Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Deepening Family Bonds: The Impact of Family Camps in Christian Communities

Family is an important part of many parishioner’s lives.   Family offers a strong, bonding relationship.   Family-oriented camps are a fun way to build activities that offer unique bonding experiences at Christian camps. Families can come together, and you’ll be able to, with this, craft the ideal experience with the ones that you love. Here, we’ll go over the importance of family camps, and the activities that are there. 

What Family camps are 

Family camps are camps that encourage all parts of the family to attend. 

They include games for all ages, along with worship services, collaborative bible studies, and other efforts. 


The goal of these camps is to help build a strong family dynamic, and to improve faith between each member of the family. 

You’ll notice that, as you start to go to these camps, your family bond might not be as strong as it should be. due to the stress of life and how much people are off doing their own thing, it’s hard to all get together. 

But with Christian camps, you get the two in one deal with family camps. A bonding experience that shapes the impact of the lives around, and also allows for everyone involved to grow in their faith. 

What Family Camps do For Familial bonds 

Family is such a huge part of the Christian faith. For many people, entire families go to worship services together.

But lots of times, due to the range of ages and different goals of each family member, it’s hard to foster that connection. 

Chrisitan camps, however, give family members a chance to come together, and better understand each other. Parents can teach their kids how certain tenants work. It also provides an avenue for a lot of children and teens to communicate different aspects of the relationship they have issues with. Instead of it being parents vs. kids, it’s more of a collaborative effort. 



Many who go to these camps find that their relationship with other family members is stronger as a result of this. For instance, children who question religion are able to get a better feel. Parents don’t have to force their kids to understand, but instead it crafts collaboration, something lots of families do need at times. 

The Challenges 

There are challenges for some people who wish to go to these. 

For instance, some family members might not be interested in going. There also might be both generational, and personal differences that impact the overall state of these camps. 

Parents need to go to these camps with their families with an open mind. They should get to know their child, in order to better understand the challenges of faith. 



As for kids, the challenge can be the time and effort of everyone getting together.   The solution to this, is to set aside time in one’s schedule. While some parents may work during the day, there are afternoon and evening camps, and even weekend camps for families to consider. 

The ultimate goal is to definitely talk things out with every member. If there are discrepancies, talk with the family about this. set aside time and make it a goal for everyone to go to these camps together. Together, all of you can bolster your experiences, and live a Christ-like life. 

Family is a huge part of one’s life, and religion, but for many, they may not know how to begin improving this dynamic. The solution is a family camp, as it provides everything families need to foster a better understanding of religion, and so much more. 


Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Finding Purpose in Play: The Role of Recreation at Christian Camps

Recreational activities are perfect for getting the body moving, and to improve your fitness. At Christian camps, they’re a focal part of the camp regimen. Here, we’ll go over the importance of these activities at Christian camps, and also how they help build connection with faith. 

Play for Growth 

When we think of recreational activities, we rarely think of the spiritual growth that can happen. 

But there are tons of different ways to connect different games and activities with growth in faith. For example, a bible scavenger hunt is a fun way to learn about important parts of the bible while looking for items. 


Another example is of course, different nature walks.  You can look at the importance of the world God has given us, all while experiencing the beauty of nature, and what the world has to offer. 

In general, these different activities are a fun way to improve your faith and understanding. 

Better connections with those in Your Faith 

Faith is best practiced with your group. 

At Christian camps, you get just that.  Sure, these activities are fun with others, but your church group is the peers that you’ll go to ministry with.

These events help not only grow your understanding of faith, along with other aspects, but also better the growth that you have with others that you share these experiences with. 

Get to know not just the other campers, but also the counselors and mentors.   You can play sports, games, and also go on adventures. 

There are tons of fun ways to do this. 

The Balance Between Both 

Of course, all work and no play makes people upset. 

While you should always work on putting some time aside to play, balance is the key here. Many campers don’t want to just go to camps where they play all the time. 



With Christian camps, you want this balance. You should strive for playing and doing recreational activities, along with time for reflection. 

For instance, you can do a scavenger hunt, and then after reflecting on the bible verse and other aspects of the stories shared.  This, of course, creates an understanding of the different aspects of your faith, and really builds a unique understanding. 

How to Incorporate Play into Camps 

There are a lot of different ways for people to incorporate play and recreation into On’s camp experience.   This also applies to their daily life. 

A good way to do this, is to put together a schedule. Set aside time for prayer and reflection.  When you’re done though, spend time playing and growing in experience. As a person, you’ll benefit from this. 

Lots of campers do need to learn the importance between work and play. Some of them might just think camps are just a time to play and have fun. 

While the ultimate goal is to have fun, there are times where learning is powerful. In Christian camps, you want to tread the line between faith, and fun in most cases. 

Play is something that, with counselors, you incorporate both team activities and individual activities. Individual activities foster personal growth, while team activities boost collaboration with others. 



And most of all, try to incorporate faith into what you do at camps. If you're reading and putting together pictures, try to incorporate how this improves one’s understanding of Christianity.   This helps build better connections and interest, and in turn, can ultimately change the way people are able to understand their religion, on all fronts. 

So yes, work and play, and make sure to enjoy both when possible.


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