The whole premise behind this trip is that the students are split up among 6 different teams based on color, which are led by BUMS Alumni (or now referred to as Bulumni). The teams we had this year were the Yellow Fire Hydrants, the Green Boogers, the Blue Bruisers, The Red Team, the Orange Oracles, and the Pink Ponies! The teams compete in games throughout the entire weekend that earn them points. The team with the most points at the end of the weekend wins the challenge and a treasure chest filled with Candy. The other cool things about the trip is that each team leads a devotion over the course of the weekend, which is an awesome thing. Also, the students are split up into teams with people from various grade levels. So it gives them all a chance to interact with people they may not normally interact with. It is an awesome thing to see.
Some of the games we played this year consisted of a Paper Airplane Challenge, Bucketball, a Marshmallow Home Run Derby, a M&M relay, Torpedo, Scatter Ball, and many others. However, each year on TSC, the trip revolves around one big activity. In the past, teams have been given supplies that they would build a boat out of that they would race across the lake. However, this year, I decided to switch things up.
This year we played a camp wide game of Capture the flag. Each of the teams constructed a base that they decorated and built for some creativity points. Then, each team had five flags at their base and the object was to try and get one flag from each of the other five bases. It turned out to be an awesome game and the kids loved it.
One of the coolest things that happened on the trip was Saturday Night. We talked about discipleship and how God is calling us to reach others. However, we also talked about how stuff in our life often gets in the way of what God is calling us to do. So what every person did is this. They took a piece of paper and wrote down what is distracting them from God. Then, they took that paper, we went out to a campfire, and each student threw their paper into the fire. The fire didn't symbolize that thing disappearing from their lives though. The fire represented Jesus, and that Jesus was going to take whatever was holding them back and consume it. I encouraged the students to turn all of their problems over to God.
It was truly an awesome sight to see. And afterwards, students gathered together, not by my suggestion, but on their own, into small groups and prayed for each other and this group. It was awesome!
So overall, it was a successful trip. I had a blast, and I know all the kids did too. I think we are all still in recovery mode. It was a long, exhausting weekend. Below are a few pics from the weekend. Until next time!
Fun on the Hummer Ride
The Green Team Champions and their signatures on the Treasure Chest!
The entire group! What a wonderful weekend!
Romans 12:1-2: "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and please to God - this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will."
Also, check out more pics on our Facebook Page (BUMS Student Ministry) and on our twitter Page (BUMS Twitter Page)!
In Christ,
Todd Handell
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