Winter Camp

This post is a week over due.

Last weekend I spent three days with 550 High School students at our winter retreat with four of Beaverton's largest evangelical churches (Beaverton Christian Church, Beaverton Foursquare, Sunset Presbyterian, and Village Baptist). The display of unity was priceless. In the Christian community too much focus is given to the differences between denominations and not enough to our common ground. This weekend showed that despite our differences we are really all the same, children of the Almighty.

The retreat took place at a YoungLife camp in central Oregon called Wildhorse Canyon, the former home of the infamous Rashneesh Puram. One of my favorite things that weekend was climbing to the top of "Communication Hill" and looking out over the camp to watch the sun set. I imagined God watching this camp being built by the Bhagwan thinking to himself "go ahead and build it, one day I will make it Mine". Today, it is definately His.

Joining us for the weekend to lead worship and play some Rock and Roll was a band from Memphis called Our Hearts Hero. These fella's did a great job and the kids just loved them.

A week later I am still excited about the prospect of going to the same camp next year.

Pray for unity among Believers.