Spare us from the bowling puns...

Hey Youth and Parents,

We are having our last summer field trip this Wednesday, August 4th at the Superbowl, located in Erlanger. We will be leaving the Lighthouse at 3:00 pm. We will be returning to church at around 6:00 pm in time for our worship service, The Point.

If you need a ride to the Lighthouse please let Thom know ASAP. Once again, this activity is free and dinner will be provided before we get back to church. Please spread the word.

The following week we will be having our back to school party on August 11th. We will be showing the movie, To Save A Life. Please invite your friends for this special time. This is an awesome movie that will provide a great opportunity for good discussions.

More details coming soon!

A little rain never hurt anybody...

Good morning everyone!

Yesterday was pretty rainy but as you can tell from the photos it didn't stop our campers from having an awesome time. We had kids catching fish, playing soccer, and shooting hoops in spite of the rain.

Afterward, they took a lot of our kids inside and had a time of games and dancing (and yes that is a man dressed in a chicken costume.) Then we finished the day with slurgefest.

We are coming home today, we should be back around 2 at the latest.

We will also be posting some AMAZING photos from slurgesfest.

Good morning (rainy) campers!

Good morning everyone!

Our students are ready to go this morning. They slept really well last night. It looks like its going to rain off and on today but the staff hear is doing an excellent job at preparing.

The kids Bible study leader, Spencer, has turned into a hero for some of them. They have enjoyed shooting poisonous darts at one another, as well as turning each other into moose.

Keep them in your prayers that the kids are safe and refrain from injuries.

More photos and stories to come soon!

Bazookas and blobs...

So its late afternoon and we about to head to worship. The kids are full of energy (they decided that since this camp is shorter they would squeeze as much fun out of it as possible).
We blobbed and swam in the lake. The students then went back to do their TAWG's (Time Alone With God).

Some of the guys had an amazing time in their POI - bazooka ball. It's like Paint Ball minus the paint and with larger balls. I will have to brag that our kids dominated the game, winning 4 out of the 5 games.

We are focusing tonight on how God is Father of our lives (sound familiar youth?).
Keep our kids in your prayers. Tonight the Gospel will be presented. Pray for the speaker to be clear and the students to be receptive.

More pics coming soon!

Crossings Camp Jr.

Hey everyone,
The kids and I made it safely to Cedarmore yesterday afternoon. Once again I am amazed on how early everyone woke up this morning, (the guys were up at 6am!).
Unfortunately we are not getting good cell phone service but I will try and do multiple updates this week.
The kids are very excited and ready for an awesome day of camp!

PPPPPPPPPPutt Putt!!!

This Wednesday we will be having another WAC (or WBC, or summer days, or whatever!). We will trekking across Kenton County (taking the van) to play the fabulous of game of minature golf.

We will be leaving the Lighthouse at 3pm and will be returning at 6pm for dinner. The cost for Putt Putt and dinner is $0 (free). If you want to buy a drink at the Putt Putt place you can bring money for that.


We will have prizes for the best and worst score.

If you need a ride to the Lighthouse call me, text me, or e-mail me at thomasamuelbrown@hotmail.com Try to contact me BEFORE noon on Wednesday.

Post Camp/VBS Blues

Now that our lives are getting back to normal after having 2 wonderful weeks with Camp and VBS, we need to remind ourselves that how important it is to keep going.
We've seen God do a lot of amazing things but we need to keep pushing ourselves to see more. God is far bigger than 2 weeks out of the year. It's impossible to shrink Him down and say that He is only capable of working 14 days out of the year.
Here are some tips to get you past the Post-Camp/VBS-Blues...
1. Continue reading! Read your Bible (duh!). The youth also have a growing library in the Lighthouse that has many devotions, Bible studies, and Christian literature that can help you grow... but most importantly... READ YOUR BIBLE!!! If you are having trouble start in the Book of John.
2. Pray Pray Pray! Continue to pray. "Pray without ceasing" (see number 1). Use a journal, pray outloud, do whatever it takes for you to have a dialouge with God, but most importantly LISTEN. It's a conversation not a wish list! To see some pretty amazing prayers, read a chapter of Psalms.
3. Grow with others! Come to "The Point" on Wednesdays (6pm), or Sunday School on Sunday morning (9:45 am). Those are great times to grow with others. We have a growing community within the youth group and it is a perfect place to be accepted as well as lifted up. By going you will hear the word of God as well as have discussions on how to apply it to your everyday life.

There are obviously more things that you can to get over the post-camp/vbs-slump. You may get frustrated and at times feel burned out, but I want to encourage you to keep going.
Nobody ever climbed a mountain by standing still.