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Around the Campfire2009 Summer Photos June 6 -- The Region will use a Google Picasa web albums this summer for the photo gallery. It may take a few days to get each week of camp uploaded to the site, but you will have the opportunity to purchase a print from this site if you wish. Please be patient as we make this switch in procedure and technology. Use the link to the left to visit the photo gallery for this year. Summer Season Opens this Weekend June 6 -- Discovery Camp @ Kum-Ba-Ya opened the summer camp season yesterday. Shannon Hall and her staff welcomed first and second graders to KBY for a weekend of breakthroughs about what camp is all about and how God works in our lives. Today, Camp 101a kicks off the Wakon' Da-Ho season using the same curriculum and working on the same goals of Discovery. This first weekend of camp is one way we introduce outdoor ministry to young children and their parents or guardians. The weekend includes tours of camp, group building, small groups just for the children and for the adults, games, singing, and worship. This weekend provides a few footers of the foundation for personal growth, the language of faith, and what we hope is a desire to keep coming back to camp when events are held. Do Work: KBY Retreat April 27 -- Youth groups from across the West Area helped summer preparations at KBY this past weekend (April 24-26) as they cut, hauled, stacked, raked, mended, and played at Kum-Ba-Ya. The West Area Youth Council with support from the XCommittee planned and led the event. This year, work retreat focused on clean up of trees and tree limbs that were downed during the ice storm in February. As you can see from the photos the amout of debris cut, moved, and in some cases stacked for future camp fires is enormous. The volunteerism of the youth and adults that helped this weekend saved the Outdoor Ministry program thousands of dollars. Congregations Attending: Beech Grove CC, FCC Bowling Green, Crofton CC, FCC Glasgow, FCC Mayfield, FCC Owensboro, FCC Princeton, and Smiths Grove CC. Use the link on the left to visit the Photo Gallery and see pics from the weekend. And click here to see photos that Mike Bruce, (member of FCC Owensboro) took. Our thanks to the adult sponsors for West Area Youth Council: Sara Palmer, Kelley Dick, and Carol Kees, for their organizing and resourcing our younger leaders. They worked behind the scene to make sure the youth had the best opportunity to suceed, and to encourage the work that was being done at KBY. Four XComm members attended representing district 5, 9, and 11. NEXT UP @ KBY: The Far West Men's Group will hold their annual work retreat May 15-16. Dan McKeel (FCC Murray) organizes the group. During their work retreat the group will bury the remaining power lines at KBY and continue the process of replacing roofs on cabins. And, the Far West Men's Group is not only providing the labor to do this work, they are also providing the funding. Thank You! Registrations Arriving March 30 -- Today camp registration numbers were updated for 2009. This begins the weekly update of registration numbers. Visit this site and bookmark the 2009 Registration numbers link on the left of this page to review the numbers which are updated on Monday and Thursday of each week. Youth Groups Clean Up, Paint, Cut Trees, and Haul at WKDH March 26 - Several youth groups, Chi Rho and CYF age, were at Camp Wakon' Da-Ho, March 20-22, to help prepare for the summer season. The groups worked on Saturday completing serveral projects. Our thanks to these congregations for sending their groups: FCC Ashland, FCC Bardstown, FCC Bowling Green, Burgin CC, East Second Street Christian Church, Independence CC, FCC Lawrenceburg, Nicholasville CC, Runyan Memorial, Twin Pines, and member of X Committee. We thank all the adults that gave their time to attend this event with their group. Interested in helping out at Camp Kum-Ba-Ya this spring? Register to attend Work Retreat at KBY, April 24-26. This weekend is organize and led by the West Area Youth Council under the leadership of Sara Palmer and Kelley Dick. Email the West Area office for information and to register. WKDH Dining Hall Restoration Almost Finished February 13 -- The winter weather slowed the work on the dining hall at Wakon' Da-Ho, but the InStar folks are working hard to have the building ready by March 1. Yes, we will have Lumberjack(Jane) weekend at WKDH, March 20-22; and Work Retreat at KBY, April 24-26. 2009 Registration Forms Arriving! February 13 -- Are you registered for a summer camp experience yet? No? Don't wait. We are received completed registration forms in the office this week from folks ready for camp to begin. Sailing Camp has 3 registration already as does Eighter's camp. Yes, camps fill up and we do use capacity control based on the number of age appropriate adult counselors OR a max number of campers at camp at one time. Don't wait! 2009 Camp Video on Web February 13 -- The 2009 Camp Promotion Video can be watched right on your computer screen. This is the video that was shown at the West Area Ski Thing, and is part of the Camp Roadshow. You need a fast connection and give it some time to load. Click the photo gallery link to visit the site and watch the video.Click to view the Phase 1 Renovations to KBY and WKDH
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