1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Good morning everyone. Welcome to a special Trinity Talks today because today here at the church it is Camp Sunday. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:28,000 So it's my pleasure to introduce some of the very integral members of Camp Trinity who are joining me for a conversation to talk about all of the weeks that were and then maybe a little bit about the weeks that are to come in 2025. 3 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:35,000 But welcome I'd like to say welcome to Brooklyn to Krista and to Rachel and thanks for taking time to join me today. 4 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Of course. Thank you. Yes. Thanks for having us here. All right. I can tell already that your blood pressure is lower because camp has officially ended. 5 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:53,000 I know next week you have a week of tidy up and clean up but the kids have all gone off and you did it. So congratulations. Thank you. 6 00:00:53,000 --> 00:01:04,000 For those of you who were with us earlier in the service, you would have seen the camp video. It was just some amazing highlights from some of the fun that was had over the six weeks at Camp Trinity. 7 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:13,000 So I really want to have a conversation with you to learn a little bit about what happened. But as per usual, I love to also start with a little game. 8 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,000 So let's just make it a quick conversation of some favorites. 9 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:23,000 I was just thinking about there's so many different elements of camp Trinity and I'm sure that you have experience just about all of them. 10 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:33,000 But so I'm wondering what your favorites were. So maybe I'll start over with Rachel at the far end and I'm just going to do some quick questions and I'd like to hear your answers. 11 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:41,000 Okay. All right. Since you're all wearing t-shirts, this is the simple one. What's your favorite t-shirt color that the kids wear? 12 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:47,000 I can tell you or the stuff. The bright safety green because they're very easy to identify in the water. 13 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Yes. And on our trips. Bright safety green. All right. We'll put that on the Crayola crayons. Bright safety green. I like it. What about you, Christa? 14 00:01:55,000 --> 00:02:02,000 I'd probably say that that's my favorite. Just for the same kind of reason. But I have to say purple because I'm the only one that gets to wear it. 15 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 True. All right. Brooklyn? 16 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:13,000 I'm going to agree with Rachel. The yellow. It's so helpful when we're trying to get kids out of the pool. If they're like, no, I don't need to get a pool. I'm like, yes, you do. You're in the camp Trinity shirt. 17 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:23,000 That's right. I hope you do. And we can see from a mile away. That's fantastic. All right. One of my favorite questions is what's your favorite tuck candy? You give candy every day. 18 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Kids have the ability to get the candy. I would say white freezies. Got to be the best. Best color of freezies, I agree. 19 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:37,000 I'm going to be boring and say the gummies that we had this year because they're my personal favorite. 20 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 All right. Gummies. That is so boring. 21 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Yeah. I'm going to say the Rice Krispie Squares. They were a favorite among the littles and juniors. 22 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,000 All right. As staff members, did you get a chance to enjoy some of the tuck? 23 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,000 No. 24 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,000 No. 25 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,000 One time a camper actually bought me something, which was super nice. 26 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 So sweet. 27 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 So do Andrew from Biggs. 28 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Well, that's so kind. All right. Games. I know you play a lot of games. What were some of your favorite games or what was your favorite region? 29 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:11,000 My favorite game is called Medusa. And it's because the kids all get to scream and it's fun. 30 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Okay. 31 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Yep. Sounds like that might be my least favorite game. Sounds good. 32 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:24,000 I liked the Just Dance because I liked coming in and watching everybody do it, like the counselors and the kids and they were all having a blast. 33 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Plus it was songs that I knew. So yeah, that's fun. That's always fun too. 34 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:34,000 I love octopus. I feel like it's such a classic and it gets all the kids like running around and having so much fun. 35 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Fun. Fun. Okay. You start the morning off with morning worship. 36 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Right. What's your favorite worship song? 37 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Mine is I'm So Blessed. 38 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Okay. 39 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 My Lighthouse. 40 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 I like Alive. 41 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Okay. All three very different. I like that. 42 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Okay. Maybe some of you will be biased because I know some of you are in charge of different age groups. 43 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,000 But what was your favorite age group? 44 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Yeah. So I don't know if I'm allowed to ask that, but why not? There's no rules. 45 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,000 My job was the assistant director of the Biggs group. So I'm going to have to say the Biggs. 46 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000 All right. For those of you who don't know what age are the Biggs. 47 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:14,000 So the Biggs are between the ages of seven and 10, depending on like when their birthday is in the year. 48 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:19,000 So there are kids that are going into grade three up to kids going into grade five. 49 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Excellent. All right. 50 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Juniors. 51 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 The juniors. 52 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Always my favorite because they're so sweet. 53 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Okay. Are they the youngest? 54 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 They're the youngest. 55 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000 They're the youngest. 56 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Yeah. 57 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Do you have a favorite? 58 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 So similar to Rachel, I was the assistant director for the juniors and littles. 59 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 And I just cannot pick between them. 60 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 I love them all, but yeah, the juniors definitely are very sweet. 61 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 And so are the littles too. 62 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Yeah. Perfect. 63 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,000 All right. So a camp spanned over two months, July and August. 64 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,000 I know that there's a little bit of a shift sometimes in the morale. 65 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,000 I'm not sure. Maybe there's not, but did you have a favorite the earlier months, July, 66 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,000 or did you prefer the later months of August for camp personally? 67 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 I preferred the earlier ones. 68 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,000 I just think we all had more energy and there was also more kids registered earlier. 69 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 So then it was just more people, more fun. 70 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Yeah. All right. 71 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:12,000 It depends on what I'm thinking about in terms of, was it easier? 72 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,000 August. 73 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,000 August was easier. 74 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 For the same reason. 75 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Because fewer kids. 76 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 A little lighter. 77 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,000 So it was a little bit lighter. 78 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 And the weather was a little bit better. 79 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,000 So we didn't have to do much shifting around on the fly. 80 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,000 All right. 81 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 I know that was a lot of your role, wasn't it, Grista? 82 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Some shifting. 83 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,000 But that's one thing we do well here is flexibility. 84 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 So maybe we'll talk about that later. 85 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Yeah. 86 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,000 I think I would say August too, just because I feel like we kind of got into like a great 87 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,000 routine as a staff and we just made things go so smoothly in the last few weeks because 88 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 it was kind of down to a science at that point. 89 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Excellent. 90 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 All right. 91 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Like a well oiled mission. 92 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Yeah, for sure. 93 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 And field trip. 94 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Camp Trinity does great field trips. 95 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Do you have a favorite? 96 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000 And I'm wondering why it would have been a favorite. 97 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Yeah. 98 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,000 So for me, we had the, this is the first year we went to the inflatable water park at 99 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 professors Lake and Brampton. 100 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Okay. 101 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 And that was so fun. 102 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Also, the staff got to participate in that one. 103 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 So that was, that also made it better too. 104 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,000 And we also split the kids up into like more manageable sized groups. 105 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 So I think all of those factors combined to just make that a really great trip. 106 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Okay. 107 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Yes. 108 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Yeah. 109 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,000 That would probably be because once it would got organized, it was a little bit fraught getting 110 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 it organized. 111 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 But once it was organized, it was so easy. 112 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 So that was so simple. 113 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 All right. 114 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 So that was my favorite. 115 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Organization perspective was also a good one. 116 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Yes. 117 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Yeah. 118 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 I'm kind of sad about it, but it's okay. 119 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,000 I don't know how well that would have gone for them, but we went to this indoor playground 120 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 a couple of times. 121 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Yes. 122 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 And it was great. 123 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 It was like the kids had so much fun and we could just let them go in the place. 124 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,360 We weren't worried about them like where they were or anything because we were just inside 125 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,000 this building and it was so much fun. 126 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 And so they had fun. 127 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Yeah. 128 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 So we had fun. 129 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Okay. 130 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 That's awesome. 131 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,880 And last but not least, which one is maybe easier? 132 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,760 Drop off time or pickup time for the kids? 133 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:00,760 For you. 134 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:01,760 Do you have a favorite? 135 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:02,760 No, probably pickup time. 136 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:03,760 Pickup time. 137 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,760 We got to put a movie on and they would just sit and wait for their name to be called. 138 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:07,760 Yeah. 139 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,760 And then we had to go home, Nathan called them to the families. 140 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:12,760 Does everyone else agree with that? 141 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:13,760 Yeah. 142 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:14,760 Yeah. 143 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:15,760 100%. 144 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:16,760 All right. 145 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:17,760 All right. 146 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:18,760 That's wonderful. 147 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:19,760 All right. 148 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,040 So we talked a little bit about your favorites about the camp, but I'm just wondering what 149 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:25,760 you would say to anyone who's watching, why is Camp Trinity the best summer camp? 150 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:26,760 I can certainly. 151 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:27,760 Anyone can jump in there. 152 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:28,760 Anyone can jump. 153 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:29,760 Yeah. 154 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,560 I've said this in the past about Camp Trinity as well. 155 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,560 We just have the best community. 156 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:40,040 All the staff, the LITs, there's a lot of people that return every year. 157 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,640 And so that just really creates such this tight net group of people. 158 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:45,960 And then the campers as well. 159 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,800 We have some campers that stay the entire summer. 160 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,760 And so we get to know them really well. 161 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,400 They form connections with other campers. 162 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:57,400 They form connections with leaders, as well as some kids, they don't stay the whole summer, 163 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:58,960 but we see them every summer. 164 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:00,200 We'll see them one week. 165 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,640 And we just love to see all the kids that come back. 166 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:03,800 And yeah, it's just great. 167 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,280 I love the community here. 168 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:06,280 That's awesome. 169 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:07,280 Yeah. 170 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:08,280 100%. 171 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,880 I also just think that at Trinity, we have such an engaging staff team. 172 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:16,920 Like we're always so engaged with the programming and with the kids on field trips, always playing 173 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:18,960 with them, always involving ourselves. 174 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:24,000 And I think that that really helps like just create an awesome summer and help make helps 175 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,040 make like amazing memories for the kids. 176 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,040 Yeah. 177 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,840 I think it's just great all the staff here are just top tier. 178 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:35,160 Well when I see the videos, it really does look like a top tier, as you said. 179 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:36,160 Yeah. 180 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:37,160 Operation. 181 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:38,800 That's just the variety of stuff we offer the kids. 182 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:44,240 I think parents are always surprised by, well, wait, do I need to send extra money for that? 183 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:45,240 They're going on a field trip. 184 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,760 We're like, no, that's all included. 185 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:47,760 Yeah. 186 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:48,760 That's right. 187 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:49,760 There's activities here. 188 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:50,760 There's activities everywhere. 189 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:51,920 Field trips, activities. 190 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:52,920 That's true. 191 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,760 It's a very dynamic diverse camp, isn't it? 192 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:57,760 As well. 193 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:58,760 All right. 194 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:03,800 So let's talk a little bit more specifically about your own roles here at Trinity and maybe 195 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,920 why you wanted to work in those roles. 196 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,960 Maybe we'll start with Krista because yours is a little bit different. 197 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,240 It's a little bit different because I'm the one and only. 198 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:16,640 I'm the one behind the scenes, making sure that kids get to do what we said they were 199 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:17,640 going to get to do. 200 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,800 And if they don't get to do what we said they were going to do, finding an alternative for 201 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,840 them and booking a grace and I do that together. 202 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,160 Grace will usually come up with, this is where we want to send them and then I make that 203 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:29,160 happen. 204 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:30,160 They make it happen. 205 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:31,160 All right. 206 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,080 So when we email camp at Trinity. 207 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:34,080 StreetSold.org. 208 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:35,080 That comes to me. 209 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:36,080 That comes to you. 210 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,520 The person that gets to see all that. 211 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:38,520 Wonderful. 212 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:39,520 All right. 213 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,400 Well, you keep it moving very nicely and I know that it's well appreciated. 214 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:47,760 Now Brooklyn and Rachel, you were in what roles? 215 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,480 So I was the Little Zen Junior's assistant director this year. 216 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:56,160 So I was kind of flopping between the Little's group and the Junior's group all summer and 217 00:09:56,160 --> 00:10:01,920 just supporting Zoe and Talia, the supervisors of those groups as best as I could. 218 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:02,920 And yeah, it was great. 219 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,880 I initially applied to be a supervisor, but I guess my interview went well. 220 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:11,360 I'm really happy about the position I got and it was so great and I loved it. 221 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,400 And I felt so supported by the supervisors and by Rachel and Zion to the other assistant 222 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,120 directors and by Grace and Krista. 223 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,360 It's nice to feel like you have that team around you. 224 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:21,360 It's nice. 225 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:22,360 Yeah, thank you. 226 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,560 And Rachel, what was your role? 227 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:26,400 So I was the assistant director of Biggs. 228 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:32,120 So similar to Brooklyn, but I had one age group and then, yeah, it's a lot of supporting 229 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:37,280 and also behind the scenes work to make sure that so the supervisors are more like in front 230 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:41,800 of the group of kids all the time and we're there to support as well, but also doing those 231 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,040 behind the scenes stuff, like making sure that our trips are getting paid for. 232 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,920 Like if we have to talk to the people at the venues that we're going to see, then we would 233 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:53,440 be the ones doing that, making sure we have the materials that we need for our activities, 234 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:54,760 like those kinds of things as well. 235 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,280 Lots of things you don't think of. 236 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:57,280 Yeah, right. 237 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:58,280 That's what we're doing. 238 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,480 A lot of things people probably take for granted. 239 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:01,480 Yes. 240 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:02,480 Yes. 241 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:07,840 Okay, so when you arrive at a camp, what does your typical days look like? 242 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:13,120 Okay, I can go first. 243 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:18,760 So for the assistant directors and the supervisors, we have a meeting in the morning to just go 244 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,840 over what our day is going to look like. 245 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:27,760 So we talk about things like what we're doing for our lesson that day, where we need to 246 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:32,640 be so that we can make sure that all of our groups are in different spaces, talking about 247 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:37,080 where our trips are going that day, when we're going to get on the bus, what time we need 248 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:41,920 to do tuck with the kids to make sure that they can all get their candy at a good time, 249 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:47,480 and make sure that the maintenance guys have time to clean up after us, that kind of thing 250 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:48,480 too. 251 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:53,080 So we start with that meeting in the morning, and then after that we have worship, we have 252 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:59,000 our lesson time, so that's when we go through a Bible story with the kids and talk about 253 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:04,480 how this year our theme was Fruit of the Spirit, so we talked about a Fruit of the Spirit each 254 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:09,120 week and talked about how the Bible story would relate to that theme. 255 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,120 We had snack, then we would do our morning activity. 256 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,800 Could be a range of different things. 257 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,400 Choose your own activity. 258 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,360 Going to a park. 259 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,880 Something like that, usually staying around the church, and then lunch, and then we typically 260 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,200 go on a trip for the afternoon. 261 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,200 Wow, wow, that's full. 262 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,200 Yeah, it really is. 263 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:30,560 Yeah, that's the whole day. 264 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:33,160 Yeah, my day looks exactly like that too. 265 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:34,960 Just had different kids with me. 266 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,640 Yeah, different kids. 267 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:41,320 Yeah, the meeting, and then I actually set up the sanctuary every morning before worship, 268 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:46,040 and me and Hannah, the Supervisor of Biggs, were leading worship this year, and Zoe, so 269 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:51,160 yeah, we're the ones kind of getting that all set up for all the kids, and picking the 270 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,000 songs we're singing each day. 271 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Good for you. 272 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,680 And then the rest of the day goes along just like Rachel said. 273 00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:58,000 Yeah, it just chugs along. 274 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,280 Now, Christa, you were not going on the field trips. 275 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,280 No. 276 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:02,280 I didn't go on any field trips this year. 277 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:03,280 No. 278 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:04,280 I didn't go on any last year either, I think. 279 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:05,280 No. 280 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:06,280 But in the years past I have. 281 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,600 But they didn't need me, because they're so good at what they do. 282 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:09,600 That's right. 283 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,040 All right, so you... 284 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:16,600 So my day, I started at eight o'clock in the morning, and make sure that the check-in 285 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,800 system is working, because sometimes it doesn't. 286 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:19,800 Yes. 287 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,040 So we need to fiddle with little stuff like that. 288 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,800 That's also Mary Tveris' huge help with that. 289 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,240 I love the idea that there's such a team involved here. 290 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,680 There's like this background. 291 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:33,560 There's other background people that come along and help. 292 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:35,320 So it's just making sure that that gets set up. 293 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:40,760 Being there, in case parents have any questions, selling extra tuck tickets is always something 294 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:45,200 that I do until right until like 10 o'clock in the morning, because I'm like, oh wait, 295 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,560 I forgot to get my tuck ticket. 296 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,480 That's right, all the necessities of life. 297 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:49,480 Yeah. 298 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:50,480 Yeah. 299 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:51,480 So stuff like that. 300 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,360 And then double checking and making sure what time the buses are supposed to get there. 301 00:13:55,360 --> 00:14:00,320 Dealing with any issues, like when it rained and poured, and we had to switch, let's... 302 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:05,880 We can't go outside and go to Jack Darling Park all day, because it's raining 50 millimeters 303 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,680 of rain, so let's go somewhere else instead. 304 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:08,680 Yes. 305 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:11,400 It was a lovely rainy year, or some summer. 306 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,200 It was a very rainy summer this summer. 307 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:17,040 All right, but it's nice to hear that you were able to pivot and get creative. 308 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:18,040 Yes. 309 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,880 And just looking for different bus companies and all kinds of stuff. 310 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:21,880 Yeah. 311 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:22,880 Yeah. 312 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:23,880 So the kids can have a great experience. 313 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:25,880 And of course it's all about the kids. 314 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:26,880 Yeah. 315 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:27,880 And there were a lot of kids here. 316 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:28,880 So some stories. 317 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,680 I'm sure everyone wants to hear some stories about what it was like for the kids. 318 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:38,480 I'm wondering, do you have any great stories or memories or successes or funny stories? 319 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,360 That happened this year. 320 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,000 We don't even have to use names. 321 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,440 Just love to hear a couple stories from the camp this summer. 322 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:51,400 See, I don't get to interact with the kids a lot, except when they come up to the desk. 323 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:52,400 Yeah. 324 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,400 But the bigs are the one I interact with the most. 325 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:55,400 Okay. 326 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,240 Because I'm right across the hall from them, basically. 327 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,600 And they see me and they come up, who are you? 328 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:01,720 I'm Kristen. 329 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:06,480 I get to make arrangements for you guys to go on fun trips and sell you check tickets 330 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,280 and all that kind of stuff. 331 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,880 And when kid came up and said, how old are you? 332 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,280 And I was like, well, how old do you think I am? 333 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,280 And he's like, 70. 334 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:17,280 No. 335 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:18,280 No. 336 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,280 And then he went, hmm, 95? 337 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:21,280 No. 338 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:22,280 Wrong direction. 339 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:23,280 Sorry. 340 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:24,280 I can't say that. 341 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:25,280 I thought that was absolutely hilarious. 342 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:26,280 That is so funny. 343 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:27,280 He was so funny. 344 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:28,280 All right. 345 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:29,280 Yeah. 346 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,280 And then the little kid in the background, no, not 95. 347 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:34,280 No. 348 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:35,280 Maybe you're 75. 349 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:36,280 No. 350 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,280 Still the wrong direction. 351 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:38,280 Down. 352 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:39,280 Down. 353 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:40,280 I love it. 354 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:45,080 I thought it was hilarious because to everybody, to them, like if you're over 16, you're old. 355 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:46,080 You're old. 356 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,280 And it could be really any other. 357 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:48,280 Yeah. 358 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:49,280 Yes. 359 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,280 Absolutely. 360 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:51,280 I'm like, grandma age. 361 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:52,280 Well, my grandma's 70. 362 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:53,280 So you must be. 363 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:54,280 Exactly. 364 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:55,280 You just fit in that range. 365 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:56,280 That's a good story. 366 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:57,280 Yeah. 367 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:03,360 I guess one of the successes that we had at camp, we had some kids come in one week and 368 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:04,360 they weren't. 369 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,480 Like we're not participating in the worst of they're just sitting down. 370 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:11,440 Most of the other kids were like jumping up around, but they just did not seem to want 371 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:12,440 to participate. 372 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:16,640 But then the last day of camp, I saw them standing up singing, doing the actions like 373 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:17,640 the last day of the week. 374 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:18,640 And I was just so happy. 375 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,640 I was like, oh, there they are. 376 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,560 And I feel like that was just a big success because that meant that we made them feel 377 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:28,400 comfortable and we made them have like such a fun week that they wanted to participate 378 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,120 and sing the songs with us. 379 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,840 And yeah, just have a good time. 380 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,640 So that really warmed my heart when I saw that. 381 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:40,160 That is so true to do that level of comfort could just warm them up into feeling safe. 382 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:41,160 Yeah. 383 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:42,160 And then excited. 384 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:43,160 Yeah. 385 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:44,160 Of course. 386 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:45,160 Love that. 387 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:50,080 I think for me, one of the most fun activities that we did that I did not expect it to go 388 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:51,080 this well. 389 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,080 Okay. 390 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:53,960 Was that we did a paper airplane contest. 391 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:54,960 Oh, yeah. 392 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:55,960 With the bigs. 393 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,000 So every kid spent some time making their airplane. 394 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,240 They like made it, they designed it themselves and then they like colored on it. 395 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:07,480 So then we had a contest of who had the like the best looking airplane. 396 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:08,880 So we did that first. 397 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:13,880 And then we got them to go into their cabin groups with their leader and they all took 398 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:15,680 turns racing in front of the whole group. 399 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,920 We all, we were all watching as each of these races took place. 400 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:25,920 And then after that, the winner of each cabin group went and competed for their cabin to 401 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,120 see like which cabin would win. 402 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:30,440 And so all the kids were just so into it. 403 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,400 They were screaming and chanting for their team. 404 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,560 Every time a new cabin would go up, they'd be like, go Tabitha's cabin, go Petra's cabin. 405 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,920 Like they'd all be like cheering for each other. 406 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:41,360 They were just so into it. 407 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:47,280 And I really didn't expect it to go that well with like 65 kids making paper airplanes. 408 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,320 But it was just one of the best mornings. 409 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,320 It was just so fun. 410 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:51,920 Oh, that's so nice. 411 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,280 Something simple, but again, it just speaks to the community. 412 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:56,280 I think. 413 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:57,280 Yeah. 414 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:01,920 It was just, I'm sure, a few of the many stories that you had as well. 415 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,160 One thing that we did offer this year at Camp Trinity that was new was a program called the 416 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,160 hand in hand program. 417 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:15,520 And I was wondering if any of you had any experience in seeing that hand in hand program 418 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:20,400 in action or if you sort of know a little bit about what that was all about. 419 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:21,400 Yeah. 420 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:26,440 So a bunch of the campers who were in hand in hand were in juniors and littles. 421 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:27,600 So it was so much fun. 422 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,800 We got to interact with them lots. 423 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:36,280 So basically the hand in hand program is just an extension of the programs at camp. 424 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:40,960 The kids like pretty much do exactly what the other kids do. 425 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:45,680 They just have extra support with that one on one there to guide them and help them. 426 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,920 And we do have a room for them if they were feeling overwhelmed or they just wanted a 427 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:51,640 quiet space. 428 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:52,640 So that was really great. 429 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,920 And that was just off of the littles room. 430 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,480 So for the campers who were in littles and a part of the hand in hand program, it was 431 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,080 great if they were getting overstimulated by all the noise. 432 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,880 They could just go into the hand in hand room, but they were always free to come back in 433 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,880 and integrate themselves with the program. 434 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:12,000 Sophia was the assistant director of it and she did just such a great job at making the 435 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:17,200 kids feel welcome and integrating them into the groups, but also not pushing them past 436 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,480 their comfort zone. 437 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,960 And yeah, I think it was quite a success. 438 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,720 And I can't wait to see how the program grows next year. 439 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,080 I think that's great. 440 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:31,680 I know that that was one of the goals this year was to make camp Trinity even more inclusive. 441 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:38,240 So what a great way to involve all of our campers and to create a safe and inclusive 442 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:39,720 environment for them. 443 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:43,600 So yeah, thank you to Sophia too, who was running that. 444 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,520 Another program that we do is the LIT program. 445 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,680 And I know that you mentioned LIT before. 446 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:54,920 LIT stands for leaders in training, who would be able to speak to what that's all about? 447 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:56,960 Yeah, I can talk about that. 448 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:03,080 So the leader in training program is for people typically between when just when they're too 449 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,920 old to come to camp, but too young to be a leader. 450 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,080 So that's around like 14 years old. 451 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,800 And so what we do in that program is that we have training for them as well. 452 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,840 And then they are able to get paired up with a leader. 453 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:22,080 So we had a bunch of LITs in the bigs and they would each go with like a cabin leader. 454 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:26,440 And what they would do is help with the program, but also because they're paired with a leader, 455 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:31,640 they'd be able to like kind of watch that leader see what it means to be a leader at 456 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:36,560 camp and learn by both participating, like getting that hands on experience, but also 457 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,520 by watching. 458 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:41,640 And then the leader also has extra support for their campers. 459 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,600 So that's great too, because they could be like, oh, can you take this kid to the bathroom 460 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,320 because I'm running this program right now. 461 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:52,440 Or like those kind of like, sometimes smaller, smaller things just to have that extra pair 462 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,120 of eyes that are helping with the kids. 463 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,120 Yeah. 464 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:57,920 And so we had a lot of LITs this year. 465 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,960 I want to say like, at least 15. 466 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:00,960 Wow. 467 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,440 And they come for different weeks. 468 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,560 So they don't have to be there for all the weeks of camp. 469 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,400 They get volunteer hours for it. 470 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,520 And then they also get that experience and hopefully those connections so that they can 471 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,480 come back as a leader. 472 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:17,400 We've had, I think, almost half of our leaders that we currently have have been in the LIT 473 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,400 program. 474 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:19,400 Yeah. 475 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:20,400 So that was an LIT. 476 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:21,400 Yeah, so it's a great experience. 477 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:22,400 All right. 478 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,400 Yeah. 479 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:28,000 So it's a great way to like sort of scaffold your engagement within the camp so kids can 480 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,800 come from when they're four years old and there's always a place for them all the way 481 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:36,000 up until they're, I guess, going off to university or even in university, right? 482 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Exactly. 483 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,920 And we always have campers who are aging out of youth. 484 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,440 They're like, well, how can I become an LIT because they want to come back to camp as 485 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:44,440 well. 486 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:45,440 Right. 487 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:46,440 Yeah. 488 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:47,960 So it's also a great transition for that too to kind of be like, well, you're not a camper 489 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:49,120 anymore. 490 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:53,240 So this is how you learn to become a leader. 491 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,080 Because sometimes if you go straight from being a camper to being a leader, you just 492 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:57,080 want to play. 493 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,240 But you have to like learn. 494 00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,240 That's right. 495 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:00,240 It's a bridge. 496 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:01,240 Exactly. 497 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:02,240 Yeah. 498 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,240 It bridges between both. 499 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:04,240 Exactly. 500 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,240 That's so smart. 501 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,800 I can see so much wisdom in that and it sounds so, just so lovely. 502 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,720 And we always get so many applicants, but there's not enough spaces for them all. 503 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:11,720 Okay. 504 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:12,720 So it's an application process. 505 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,040 There's an application process. 506 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:16,040 There's a resume. 507 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,040 Yes. 508 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,000 So they're interviewing and there's an interview process as well. 509 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Which are... 510 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:26,720 So it's also getting them ready not only to be working at camp, but just working in general. 511 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:27,720 Right. 512 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:28,720 So real life skills. 513 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:29,720 Yeah. 514 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:30,720 Exactly. 515 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:31,720 That's so nice. 516 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:32,720 All right. 517 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:33,720 So today I mentioned earlier is Camp Sunday. 518 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,800 So the final Sunday right after camp has ended. 519 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,600 Why do we love Camp Sunday? 520 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:39,600 The energy. 521 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:40,600 Yeah. 522 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:41,600 The energy. 523 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,480 Oh, it's going to be amazing when we go in there. 524 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:44,720 People are not going to expect it. 525 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,840 I think some people are a little bit surprised. 526 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:47,840 Okay. 527 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,400 That it is so energetic, but it is because they do such a good job. 528 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,440 Brooklyn and her team do such a good job at pumping the kids up. 529 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:56,440 Yeah. 530 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:57,440 That's right. 531 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,280 So for those of you, maybe if you've just logged in or you're just tuning in now, we 532 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:06,680 are going to be moving into our 1115 service, I guess in just 20 minutes or so. 533 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:11,600 And we're going to be kicking off the real Camp Sunday event during our 1115 service. 534 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:12,600 Yeah. 535 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,720 Does anyone else have any loves for Camp Sunday? 536 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:16,720 They want to share. 537 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:17,720 Yeah. 538 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,200 I just love like seeing all of the campers that we had throughout the summer. 539 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:21,200 Yeah. 540 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,200 Because the last day of camp can be pretty sad. 541 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,280 Say goodbye to especially the kids who have been there all the weeks. 542 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:29,760 And I was saying goodbye to a kid and I was like, oh no, like I'll see you next year, 543 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:30,760 right? 544 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,000 And they're like, no, you'll see me on Sunday. 545 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,320 I was like, oh, perfect. 546 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:34,320 Okay. 547 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:35,320 Now I'm not sad anymore. 548 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:36,560 I'll see you on like weekend. 549 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,800 So it's just like a great way to kind of reconnect with the campers after camp. 550 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,960 And I also just love that they can show their parents like the fun that they have at camp. 551 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:49,120 They're always so excited to like show them the songs and yeah, it's just such a great 552 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:53,600 day and it's so fun to see all of the campers come back and show their love for camp. 553 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,080 I totally agree with that. 554 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:59,640 And also like there's some those campers we really miss are the ones that are like, they 555 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,840 were there all summer and we're like, you know, we don't want to say goodbye. 556 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,800 But then also the campers that were there for one week and maybe they're only there 557 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,760 at the very beginning of the summer and we're like, whoa, it's so awesome to see you again. 558 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:09,760 We haven't seen you in so long. 559 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:10,760 What have you been up to? 560 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,760 And just like, yeah, just that community aspect again of just seeing everyone again. 561 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,360 What a great way to reconnect and then share experience. 562 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:18,360 Okay. 563 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:19,800 So camp Trinity's been going on. 564 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:25,680 I believe I heard and I could be wrong that this was the 14th year of camp Trinity. 565 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:26,680 I think so. 566 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:27,760 I think so. 567 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,600 So camp Trinity is already getting some ideas for next year. 568 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,480 I know that and I know that the website and, you know, we've been thinking about some things 569 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:36,720 to do on that. 570 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:43,360 I'm wondering what your hopes are maybe for next summer when we do it all again in 2025 571 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:45,600 any special hopes for next summer? 572 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:51,240 I think we already talked about this a little bit, but I'd love to see an expanded hand 573 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:52,240 in hand program. 574 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,960 I think that was such a good addition and yeah, it makes camp way more inclusive as 575 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,640 well and open to just everyone. 576 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:04,040 And so I'd love to see more of those spots being able to be given to kids that need it. 577 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:05,040 Yeah. 578 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,840 And I'd also, I'm also really excited. 579 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:13,480 I always love seeing leaders come back and then be able to step up into new roles. 580 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,320 Like Brooklyn this year, she stepped up in a big way from being like a leader to being 581 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:18,320 an assistant director. 582 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:19,320 Yes, that's right. 583 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:20,320 It was a big boost. 584 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:24,760 And then same with like the supervisors and just seeing all the staff rise to the occasion 585 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:25,760 of their new roles. 586 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:26,760 Yeah. 587 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:31,480 I'm also really excited to see some of the youth who are graduating out of like the youth 588 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:37,400 program to become an LIT because those kids who are graduating youth, I was their leader 589 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:38,880 when they were in bigs. 590 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:43,240 So it kind of seems crazy that now they're becoming LITs, but I just like, I just know 591 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,520 that they're all going to do such a great job and I can't wait to see which of them 592 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,640 are going to like step up and want to lead. 593 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,120 And hopefully we've been kind of an inspiration to them, I guess, if they want to do that. 594 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:53,120 Absolutely. 595 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:56,360 Yes, that'll just be great to see and I'm excited to see which ones want to come back 596 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:57,760 in the LITs. 597 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:58,760 For sure. 598 00:25:58,760 --> 00:25:59,760 Yeah. 599 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:04,240 Well, thank you guys for joining me today for this conversation. 600 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,120 I feel like I learned a lot. 601 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:10,920 I feel the energy already and I'm really excited to sort of jump into the service in just a 602 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,680 few minutes and sort of feel the energy even more. 603 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:18,120 But just on behalf of all of the families and the church community, I just like to say 604 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:24,680 thank you to you and then of course all the staff and volunteers for creating such a beautiful, 605 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:31,120 welcoming, inclusive and loving environment for our camp and their families and the children. 606 00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:32,120 Thank you. 607 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:35,960 And we want to thank you guys for supporting us and for letting us use this space. 608 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:36,960 Yes. 609 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:37,960 All right. 610 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:38,960 And you kept it fairly tidy. 611 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:39,960 It's a big ask. 612 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:46,800 But here we're going to open up your church building to 150 kids every week and they're 613 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,320 going to get messy. 614 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:49,320 They are. 615 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:50,320 They are. 616 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,400 But it's all done in a good name and it's done well. 617 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:54,560 So thank you very much. 618 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:55,560 Yeah. 619 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:56,560 All right. 620 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,320 So those are some of the staff at Camp Trinity sharing their insights and their wisdom and 621 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:06,520 their experiences from the summer 2024 Camp Trinity. 622 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:17,320 We're going to pass it off to the slides now and I'll see everyone in just a little while.