While our adults were meeting online for Big Camp this year, Camp Howqua opened its doors to over 60 youth from across Victoria and interstate once again, for (Little) Big Camp.
The theme for this year’s camp was ‘The Pressure Cooker’. While Union Conference President Pastor Terry Johnson was unable to attend to due being in isolation, we were blessed by messages from Natasha Su’a, Josh Newbegin and Pastor Moe Stiles.
The weekend started with Friday night dinner, followed by evening worship led by Natasha Su’a who encouraged us to draw our own pressure cookers in groups on the paper provided. Each pressure cooker looked different, emphasizing the idea that we all have different pressures in our lives.
On Sabbath morning, we started the day with breakfast at 8.30pm, with a number of young adults joining us for the day. Sabbath worship was led by Josh Newbegin focusing on the story of Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego and how we have a choice about how we react to the pressures that this life throws at us.
After lunch, a few of us attended the workshop on the topic of Creating Authentic Spiritual Community Online led by Ruth Hodge, social media manager for the General Conference. While others spent their afternoon relaxing in fellowship with one another.
On Saturday evening, Pr Moe Stiles presented the message followed by trivia and marshmallows by the fire.
On Sunday morning, there was an easter egg hunt at sunrise followed by bootcamp. After breakfast, we had the choice of participating in watersports, 4WD or exploring Mansfield for the day. Each group went their separate ways and came back just in time for dinner and evening worship led by Pr Moe Stiles.
Sunday evening was filled with board games and a movie night.
Monday was the last day with bootcamp in the morning, followed by a morning devotional led by Yishan Neo and brunch. Thank you to VicYouth for hosting another (Little) Big Camp!
Kymberley McMurray
Communications Coordinator for the Victorian Conference