WEBVTT 00:00:03.280 --> 00:00:05.419 Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode 00:00:05.419 --> 00:00:08.779 of Trinity Talks. My name is Kyla and I am joined 00:00:08.779 --> 00:00:13.699 here by two of our Camp Trinity staff. Camp Trinity 00:00:13.699 --> 00:00:18.100 is a day camp that runs here at Trinity for six 00:00:18.100 --> 00:00:20.980 weeks this summer and it's starting up tomorrow, 00:00:21.219 --> 00:00:24.699 so super duper soon. So yeah, excited to chat 00:00:24.699 --> 00:00:26.059 with you guys about what the summer is going 00:00:26.059 --> 00:00:29.390 to look like. Um, yeah, so maybe get just started. 00:00:29.410 --> 00:00:31.609 You can just introduce yourself, uh, say, you 00:00:31.609 --> 00:00:33.170 know, how long you've been working at camp and 00:00:33.170 --> 00:00:35.710 what your role is this year. So maybe we'll start 00:00:35.710 --> 00:00:38.729 over here. All right. Well, I'm Rylan. Um, and 00:00:38.729 --> 00:00:41.030 I am one of the assistant directors. I'm the 00:00:41.030 --> 00:00:43.609 assistant director for youth. Okay. And I have 00:00:43.609 --> 00:00:46.149 been technically a part of Camp Trinity for three 00:00:46.149 --> 00:00:48.890 weeks. Um, just brand new. I haven't done a day 00:00:48.890 --> 00:00:51.869 of actual camp yet. Um, cause it's my first year. 00:00:51.950 --> 00:00:53.869 So we've just had three weeks of, of preparation 00:00:53.869 --> 00:00:56.960 so far. Sure. That's where I'm at so far. I have 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:00.039 a veteran over here. My name is Emma. I'm the 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:02.939 supervisor of Big Kids this year, and I've been 00:01:02.939 --> 00:01:05.140 working at Camp Trinity for five summers now. 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.799 Okay. Yeah. Very cool. And you said you were 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.000 a camper before that, right? Yes, I was a camper 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:11.280 before that. So this is like maybe like 10 years 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:12.980 of camp for you? Oh, yeah, for sure. It's been 00:01:12.980 --> 00:01:15.099 10 years at Camp Trinity. Okay, that's awesome. 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.560 So to clarify, you are the supervisor for Bigs. 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:22.019 Yes. So like what is that age group? The Bigs 00:01:22.019 --> 00:01:25.280 age group are ages 8 to 10, so like grades 3 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:28.159 to 5. Okay, and you're a supervisor for you. 00:01:28.299 --> 00:01:30.840 Yes. So what age group is that? Yeah. Youth will 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:34.319 just go from grades six to eight. And then after 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:36.359 that, once they've graduated grade eight, they 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:38.799 have the opportunity to go on to being an LIT 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:43.079 or just leave. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just go about 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:44.500 their lives. Yeah, exactly. But a lot of them 00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:46.620 do end up being LITs. That's awesome. Just the 00:01:46.620 --> 00:01:48.760 junior youth age. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So Camp Trinity 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:52.739 starts at four? Four years old. Okay. So like 00:01:52.739 --> 00:01:54.920 we have some preschoolers who are coming up all 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:57.280 the way to like grade eight. Yeah, exactly. So 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.459 this is like a huge. age. group of people. Yeah. 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:04.280 Okay. And I think you told me there's like 140 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:06.560 some kids who are going to show up here tomorrow. 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:10.439 The last I saw was 147 registrations as of Friday. 00:02:10.539 --> 00:02:13.120 Okay. There's definitely more, at least one or 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.560 two, but probably like 10 or 20. Sure. Yeah. 00:02:16.139 --> 00:02:19.020 Okay. Very cool. Yeah. So they're all going to 00:02:19.020 --> 00:02:21.419 show up tomorrow morning. What does a typical 00:02:21.419 --> 00:02:24.159 day at Camp Trinity look like? So especially 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:26.219 on a Monday, everyone comes in, kind of finds 00:02:26.219 --> 00:02:27.900 their age group, gets to know their counselor. 00:02:28.169 --> 00:02:31.330 We play some icebreaker games. And then my favorite 00:02:31.330 --> 00:02:33.629 part of the day, we go in for worship. And that's 00:02:33.629 --> 00:02:36.789 kind of when the whole camp, ages 4 to 12, we 00:02:36.789 --> 00:02:39.389 can all just come together and worship and sing 00:02:39.389 --> 00:02:41.169 our favorite songs and learn new dance moves. 00:02:41.370 --> 00:02:43.710 And then we come back for a lesson of the day, 00:02:43.729 --> 00:02:45.669 which the assistant directors and supervisors 00:02:45.669 --> 00:02:47.650 have worked super hard to kind of make them super 00:02:47.650 --> 00:02:50.870 fun and engaging and also knowledgeable. And 00:02:50.870 --> 00:02:54.280 then you kind of get to... play some like choose 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.300 your own activity kind of we have soccer um like 00:02:57.300 --> 00:02:59.860 arts and crafts just dance you just get to play 00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:01.360 around with the counselors and then we kind of 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:03.659 break for lunch and then at the end of the day 00:03:03.659 --> 00:03:06.199 or like in the afternoon we have like a fun trip 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:09.159 so like the pool the inflatable water park um 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:11.159 for the younger kids it's we're going to the 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:14.120 farm so it's just a fun activity to kind of close 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:16.520 off and end off the day and then It's home time. 00:03:16.659 --> 00:03:19.360 Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So it's like a pretty good 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:21.680 structures. You all come together to get to do 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.479 all these games, your Bible lesson kids. Yeah. 00:03:24.539 --> 00:03:26.620 I have the opportunity to like get to try lots 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:28.900 of different things. Yes. Yeah. And then I think 00:03:28.900 --> 00:03:31.120 the day trips are probably the highlight. Oh, 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:35.300 for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Is there like a particular 00:03:35.300 --> 00:03:38.740 day trip that like. you like is like your favorite 00:03:38.740 --> 00:03:40.300 they're like this is the coolest place to go 00:03:40.300 --> 00:03:42.560 i really think that the inflatable water park 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:44.960 is the coolest place to go because you just see 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:47.120 the creativity in all the kids i mean you get 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:50.379 this big bounce structure in the middle of a 00:03:50.379 --> 00:03:52.099 lake and then you just get to see how much fun 00:03:52.099 --> 00:03:54.259 they have and like the new friends that they 00:03:54.259 --> 00:03:55.800 make oh my gosh you're close to me on this play 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:57.539 structure come and play with me over here and 00:03:57.539 --> 00:03:59.479 you just get to see the whole group kind of come 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:01.599 together and you see how much they love their 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:03.199 counselors too because they're like oh my gosh 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:05.120 please come play with me over here or you get 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:07.879 to jump off into the lake and yeah it's just 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:11.460 it's a fun time okay sure okay yeah and i know 00:04:11.460 --> 00:04:13.740 rylan you this is your first year at camp is 00:04:13.740 --> 00:04:15.639 there a certain trip or thing that you've heard 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:17.860 about that you're like most excited for Honestly, 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:19.959 I didn't know that the inflatable water park 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:23.079 was on a lake actually until 10 seconds ago. 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:25.180 So I think probably that, that sounds pretty 00:04:25.180 --> 00:04:28.660 awesome. Um, yeah, I have been told that the, 00:04:28.699 --> 00:04:31.019 cause yeah, the, the trips vary a bit based on 00:04:31.019 --> 00:04:32.699 age range. I've been told that the youth get 00:04:32.699 --> 00:04:35.339 to do some pretty cool stuff. So, um, yeah, that's 00:04:35.339 --> 00:04:36.819 a big one I'm looking forward to, I think is 00:04:36.819 --> 00:04:39.899 like the heavy inflatable water park. And, um, 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:42.579 and then you're like tree top trekking and glow 00:04:42.579 --> 00:04:48.100 in the dark mini pot. Yeah. Yeah. Tree top trekking 00:04:48.100 --> 00:04:49.600 is another one. If I get to, I don't know if 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:51.420 I get to actually do it, but just to see them 00:04:51.420 --> 00:04:55.060 having fun, cheer them on, challenge them. It's 00:04:55.060 --> 00:04:56.949 fun. Yeah. It's going to be, it's going to be 00:04:56.949 --> 00:04:59.589 fun. I can't actually say I haven't been there. 00:05:00.149 --> 00:05:06.269 It will be. Yeah. So, um, is there anything that's 00:05:06.269 --> 00:05:09.069 like new or like different about camp this year 00:05:09.069 --> 00:05:11.610 compared to like past years? Um, I think a big 00:05:11.610 --> 00:05:13.629 difference, especially for the bigs is that we've 00:05:13.629 --> 00:05:15.910 separated them into bigs one. Oh, sorry. And 00:05:15.910 --> 00:05:18.350 bigs two. Okay. So we kind of did this because 00:05:18.350 --> 00:05:20.689 the, there's a lot of kids from ages eight to 00:05:20.689 --> 00:05:23.050 10. Sure. And we just kind of split them up so 00:05:23.050 --> 00:05:25.259 that they can kind of have, I don't know, more 00:05:25.259 --> 00:05:27.319 specialized like treatment and stuff and kind 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.649 of all not be together, but you have. kind of 00:05:30.649 --> 00:05:33.170 only 35 kids, which is what all the other age 00:05:33.170 --> 00:05:35.670 groups are. And it was just with 70 kids just 00:05:35.670 --> 00:05:39.389 trying to move everywhere. I feel like the transition 00:05:39.389 --> 00:05:41.990 times just took so long. And so I think now we 00:05:41.990 --> 00:05:44.310 can just kind of get ready for our trip and then 00:05:44.310 --> 00:05:46.689 go instead of just waiting around for everyone. 00:05:46.810 --> 00:05:48.550 Cause I mean, with 75 kids all the time, you 00:05:48.550 --> 00:05:51.170 don't, you can't always know what they're going 00:05:51.170 --> 00:05:52.550 to do. Like five kids might want to go to the 00:05:52.550 --> 00:05:54.329 bathroom while the other 70 have to wait. But 00:05:54.329 --> 00:05:57.550 then with just like the 35 to 40 kids, you can 00:05:57.550 --> 00:05:59.930 kind of manage that a bit better. So yeah. everyone 00:05:59.930 --> 00:06:02.689 has a smoother summer camp experience. That sounds 00:06:02.689 --> 00:06:05.810 great. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I think like building 00:06:05.810 --> 00:06:08.209 on that, like learning over the years to be able 00:06:08.209 --> 00:06:12.410 to be like, okay, this is how we manage 150 kids 00:06:12.410 --> 00:06:14.750 who all show up at the same time. Yeah. Yeah. 00:06:14.850 --> 00:06:18.269 Yeah. Yeah. For sure. Um, so why do you think 00:06:18.269 --> 00:06:20.810 that it's important for churches like Trinity 00:06:20.810 --> 00:06:23.670 to have a summer camp for kids? That's a good 00:06:23.670 --> 00:06:25.910 question. Yeah. This is the first time I think 00:06:25.910 --> 00:06:31.290 I've seen a have a camp this big, invest this 00:06:31.290 --> 00:06:34.930 much in a camp. I just think it's huge. I think 00:06:34.930 --> 00:06:39.029 it creates, it's a big outreach opportunity. 00:06:39.470 --> 00:06:43.610 You're way more likely to come to, as a kid, 00:06:43.629 --> 00:06:46.209 to come to a camp run by a church than maybe 00:06:46.209 --> 00:06:48.949 just a regular Sunday. Sure. And as a parent, 00:06:49.069 --> 00:06:51.810 I think you're still more likely, if you're unfamiliar 00:06:51.810 --> 00:06:54.850 with the faith or with faith in general, to... 00:06:55.449 --> 00:06:57.769 to be on board with something like this. Um, 00:06:58.470 --> 00:07:00.670 so I think there's that accessibility part of 00:07:00.670 --> 00:07:03.350 it, um, where it really brings kids into the 00:07:03.350 --> 00:07:06.050 life of the church a little bit. Um, there's 00:07:06.050 --> 00:07:10.430 also the continuity for, uh, for, for kids, for 00:07:10.430 --> 00:07:13.189 youth that are in programs throughout the year. 00:07:13.310 --> 00:07:16.589 And then, um, in the summer when like, you know, 00:07:16.589 --> 00:07:18.290 they, they might want to do camps, they might 00:07:18.290 --> 00:07:21.600 want to do, um, Some are things, right? But they 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:24.939 get to stay connected with the church, with the 00:07:24.939 --> 00:07:27.579 people, the adults who've been pouring into them 00:07:27.579 --> 00:07:33.100 all year long. So I think with generally just 00:07:33.100 --> 00:07:36.680 continuing to be learning about the things of 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:38.759 God, but also having fun, and especially I think 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:40.959 a really big one is, again, just the relationships 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:44.339 that are built with adults who are maybe either 00:07:44.339 --> 00:07:48.620 volunteering or staff that are just pouring into 00:07:48.620 --> 00:07:51.339 them. Yeah, that they get to be a part of their 00:07:51.339 --> 00:07:55.060 summer because summer is when many of our best 00:07:55.060 --> 00:07:59.800 memories are made. Sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:01.980 no, no, I think that's true that it yeah, it 00:08:01.980 --> 00:08:04.459 gives it's an outreach opportunity. But then 00:08:04.459 --> 00:08:07.259 it also is that continuity for the kids. Yeah. 00:08:07.379 --> 00:08:09.259 Who, you know, they need things to do in the 00:08:09.259 --> 00:08:11.560 summer and churches can provide that really meaningful 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:13.819 space for them. Yeah. And I just want to say, 00:08:13.860 --> 00:08:16.740 too, that a lot of a lot of time that becomes 00:08:16.740 --> 00:08:19.199 like a kind of cycle like. like almost like a 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:21.899 revolving door, like a kid might come to camp 00:08:21.899 --> 00:08:24.540 and then get involved and then even end up working 00:08:24.540 --> 00:08:26.579 here, but then we'll come to our youth group 00:08:26.579 --> 00:08:29.500 or we'll come, you know, so, um, that's cool. 00:08:29.620 --> 00:08:32.179 Like, you know, that's, that's awesome. That's 00:08:32.179 --> 00:08:34.200 the goal, right? Is like, um, introduce them 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:35.799 to the faith. And if they're already at a church, 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:38.340 that's awesome. Um, but a lot of the times these 00:08:38.340 --> 00:08:40.480 kids are coming from no real faith background 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:43.460 at all. So it's like, it is a golden opportunity. 00:08:43.580 --> 00:08:46.240 Yeah. Yeah. For sure. For sure. Yeah. What would 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:48.340 you sort of add to that? I would say like adding 00:08:48.340 --> 00:08:49.899 onto that, that it just built such a community. 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:52.279 I mean, even coming from, I don't like Trinity 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:54.360 is not my main church, but I just connect so 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:56.799 many amazing memories here. And I just feel like. 00:08:57.309 --> 00:08:59.269 Even when I was a camper, I just felt all the 00:08:59.269 --> 00:09:01.269 love from everyone that did work here. And then 00:09:01.269 --> 00:09:03.549 I kind of got to grow up with that same community. 00:09:03.769 --> 00:09:06.230 And I think that having a camp within the church 00:09:06.230 --> 00:09:08.309 can kind of also guarantee that there's a lot 00:09:08.309 --> 00:09:10.490 more familiar faces for these children. If you 00:09:10.490 --> 00:09:12.710 come in, you kind of have a little bit of nerves 00:09:12.710 --> 00:09:14.570 on the first day. You can see someone that you 00:09:14.570 --> 00:09:17.210 see every Sunday at service. And I think that 00:09:17.210 --> 00:09:19.330 really builds more confidence in people. And 00:09:19.330 --> 00:09:21.950 I think that's what makes this camp so much fun 00:09:21.950 --> 00:09:24.769 because everyone just loves each other, is guiding 00:09:24.769 --> 00:09:27.759 with love. it's just here to have fun and you 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:30.899 can kind of branch it both. Like you can come 00:09:30.899 --> 00:09:32.940 here during the year and then you can look forward 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:35.379 to what this church will put on for you during 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:38.259 the summer. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And like, 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:40.220 when you think about your own sort of journey, 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:43.500 you know, go from being a camper to LIT to the 00:09:43.500 --> 00:09:45.759 like staff, like, like how, how have you seen 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:48.620 that like impact your life and your like relationships 00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:51.480 and faith? I think that I've grown a lot of confidence. 00:09:51.539 --> 00:09:53.500 I think Trinity was a very welcoming community 00:09:53.500 --> 00:09:56.440 to me and I kind of got to grow. as a camper, 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.919 just enjoying all my experiences. And then I 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:01.860 got that little bit of responsibility and then 00:10:01.860 --> 00:10:04.559 I got more responsibility. And then I had a full 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:06.600 sense of responsibility here. And I think that 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:10.100 that kind of allowed me to kind of see what abilities 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:12.559 I had, my leadership skills, the confidence I 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:14.740 had. I mean, I remember having no confidence 00:10:14.740 --> 00:10:17.419 as a little LIT, thinking that I wasn't useful. 00:10:17.659 --> 00:10:19.879 And then growing into a counselor being like, 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:22.419 wait. lits are useful and then being a council 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:24.539 a supervisor and then saying wow my counselors 00:10:24.539 --> 00:10:27.440 my lits are what makes this a community makes 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:30.649 this a team and i think being a team is good 00:10:30.649 --> 00:10:33.110 but being a community makes the team stronger 00:10:33.110 --> 00:10:36.269 sure yeah yeah trinity's like really made a community 00:10:36.269 --> 00:10:39.669 of counselors not a team of counselors yeah yeah 00:10:39.669 --> 00:10:41.529 so not people who just like work together but 00:10:41.529 --> 00:10:43.309 people who actually care about each other and 00:10:43.309 --> 00:10:46.250 like have fun together and yeah yeah that's awesome 00:10:46.250 --> 00:10:50.730 yeah um rylan do you have a part of camp that 00:10:50.730 --> 00:10:54.990 you are like most looking forward to yeah i i 00:10:54.990 --> 00:10:58.309 one of them is is i'll just go off of what you 00:10:58.309 --> 00:11:03.870 just said emma like The community of leaders 00:11:03.870 --> 00:11:09.850 and just seeing how that impacts the kids. Part 00:11:09.850 --> 00:11:12.509 of the discipleship year program that I just 00:11:12.509 --> 00:11:14.129 finished, we were learning a bit about witness 00:11:14.129 --> 00:11:16.669 and how like in the early church witness and 00:11:16.669 --> 00:11:18.870 like even in the Christian writings, like in 00:11:18.870 --> 00:11:22.110 the New Testament, it was almost always. viewed 00:11:22.110 --> 00:11:24.450 as something that you do communally, right? It 00:11:24.450 --> 00:11:27.690 wasn't so much individuals going out and evangelizing. 00:11:27.750 --> 00:11:30.730 It was like that the goal is the church would 00:11:30.730 --> 00:11:33.909 just live a certain way and that in the community 00:11:33.909 --> 00:11:35.990 and that people would see that and be like, there's 00:11:35.990 --> 00:11:38.090 something different about these people. Right. 00:11:38.669 --> 00:11:40.570 And that's exactly what happened. That's how 00:11:40.570 --> 00:11:44.210 they grew. And I just think that's, there's something 00:11:44.210 --> 00:11:46.860 about. camp that I've experienced at another 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:49.700 camp that I've worked at and, and just like seeing, 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:51.820 um, yeah, how a team can become such a strong 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:56.679 community and how, um, that just shines so much 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:59.899 light on kids and truly does and helps them to 00:11:59.899 --> 00:12:04.159 feel secure, um, in the team that they're entrusted 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:08.220 or that are entrusted with them. Uh, so I think, 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:11.159 yeah, just, just getting to see, um, A team. 00:12:11.179 --> 00:12:13.559 God do really cool things through the team. And 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:16.279 then, of course, like just seeing how that shapes 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:19.059 the whole camp experience for the kids, because 00:12:19.059 --> 00:12:20.740 it always does. Yeah. Right. For better or for 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:23.799 worse, whatever the team is, the community or 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.779 lack thereof will will just bleed right into 00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:29.320 the camp experience for the kids. Yeah. Yeah. 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:31.779 Yeah. Yeah. For sure. And what about you? Do 00:12:31.779 --> 00:12:34.909 you have like a favorite part of camp? I think 00:12:34.909 --> 00:12:36.870 my favorite part of camp is worship. I mean, 00:12:36.990 --> 00:12:38.789 I get to just you get to kind of bounce around 00:12:38.789 --> 00:12:40.570 and hang out with all the campers. But I also 00:12:40.570 --> 00:12:42.610 really like choose your own activity because 00:12:42.610 --> 00:12:44.850 that's kind of a time where the kids get to kind 00:12:44.850 --> 00:12:46.730 of explore the church, see what the counselors 00:12:46.730 --> 00:12:49.330 have worked to put on for them. And then the 00:12:49.330 --> 00:12:51.990 counselors also get to play and have fun with 00:12:51.990 --> 00:12:53.850 their campers as well, because I think that's 00:12:53.850 --> 00:12:55.690 a really important part. It's one thing to just 00:12:55.690 --> 00:12:57.669 be there to supervise, but it's another thing 00:12:57.669 --> 00:13:00.250 to. welcome all the campers that come in and 00:13:00.250 --> 00:13:02.250 say i want to have fun with you i want to play 00:13:02.250 --> 00:13:04.429 soccer with you i want to help you build a bracelet 00:13:04.429 --> 00:13:06.350 or fly paper airplane i think that that's what 00:13:06.350 --> 00:13:09.909 differentiates someone's someone having fun or 00:13:09.909 --> 00:13:12.710 someone just attending a camp sure yeah yeah 00:13:12.710 --> 00:13:14.210 that the leaders aren't just there to be like 00:13:14.210 --> 00:13:17.110 here are the rules stay safe do these things 00:13:17.110 --> 00:13:19.549 now but they're like no let's like play let's 00:13:19.549 --> 00:13:21.929 like yes make sure that we're all having a good 00:13:21.929 --> 00:13:24.529 time together yeah and i think with um especially 00:13:24.529 --> 00:13:26.830 in the bigs age sometimes you just need to be 00:13:26.830 --> 00:13:29.200 that leader that would start to throw the paper 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:30.759 airplane first and they'll be like, wait, that 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.000 actually looks so fun. I'm going to do that as 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:35.200 well. Right. That game was so fun. I think that 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:36.820 someone just needs to take that initiative to 00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:39.100 say, this is super fun. We should all try it. 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:42.659 Right. I think that's what makes being a counselor 00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:45.480 or supervisor so much fun. You just need to enlight 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:49.759 fun, like lighten fun in everyone. Yeah. It's 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.580 like fun is like. you know, top point on your 00:13:52.580 --> 00:13:55.340 job description. It's like, keep kids safe, have 00:13:55.340 --> 00:13:59.519 fun. These are the rules. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:02.919 Okay, so obviously camp is a lot of fun. There's 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:04.940 lots of really cool things happening. I'm sure 00:14:04.940 --> 00:14:08.639 that as staff, it's not always super fun, right? 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:12.120 There are challenging moments as well. So maybe 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:14.100 what are some of the challenges that you face 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:16.740 or that you anticipate facing as camp staff? 00:14:18.730 --> 00:14:23.690 Yeah, I think it probably the biggest thing for 00:14:23.690 --> 00:14:26.389 me that I've faced working at camp is just the 00:14:26.389 --> 00:14:29.649 reality that life keeps going. Sure. We all have 00:14:29.649 --> 00:14:33.669 personal lives and stuff happens. Like I think 00:14:33.669 --> 00:14:36.129 as much as we have this idea of summer just being 00:14:36.129 --> 00:14:40.409 the time of just, you know, freedom and relaxation, 00:14:40.649 --> 00:14:43.129 like some really tough things can happen. And 00:14:43.129 --> 00:14:46.629 so just being able to like really regulate yourself 00:14:46.629 --> 00:14:51.690 and. Yeah. Just, just kind of take care of yourself 00:14:51.690 --> 00:14:54.450 holistically in the midst of the craziness of 00:14:54.450 --> 00:14:56.450 camp. Like an example, it's, it could be so easy 00:14:56.450 --> 00:14:59.470 when you're, you're done a day of camp, you come 00:14:59.470 --> 00:15:01.470 home and then you're just exhausted. Like you 00:15:01.470 --> 00:15:03.509 got nothing left in you and just kind of lie 00:15:03.509 --> 00:15:05.309 on the couch and then you have something to eat 00:15:05.309 --> 00:15:07.669 and then you just go to sleep and you wake up 00:15:07.669 --> 00:15:09.409 and it's time again. Like it can, you can fall 00:15:09.409 --> 00:15:12.909 into these bad cycles that make it hard for you 00:15:12.909 --> 00:15:16.600 to be. your best self for the kids right and 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.059 then on top of that again life life keeps going 00:15:19.059 --> 00:15:20.600 so when you have other things you're struggling 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:23.460 with um i think that can that can make camp really 00:15:23.460 --> 00:15:25.919 tough sure um but on the flip side i think just 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:29.740 like having people um especially other people 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:31.899 other coaches and other people in the same role 00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:34.559 having people to to be accountable with just 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:36.279 to make sure that you're you're taking care of 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.740 yourself you're checking and you're processing 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:40.240 yeah the other stuff that you need to deal with 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:43.480 so that you can be your best self sure bring 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:46.080 everything to the table for camp is is everything 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:49.480 but yeah i i've personally i've i've struggled 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:51.919 with that a bit before and like the diet can 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:56.090 can crash a little bit based on sure we're running 00:15:56.090 --> 00:15:58.250 around so much so yeah i think yeah it's it's 00:15:58.250 --> 00:16:01.090 exhausting right it's a lot of work that you 00:16:01.090 --> 00:16:03.629 put into like a lot of hours of the day but then 00:16:03.629 --> 00:16:05.629 yeah to also find that space where you can take 00:16:05.629 --> 00:16:08.149 care of yourself and make sure that you can show 00:16:08.149 --> 00:16:10.750 up really well the next day yeah exactly exactly 00:16:10.750 --> 00:16:12.769 it takes a lot of work to find that balance yes 00:16:12.769 --> 00:16:15.090 for sure so yeah what would you say about like 00:16:15.090 --> 00:16:16.950 what are some of the challenging bits of camp 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:19.899 I would say that a main one is even though we 00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:22.639 can prep as much as we can, schedule everything, 00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:25.960 have a plan for everything, obviously not everything's 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.200 going to go to plan. Like the weather might be 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:30.559 too hot or might be raining or a bus might come 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:32.779 super late or might leave super late so we're 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:34.779 coming back to the church late. I think that 00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:36.220 the hardest part about that is just being able 00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:39.159 to communicate everything to the counselors for 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:42.559 sure because you might be thinking it, like me 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:44.259 as a supervisor, I might be thinking in my mind, 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:46.000 I'm thinking to myself, okay, this is what we're 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:47.840 going to do. But then it doesn't actually work 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:49.159 out because I didn't tell anyone or I didn't 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:51.419 feel like I had time to tell anyone. So I feel 00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:53.500 like the biggest part of that is just learning 00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:56.259 how to go with the flow a bit in actual camp 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:58.860 and just learning to communicate, okay, we're 00:16:58.860 --> 00:17:00.299 not doing this anymore. We're going to leave 00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:04.259 30 minutes later. add this activity on. So I 00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:06.240 think just a big part is just learning how to 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:08.960 communicate the new changes, not just the actual 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.380 schedule, just the new changes as well. Sure. 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:14.000 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Always being on top of things. 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:17.460 Yeah. Yeah. Like there's a lot of kids to manage, 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:19.099 but then therefore there's also a lot of staff 00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:20.759 to like communicate with and make sure we're 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.599 all on the same page. And yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:25.880 a lot to handle. Yeah, I've seen not being on 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:28.319 the same page and how just small mistakes would 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.900 happen. Obviously, no one means to because you 00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:31.759 don't know the changes, but just be like, okay, 00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:34.099 instead of this taking two minutes to complete, 00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:36.400 it's going to take us seven because we all went 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:39.920 the wrong way. Let's turn around. So I think 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:41.519 that that's just the hardest part, just making 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:43.480 the transition times a bit smoother, even when 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:46.019 things don't totally go as planned. Sure. Yeah. 00:17:46.099 --> 00:17:50.150 Yeah. No, that makes a lot of sense. Okay, so 00:17:50.150 --> 00:17:52.369 given all of these challenges, all of these things 00:17:52.369 --> 00:17:54.170 that you're sort of looking forward to, what 00:17:54.170 --> 00:17:57.369 are some ways that folks at Trinity can be supporting 00:17:57.369 --> 00:18:00.089 camp and praying for you as leaders this summer? 00:18:00.569 --> 00:18:04.869 Yeah, I would say for energy. To go off of what 00:18:04.869 --> 00:18:09.309 I found most difficult and just God's grace, 00:18:09.490 --> 00:18:13.210 honestly, and God's grace and strength and wisdom 00:18:13.210 --> 00:18:17.730 to be able to pivot. And yeah, just to go in 00:18:17.730 --> 00:18:21.730 with the, I would ask for prayer that we can 00:18:21.730 --> 00:18:26.150 go in with just the right mindset to just not 00:18:26.150 --> 00:18:27.970 make it about ourselves, not make it about just 00:18:27.970 --> 00:18:30.829 making money or getting hours for the summer, 00:18:30.869 --> 00:18:33.990 but really about these kids and about showing 00:18:33.990 --> 00:18:37.670 them God's love, telling them the truth of Scripture 00:18:37.670 --> 00:18:41.789 and what an amazing story we can be caught up 00:18:41.789 --> 00:18:47.180 into. Sure. Yeah, I think, yeah, we ultimately, 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:49.599 we've talked about a lot of the things that can 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:51.279 be the difference between this just being another 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:54.779 camp or a life changing experience. But I think 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:58.180 ultimately it's the spirit of God. Just if God's 00:18:58.180 --> 00:19:00.759 presence is there, if it's orchestrated by his 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:06.240 hand, it will be amazing. You know, and then 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:09.599 so for us to just keep that in mind, you know, 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:12.319 it's easy to forget what it's all about when 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:15.130 stuff's going. not according to plan and when 00:19:15.130 --> 00:19:18.069 you're tired. Um, but yeah, just to continually 00:19:18.069 --> 00:19:20.109 remember and remember that God's strength is, 00:19:20.130 --> 00:19:22.309 has made perfect in our weakness. Right. Right. 00:19:22.390 --> 00:19:26.750 Uh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No lessons to like 00:19:26.750 --> 00:19:29.589 keep in mind for yourself and like be encouraged, 00:19:29.670 --> 00:19:31.910 but yeah. Then also to invite folks to be praying 00:19:31.910 --> 00:19:34.869 for you and to be offering encouragement when 00:19:34.869 --> 00:19:37.109 you, we see you on, on Sunday or, or whenever. 00:19:37.269 --> 00:19:40.150 Right. Yeah. Big time. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Encourage 00:19:40.150 --> 00:19:42.109 in terms of a practical thing, encourage, uh, 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:45.460 encourage staff when you see them and yeah and 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:48.500 also yeah spread the word too about um to kids 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:52.339 and parents um about this camp because like ultimately 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:54.799 however difficult it is it's a joy and it's a 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:56.619 it's a blessing that we get to be a part of when 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:59.529 we we want as many kids as possible sure um Yeah. 00:19:59.630 --> 00:20:01.869 Yeah. I don't know if I'll say that in week three 00:20:01.869 --> 00:20:04.710 when, you know, I got like a million on my hands, 00:20:04.750 --> 00:20:08.269 but I'll say it before. Yes. We want them all. 00:20:08.430 --> 00:20:11.309 We want them all. Yeah, exactly. Okay. Yeah. 00:20:11.450 --> 00:20:13.329 Yeah. What would you sort of add to that? How 00:20:13.329 --> 00:20:15.329 can folks be praying for, encouraging, supporting 00:20:15.329 --> 00:20:17.750 you? Well, I for sure, I want to bounce off what 00:20:17.750 --> 00:20:19.289 Rylan was saying, just kind of praying for the 00:20:19.289 --> 00:20:20.950 energy of the counselors, because I think that 00:20:20.950 --> 00:20:24.809 counselors showing up to. provide a service to 00:20:24.809 --> 00:20:27.509 provide fun for all the kids kind of really does 00:20:27.509 --> 00:20:29.309 make their summer. And I mean, even coming from 00:20:29.309 --> 00:20:31.529 my experience, I grew up with camp counselors 00:20:31.529 --> 00:20:34.250 who genuinely loved being there. And I think 00:20:34.250 --> 00:20:37.269 that's why I genuinely loved being at camp too. 00:20:37.450 --> 00:20:39.930 I mean, I waited all year for summer to come. 00:20:39.990 --> 00:20:43.309 Sure. And every year I was not disappointed as 00:20:43.309 --> 00:20:46.650 a camper, as an LIT, as a counselor. So I just 00:20:46.650 --> 00:20:49.930 think that the energy and the excitement from 00:20:49.930 --> 00:20:53.640 the counselors is really what can make a summer 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:55.740 amazing for all these kids and all the kids that 00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:58.480 come to camp do deserve an amazing summer yeah 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:01.619 so i do pray for or i hope that the church community 00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:03.740 can pray for like that health, well -being and 00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:06.400 energy of the counselors, because I think that 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:08.519 they're the foundation of what makes this camp 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:11.559 run so smoothly and why all the kids just love 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:15.579 coming back. Yeah. Yeah. So we've talked a lot 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:18.240 about like, you know, the fun bits of camp, the 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:20.819 like really exciting and different things. But 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:22.640 you also mentioned, you know, like worship is 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:25.000 kind of your favorite part. And like, you know, 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:27.940 you do these like Bible lessons every day. So 00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:30.680 like. How do you see the connections between 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:33.059 like all of this like fun, crazy stuff that happens 00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:35.400 at camp and the like faith piece? Like how do 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:37.420 they come together? What do you see is sort of 00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:40.400 valuable in that? I think that our lessons during 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:43.160 the day, we also like to kind of talk about God's 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:47.359 love and his how selfless he is. And I think 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:51.250 that kind of comes back into. I find myself using 00:21:51.250 --> 00:21:53.710 the lessons from the day in behavior with kids. 00:21:53.849 --> 00:21:56.109 Sure. So when someone's doing something nice, 00:21:56.170 --> 00:21:57.990 I'll say, you know what, that was really nice. 00:21:58.089 --> 00:22:00.809 Or I like to kind of like bring positive to the 00:22:00.809 --> 00:22:02.650 things that I like to see. And then the things 00:22:02.650 --> 00:22:04.130 that I don't like to see, I like to touch back 00:22:04.130 --> 00:22:06.650 on the lessons as well. Sure. So I feel like 00:22:06.650 --> 00:22:08.690 camp isn't always just this go, go, go, like 00:22:08.690 --> 00:22:10.549 always doing activities. I think there's also 00:22:10.549 --> 00:22:13.269 time for reflection with the kids and also with 00:22:13.269 --> 00:22:15.470 our small groups that we do in our lesson times. 00:22:15.609 --> 00:22:18.789 We kind of like to let the counselors give the 00:22:18.789 --> 00:22:21.250 kids the floor. even the eight -year -olds, the 00:22:21.250 --> 00:22:22.690 nine -year -olds, you'd be surprised. They like 00:22:22.690 --> 00:22:25.130 to talk about what they're feeling inside. We 00:22:25.130 --> 00:22:26.930 kind of like to give them open -ended questions. 00:22:27.289 --> 00:22:30.990 And honestly, like when I first was doing a small 00:22:30.990 --> 00:22:32.390 group, I was like, they're nine years old. They're 00:22:32.390 --> 00:22:34.490 not going to want to participate, but they actually 00:22:34.490 --> 00:22:36.150 do. And if you show that you're going to listen 00:22:36.150 --> 00:22:37.890 to them, they're going to want to tell you how 00:22:37.890 --> 00:22:40.210 they feel about Jesus and how they feel Jesus's 00:22:40.210 --> 00:22:43.980 love and how they want to show up to camp. And 00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:45.859 I kind of like to put that into arts and crafts 00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:48.779 as well. So even just in the first week, I'll 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:51.200 say it right now, but we're doing like a kindness 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:53.380 heart. So we're going to make a heart and say 00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:55.900 how you want to show Jesus' love in your life 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:57.720 or at camp. And then we're going to put it on 00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:59.940 the wall where you can eat lunch and see it. 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:02.460 So I think that even though we're doing fun activities 00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:05.720 and we're moving around, there's always a reminder. 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:08.940 Sure. Even me, myself, or the counselors like 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:11.559 to kind of... put into the kids. Yeah. That, 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:14.579 that like the values of your faith, the values 00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:17.400 of God and love and kindness, like are the things 00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:20.200 that drive you, right. Even in the really crazy 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:22.460 moments, but then also in the quieter moments. 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:24.660 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Anything you would want to 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:27.980 add to that? It's good. Yeah. Um, I think it 00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:30.700 just, they go hand in hand. Um, and God is a 00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:33.839 God of fun, a God of excitement and joy. Like 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:41.279 really. And, and, um, yeah, I, I, Man, I don't 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:43.460 know. There's so much. Your answer is really 00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:46.200 good. And I would maybe I would kind of add on 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:49.220 a little bit to what Emma said. Like, I think 00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:53.980 any opportunity you have to connect day to day 00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:57.559 stuff to the message is awesome. Sure. And like 00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:59.940 particularly the messages that I'm really excited 00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:03.819 about, because we have like a kind of double 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:07.880 lesson in a way every day where Megan's going 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:11.619 to have. a teaching with everyone. Okay. And 00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:13.619 then we're going to break into our little smaller 00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:16.279 groups and then go into our own teaching. The 00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:18.779 supervisors would lead that. Okay. And it's just 00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:20.380 really cool because the way we're going to be 00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:22.460 doing it this summer is like an overview of, 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:24.200 Megan will be talking about the character of 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:26.900 God and what's sin all about and what does the 00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:28.819 cross mean and the resurrection and life with 00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:32.400 God and like five different points, like a format, 00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:35.400 but like using different illustrations and analogies 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:37.970 and then. the supervisors and like the large, 00:24:38.069 --> 00:24:41.210 the dispersed groups will be looking at specific 00:24:41.210 --> 00:24:44.430 stories in the Bible from Abraham all the way 00:24:44.430 --> 00:24:49.029 to like Paul. Right. And how this, the character 00:24:49.029 --> 00:24:52.089 of God and the pattern sort of, you know, sin 00:24:52.089 --> 00:24:54.329 of God's mercy of like a death and resurrection, 00:24:54.529 --> 00:24:56.309 how that plays out again and again through the 00:24:56.309 --> 00:25:00.170 Bible. Sure. I just think that this is so important 00:25:00.170 --> 00:25:04.039 to like. to just to it goes hand in hand with 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:06.799 camp is like this again this amazing um story 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:09.460 that we are all so excited about yeah um to where 00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:11.339 like as much as the games and everything is so 00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:14.299 important that ultimately where our joy comes 00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:17.700 from is is god right you know and that the same 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:19.940 god who you know asks people to do very difficult 00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:23.180 things um is also the god who yeah who loves 00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:25.779 play who wants to play with us i think like even 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:29.180 if that this maybe seems a little crazy. I think 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:31.279 it, uh, it can help tear down some of this stigma 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:33.839 around our faith that like, you know, we're just 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:37.640 super pious people and we, um, we just come together 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:40.579 and sing songs and then go away and, you know, 00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:42.279 don't do any of the fun stuff that everyone else 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.920 gets to do. It's like, no, that's not true at 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:47.420 all. Yeah. So I, I don't know. I just see it. 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.920 It just goes hand in hand. Maybe that's because 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:51.059 I grew up in Christian camps and everything, 00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:54.880 but. Yeah. No, I think that totally makes sense. 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:57.059 Right. And I think you're right that God is in 00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:59.680 our joy. God is in our play just as much as God 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:02.819 is in the like serious moments and the like behavior 00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:04.980 correction and the like all of those things. 00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:08.299 Yes, exactly. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Okay. So 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:10.380 if there are some kids who are listening, who 00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:12.740 are like, I don't know if I should come to Camp 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:15.079 Trinity. Maybe it's cool, but maybe these people 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:17.160 seem really lame. Okay, what is your message 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:19.900 to the kids who are, like, coming to Camp Trinity 00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.640 or who are maybe still thinking about coming? 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:24.839 First of all, ouch, if they think we're lame. 00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:29.220 Do you have something else? I don't know why 00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:32.940 I processed that wound. Well, you processed the 00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:38.019 wound. I would say that Camp Trinity, no one 00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:40.640 here is lame. I think that we all... We're all 00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:42.900 counselors that just want to have fun as well. 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:45.140 And I mean, we're all a big community and we 00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:47.500 want to have fun with you. I mean, if I'm talking 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:50.400 to that one kid, we want to have fun with you. 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:52.500 We want you to come and hang out with us and 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:55.039 have this fun summer with us. And we're not going 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.859 anywhere. We're here. We're going to have all 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:58.700 of these activities and we're here to play with 00:26:58.700 --> 00:27:02.440 them. But I think that. you should give us a 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:04.920 chance i mean we're all gonna show up we're gonna 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.400 put our best foot forward we're gonna show up 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:09.380 with the best summer energy and i feel like you'd 00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:12.019 miss out if you didn't give us at least one week 00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:14.420 of your time okay sure it's a real good tails 00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:17.420 pitch right there anything you'd add to that 00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:21.019 rylan yeah i would just say like a simple summary 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:23.920 if i can is that like um it's really a place 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:27.019 for uh the church and the unchurched people to 00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:31.960 come um And it is really for everyone. It's run 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:34.599 by people who take the Bible seriously, who take 00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:37.759 God's love seriously, and who want to show it 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:42.440 to you. But it is for everyone. And something 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:44.519 I was saying to some of the LITs is whatever 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:46.980 you end up coming here for, you're going to get 00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:49.900 so much more out of it. Sure. So for them, it 00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:51.279 was like, well, you're coming here for hours 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:53.539 because you're... Parents forced you or whatever. 00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:55.319 You're going to get so much out. But the same 00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:58.019 goes for kids. You might come here for fun. And 00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.319 if you want to have fun, come here. You're going 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:02.079 to get that at bare minimum. You are. But then 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.420 you're also going to get so much more. You're 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:06.119 going to build friendships. You're going to get 00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:11.279 to see some really special things in your leaders 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:14.380 and just the care that's been put into this whole 00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:17.640 program. So yeah, you're gonna, you're gonna 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:19.740 get, uh, what is it? The bang for your buck. 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:24.779 Yeah. Yeah. You get the fun, you get the community, 00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:28.900 you get some Jesus. Yeah. Just like all of these 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:30.960 pieces that we're all looking for is like, whether 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:33.180 you're looking for a place to send your kids 00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:35.099 away so you don't have to worry about them, whether 00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:36.900 you're looking for a place to have lots of fun 00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:39.599 and adventures to make new friends, to like, 00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:42.019 yeah, get some of that, like, you know, Christ 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:45.329 centered love and community. All of those things 00:28:45.329 --> 00:28:47.730 are available at Camp Trinity. And I think that's 00:28:47.730 --> 00:28:49.750 what makes it really special. Yeah. And I think 00:28:49.750 --> 00:28:52.690 for kids, too, especially growing up, you kind 00:28:52.690 --> 00:28:54.170 of want to find a place where you can belong. 00:28:54.289 --> 00:28:56.849 And I think that Trinity is just the place where 00:28:56.849 --> 00:28:59.069 you feel like you will fit right in. I mean, 00:28:59.109 --> 00:29:01.549 all the counselors here, we want you to be here. 00:29:01.670 --> 00:29:05.470 So we'll leave. I hope that every camper that 00:29:05.470 --> 00:29:08.089 comes to Camp Trinity leaves on Friday feeling 00:29:08.089 --> 00:29:10.269 like they were meant to come to this camp and 00:29:10.269 --> 00:29:12.789 they belonged at this camp. I think that that's... 00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:15.680 our main mission for the summer for sure. Sure. 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:18.380 Yeah. Yeah. That's awesome. Everyone has a place 00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:21.079 at Camp Trinity. Awesome. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thank 00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:24.599 you so much, guys. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. 00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:27.099 And thank you for tuning in to this week's episode 00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:31.180 of Trinity Talks. Whether you are a kid or a 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:34.400 parent or just someone who's interested in camp, 00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:36.640 someone who comes to Trinity, I hope that you 00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:40.579 feel encouraged that you come. Join us this summer 00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:43.980 and that you pray for our staff and leaders as 00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:46.380 they go through this really challenging, really 00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:49.279 beautiful, really amazing, joyful, fun summer 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:52.960 together. Yeah. We will see you again next week.