{"id":4601,"date":"2013-06-15T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T22:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2013-07-02T16:57:36","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:57:36","slug":"outrageously-fun-and-spiritually-rich-camping-and-retreat-ministries-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/outrageously-fun-and-spiritually-rich-camping-and-retreat-ministries-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrageously Fun and Spiritually Rich Camping and Retreat Ministries Lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<style><!--p.padding {padding-left:.5cm;}--><\/style>\n<p><strong>Outrageously Fun and Spiritually Rich Camping and Retreat Ministries Lunch<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>By Sarah Robinson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When Camping folk gather together, one can always expect a rousing good time and thoughtful reflection on spiritual formation.  The Friday lunch at the good ol\u2019 PNWAC was no different! After a warm welcome from Executive Director of Camping Alan Rogstad, the staff from Lazy F Camp presented Lazy F\u2019s Got Talent.  The energetic young staff sang, danced, and rapped about the various camp activities: the challenge course, sports, arts and crafts, archery, gardening, and of course, the Cupid Shuffle.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Read more about the Camping lunch at #pnwac13--><\/p>\n<p>Not only did the staff get the whole room smiling, the Lazy F Program Director John Harrell also got up to talk about the spiritual growth that happens at camp.  The phrases of the afternoon, \u201coutrageously fun\u201d and \u201cspiritually rich\u201d were used to describe the amazing energy and vital growth in faith that comes from a camp experience.  The group broke into small groups and prayed together for the campers, families, and churches that would be participating in the summer programs.  <\/p>\n<p>Joyce O\u2019Connor-Magee, the Chair of Camping Board of Stewards closed the gathering.  As a representative for and lover of all four of our camps, Indianola, Twinlow, Ocean Park, and Lazy F, Joyce called the supporters of camping to Rethink Camp, to revision how camps adapt to the changing needs of our congregations and participants.<\/p>\n<p>There are encouraging things happening at our camps, and God must have been watching over the group, because the lunch planned by the Conference was serendipitously the cross-camp favorite: Taco Bar.  Amen!<\/p>\n<p><center><em>Sarah Robinson serves as Camping Registrar and Administrator for Camping and Retreat Ministries.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<hr>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/attachments\/TAR_061413_scr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Amen Report\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/TAR_061413.jpg?w=696\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"padding\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/attachments\/TAR_061413_scr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Amen Report \u2022 June 14, 2013<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBlessing &#038; Overturning Our Tables \u2022&nbsp;We are Changed: Laity Gathering at #pnwac13 \u2022 Rethink Church \u2022 Curtis&#8217; Time-Out Corner<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/attachments\/TAR_061513_scr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Amen Report\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/TAR_061513.jpg?w=696\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"padding\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/attachments\/TAR_061513_scr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Amen Report \u2022 June 15, 2013<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe Change the World Movement at #pnwac13 \u2022 Memorial Service &#8216;hints&#8217; of Heaven \u2022 Outrageously Fun &#038; Spiritually Rich: Camping &#038; Retreat Ministries Lunch \u2022 Plenary: Not a Room Full of Danas \u2022 Curtis&#8217; Time-Out Corner \u2022 Social Justice &#038; Holiness: Why I Am a United Methodist<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/TAR_062713_scr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Amen Report\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/TAR_062713.jpg?w=696\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"padding\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/TAR_062713_scr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Amen Report (featuring Legislative Reports) \u2022 \u03a9<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe 2013 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference Sessions \u2022 How are you going to bear fruit? And why? \u2022 Closing Worship challenges Conference to Reclaim the Name &#8220;Disciple&#8221; \u2022 Get to know Brant \u2022&nbsp;Bishop Hagiya: &#8220;The Annual Conference of The Greater Northwest&#8221; \u2022&nbsp;Social Media at #pnwac13<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outrageously Fun and Spiritually Rich Camping and Retreat Ministries Lunch By Sarah Robinson When Camping folk gather together, one can always expect a rousing good time and thoughtful reflection on spiritual formation. The Friday lunch at the good ol\u2019 PNWAC was no different! After a warm welcome from Executive Director of Camping Alan Rogstad, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":4602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[245],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-annual-conference"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FEATURES_Camping.jpg?fit=600%2C308&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2l75j-1cd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4601"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4608,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions\/4608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}