Camp-not-camp day 1 is over – what a blast!

It’s 8pm, and the first day of ‘camp-not-camp’ is over. Today was all kinds of fun!

We began with a breakfast for new year 7s and heard from a couple of leaders who have recently left school who shared their best advice for starting as a year 7. It was great to see new faces and to have time to just hang out, share stories, play games, and connect up together.

Fast forward to the afternoon and we had our first ever digital cookery lesson! We made frying pan pizzas (or cheat pizzas!) together. Fresh dough, proper home made sauce, and a whole range of toppings. We had great fun, made lots of mess, and even came up with some tasty food.

This evening, to top the day off, we ended with a weird-and-wonderful ‘hot chocolate quiz night’. Far from the usual style of traditional quizzes, we had rounds like the ‘celebrity forehead’ round, and the ‘will it float’. Great fun, with something for everyone – and of course, hot chocolate!

In the meantime, we’ve been getting ready to camp. So some of us have set tents up in the garden (check out the videos below of mine!), and others have made dens in their house. Brilliant fun.

What a great day! It’s a shame that we can’t really be together in the traditional sense at the moment, but doing a innovative camp like this still creates great memories, draws people together, and helps us stay possitive and have fun at this odd time.

Please keep praying for us tonight as we sleep outside (most of us!), and for tomorrow. We kick the day off with breakfast together, and end the day with a movie. Camp-not-camp is being brilliant, do pray that God brings the best from it, and people take another step together towards Jesus.

All the best!

Tim