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Josh GriffinMore Posts Room Raiders Video from Summer Camp

Fun program idea we had for HSM Summer Camp called Room Raiders. We filmed this video the week before camp, he had no idea until it was being played in front of hundreds of students. He was such a good sport, too. Obviously most everything we made fun of we planted, but still … so fun.

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts HSM Summer Camp Highlight Video: Day 4

Day 4 highlight video from HSM Summer Camp!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts HSM Summer Camp Highlight Video: Day 3

Day 3 highlight video from HSM Summer Camp!

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Josh GriffinMore Posts HSM Summer Camp Highlight Video: Day 2

Day 2 highlight video from HSM Summer Camp!

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Josh GriffinMore Posts HSM Summer Camp Highlight Video: Day 1

Here’s the highlight video from Day 1 at HSM Summer Camp. So. Much. Fun.

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts HSM Summer Camp Rap

We’re off at HSM Summer Camp! Just saw this little video from one of our services a while back, a couple of our guys promoting camp and encouraging students to sign up. Silly fun.

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Final Batch of Summer Camp Rules Posters

Here’s the final few funny-but-serious rules for Summer Camp. You can view the first one here and a few others here to see the complete yet. Anything for youth ministry, right?

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts 4 Reasons Why Summer Camp is Amazing

Just got this email from my boss here at Saddleback, Kurt Johnston:

Hey incredible HSM team!

Just wanted to let you know that I will be praying for you as you head off to camp on Monday. As the parent of two campers, I am so very thankful for the time, effort and prayers that have gone into this camp!

I’m sure Josh has already given you plenty of “Pep Talks” concerning camp, but I can’t pass up the opportunity to share a few brief thoughts with you:

- Lives get changed at camp! For some students, this will be the week they meet Jesus for the first time. For others, it will be the week the decide to take him seriously. For some it will be the week they feel called into a life of ministry. God will use this week at camp….the silly games, the chapels, the cabin talks….all of it to impact HSM students in a significant way.

- Leaders are what make the magic happen! Pour into the incredible men and women who are giving up vacation and family time to be counselors. Look for ways to encourage them, to lighten their load, and to spur them on. If not for them, camp couldn’t happen.

- Camp is for the camper! This is a phrase the junior high team has heard me say over and over and over again. It’s just a simple reminder that camp isn’t about you, your comfort, your preferences, your “rights” etc. Everything about camp is for the camper. Look for ways to serve our students in unique ways. Look for opportunities to sacrifice something for the benefit of a camper. Look for a chance to do something that makes a student say, “wow…I can’t believe a leader just did that for me”.

- You are a leader….so lead well. As wonderful as camp is (for all the reasons listed above, and more), it is also an opportunity for poor leadership, unwise decisions, bickering, and recklessness to bubble up. Lead well this weekend so you set the best stage possible for the Holy Spirit to show up in the lives of our students.

I am praying for you….see ya on Monday morning!

KJ