Archive for January, 2012

Youthful Lust

I (Tuna) recently started reading a daily devotional from the Baptists via an iPhone app.  I found it when I was looking for a daily devotional app.  I thought of myself as a young lad and many of our campers as I read this…

Youth and Old Age

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart – 2 Timothy 2:22

Youthful lusts are not limited to physical attraction. They include excessive desires for popularity, acceptance, worldly success, or academic achievement.

The lusts that Paul warns us against are any of the short-sighted cravings of youth for personal pleasure or gain, rather than for personal godliness. Youthful lusts include any hunger or ambition that distracts from our pursuit of true righteousness, faith, charity, and peace.

Interestingly, Paul is not content with our fleeing youthful lusts; he commands us, alternatively, to pursue hard after (the word follow is very strong in the original language) a pure-hearted devotion to God. We will not experience the vibrant, joyful, fulfilling Christian life until we are not only trying to avoid sin but are also seeking after Christ.

And one of the greatest encouragements for people as they pursue Christ is to follow after Him with those that call on the Lord themselves out of a pure heart. Good friends are a great help to the Christian life, and are especially crucial when you are young.

So, young people, remember to flee away from sinful temptations, follow after Christ as your Lord, and look for good friends who will pursue Christ with you.

Ski Okemo

To anyone in grades 9-12: join us this weekend at the Jan. Connect.  On Sat., Jan. 7 we will go skiing before heading back to camp for the rest of the weekend.  And get this – it’s only going to cost you $10!  Thanks to Neil and Hamish Dewar – the tickets are on them – thanks Dewar’s!  NOTE: $10 tickets limited to the first 10 campers.

So, if you’re coming to the Jan. Connect and you’d like to get some skiing in, let us know.  Email camp @ bethanybirches.org to get your name on the list.

Details

  • Register for the program and let us know you want to go skiing.  Add $10 to your payment.
  • If you already paid for the weekend, bring $10 with you.
  • You must have a parent-signed permission to participate along with you.
  • We’ll have two places and times for meeting:
  • Plymouth Country Store at 7:30am (store is on Rt. 100 and is closed now)… you’ll drop you stuff for the weekend off there and that stuff will be taken to camp… you’ll take your ski gear with you and go to the mountain
  • OR, meet at Okemo at 8am at the drop off area at the Clock Tower Base Area… 77 Okemo Ridge Road, Ludlow, VT. There is an unloading area right next to the clock tower. This is the main area of Okemo.  You do NOT want to go to the Jackson Gore area. We will meet at this unloading area around 8am. Call Brandon at 802-432-8989 if you need help finding us.
  • Price – $10
  • Lunch – bring your own lunch or money for food – you’ll get dinner when you get back to camp.
Again, to get on the ski list, email or call (802-672-5220).  We’ll save a ticket for you!
Tuna