Angie and I (and several others from the church) had the great opportunity to lead a church camp this past week (July 5th-9th). The camp was for incoming 5th-7th graders. We enjoyed an awesome week of interacting with the campers, getting inspired by God, and avoiding the extremely high temperatures for at least awhile. One of the highlights of the week is always the theme song for the week. This year we used Hawk Nelson's "Live Life Loud" (listen here). This was a great song for the campers to connect with since it calls them to live life loud. We directly connected this song to living life for God. The beginning of the week they were hesitant and quiet. By the end, they were yelling the song and have continued singing it since camp (this comes from reports of the parents).
One of the amazing impacts I see after camp each year is how the theme we used can speak to us all. How many of us are careful when we express our faith? When do we tell others that we are Christians? This continues to be a topic people ask and how to do it respecting others while also sharing the love of Christ. I've come to realize each person will be comfortable at different levels of expression. For some, they naturally talk about their faith and talk about it quickly in a conversation. For others, they would prefer their actions to speak about their faith. No matter your comfort level, the important lesson is that we are sharing our faith. God calls us to live life loud so that our actions, words and thoughts express the love of Christ that we have experienced and desire to share. The reality is that people are watching. When they see us living out our faith, they will begin to ask why we live the way we do. Therefore, we can share our faith at any moment of our lives because we are living our faith. This is living life loud!
In order to help us live life loud, we are speaking about knowing our faith story and sharing our faith during our Sunday evening gatherings. We begin at 5 p.m. and you're invited to join us. Dinner and childcare provided.
I'm excited as we all live our lives loud for God!
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