Well, we’ve come to the close of the last full day of MSC 2015 Sr. Week. It was a great team day full of activities and it ended on a high note as Last Year Campers reminisced around the campfire following the lip sync competition and a presentation from Chase Cleary about his recent preaching trip to Nicaragua this evening….
The 2015 Lip Sync competition took on a villainous theme with songs from Disney villains, the Muppets, the Lorax, and even the Grinch. Each team put in LOTS of hard work and it really paid off as it was a great evening of performances. Extra kudos to the Red Team for patiently enduring technical difficulties of broken speakers as…
Prior to this afternoon’s obstacle course, each team competed in the MSC Tug of War Tournament, a single-elimination competition. The championship match pitted the Green team against the Orange team, with Green pulling their way to victory. Congratulations, Team Green!
And the obstacle course results are: 1. Purple — 19:21:59 2. Red — 21:57:22 3. Blue — 22:16:15 4. Gold — 22:36:72 5. Orange — 22:40:00 6. Silver — 23:10:53 7. Lime — 24:22:00 8. Green — 25:24:03 9. Hunter — 25:45:33 10. Navy — 26:46:99
Sports director Greg King and sports staffer Sean Walker crafted another fantastic obstacle course this year. The teams ran the 13-station course, striving to complete faster than all the other teams. Here’s the obstacle course: 1. Dark Trailer — campers were shut into a cargo trailer, had to find a flashlight, insert the battery, find a paper and read…
This morning after Bible study, team events began with five different activity stations including: Bible Trivia, Frisbee Bridge, Hula Hoop Relay, Tug-A-Truck, and Projectile Avoidance (aka dodgeball). Bible Trivia Frisbee Bridge Hula Hoop Relay Tug-A-Truck Projectile Avoidance
Today is the long-awaited TEAM DAY!!!!! Shakamak is overflowing with team spirit, all in anticipation of the big obstacle course this afternoon. And the teams are:
This year we have added some special awards that any staff member can give any camper at any time when they see the following quality displayed by a camper: Courageous Leader: Joshua (Joshua 24:15) — spiritual leader amongst peers or to younger campers. Team leader who leads by example; cooperative not overbearing; a shepherd, not a commander. J.O.Y. (Jesus…
Bro. J.R. Bronger of Danville was our guest speaker for Bible class this morning in which he focused on not being caught up in Satan’s lies: —————————- I Corinthians 16:13: “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.” When we leave camp, unfortunately some of us will NOT be strong! It is possible that…
This morning at flagpole, kitchen staffer Tres Barker introduced us to our theme of the day: “Be Strong: Adversary to Satan.” —————————— Adversary — someone who attacks; an enemy Superheroes have adversaries: Spiderman — Venom Batman — Joker Superman — Lex Luther Christian’s adversary — Satan I Peter 5:8: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as…
