in favor of playing more. Daylight Savings Time will do that to you. We told everyone not to worry because we will have a campfire after our prayer walk on Thursday.

Our praise band is growing by the day. We have 3 bass players, including a classical stand-up bass. We also have a cello and a violin, along with the usual djembe drum, guitars, shakers, and tambourines. It is quite a beautiful sight (and sound!) and we will post some pictures from it possibly tomorrow. It should also be on this years’ camp video.

We had no problems with any campers on Monday and everyone is beginning to open up and get along very nicely. Archbishop Job and Rdr. Joshua Coolman showed up around dinner time and are staying with us until Tuesday evening. It is an honor to have had 5 priests/archbishops with us so far and it’s only the first full-length day!

Click a picture to expand it and start the photo viewer. Check out the captions underneath each picture for more info, when available. Looking forward to Tuesday!

Teachings

This week has been full of good teachings given by excellent teachers. Some topics covered were the relationship between the body, soul, and nous, how to show our love in actions and not just words/ideas, theosis, and the general state of the Orthodox Church in America. As you know already, Fr. Joseph spoke on Monday, and we’ve been continually blessed with good speakers since then. Here are David Becker and Fr. David Wey giving their teachings on Tuesday: Here are Luke Beecham and Bob Coolman giving their teachings on Wednesday: And here are Archbishop Job’s Thursday sessions including the town … Continue reading