During my middle school and early high school years, our youth group would make a summer trip to go out whitewater rafting on the American River. This was before I had even heard about Rock-N-Water and when my dad was the only one in our family who knew how to guide, compared to the four [...]
All youth leaders at some point try different things that will provide the opportunity for the kids of their youth group to get along well and really get to know each other. While you can easily still do those things at home, many youth leaders and groups are finding that taking the group to a [...]
I have been going to Rock-N-Water for the last three years and every summer it has been such an amazing experience. However, this past year, summer of 2016, was an especially been an amazing year for me spiritually. […]
This time of year always makes me notice so much more than usual the little parallels between the world we live in and the deeper, spiritual things that God is doing. […]
Worship is something that virtually everyone has been a part of, or at the very least, knows of it. Everyone has a different experience and understanding of it, and I want to share my experience with you all. This one week at camp I had a camper in my boat that had been in prison [...]
I was recently asked the question, if I could be anybody who would I be and why. While there are so many wonderful people out there that I could chose from, I thought that if I could be anyone, I would want to be the sinless version of myself. Throughout out my last 21 years [...]
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water that I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” John 4:13-14 Nothing brings to mind our bodies’ desperate need for water than a few [...]
Soap does a great job of cleaning, right? Well, little did you know, SOAP is also a way to help you in your personal Bible study time. You might be a child just learning to write down your thoughts, or you can be in the senior years of life; no matter your age, this is [...]
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made , so that men are without excuse.” Romans 1:20 (NIV) What happens when campers are truly vulnerable to God’s glory expressed in creation? […]
Soon, all seven of us are sitting at the ready, waiting for Dustin to jump in and guide us out into the current. We see him exchange a few words with Jay over by the pile of PFDs, saunter over to our raft, and then with a quick, “Good luck, guys!”, he pushes us out [...]
