Merry Christmas! (I’ve loved saying that all this week!!)
Christmas Camp has been in full swing here at Pittman Park! We have had the sights and sounds of Christmas filling our hallways as children from our church and across our community have joined us for camp. Children have enjoyed playing games, making crafts, exploring the science station, eating snacks, singing worship songs, creating music, and learning amazing Bible Stories. The theme of Christmas led the way through all of the fun and connected classic Christmas movies with the incredible love of Christ. Throughout the week, we memorized Ephesians 3:18, which challenges us to remember, “How wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.”
The love of Christ was felt through the sweet hugs from the campers, seen through the happy smiles and the interaction at each event. The love of Christ was brought to Christmas Camp through the sacrificial giving of Elves (Group Leaders), North Pole (Leader Hospitality), Check-In/Out, Security, Welcome Team, Skit Characters, Music Leaders, Tech Team, Snack Team, Decorating Team, Clean Up Crew, and Station Leaders for Science, Games, Workshop, and Bible. It takes so many people to pull off a week of serving the kids in our community through the Park Kids Camp. All of you show the love of Christ, and we are very thankful for you!
I cannot end my Christmas Camp wrap-up celebration without saying what an AMAZING job our Children’s Minister, Megan Hopkins, did in creating, planning, organizing, and implementing this fantastic community event. Please join me in saying, “THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!”
God bless,
Jonathan Smith
For Jesus. For People. For Community.
Megan is a huge blessing!!
Thank you Megan for everything you did! Thank you to Sara, Owen, Emma, all of the elves, and anyone that helped out with games! I lost my glasses two times outside on the front lawn..the glasses angels, David and Donna ( plus all of the little ones) helped me to look for them and found them unharmed! Thank you to Alexis and Zane for helping me blow up balloons for games..Thank you to the water balloon brigade (Skylar, Sara, and Addie) for helping with water balloons (Albert, Owen, and Dan, too) and as always to Wendy for providing water for the kids and anything else that I needed! Smooches!
We have had a blast watching the children play and learn how much Christ loves.