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“As we were wrapping up on a Year 5 camp, a teacher asked some students to share what their favourite part of camp was. One of my discussion group members, Henry*, stood up and said, “I didn’t know that learning about Jesus could be such fun!”
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Tadgh Richards, leader on a CRU Educational Camp
“Edward*, a camper in Year 3, shared how he learnt that Jesus has the power to save us from sin. He said that he’d never read the Bible before for himself and was very excited when I said he could get his own to take home. He even followed up the next day asking “when can I have my Bible?” Praise God for the power of His Word.” Nathan Brackenrig, leader on a CRU Educational Camp
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Give thanks for the many opportunities that the Schools Ministry Associates have to connect with and support senior school students on camps and in schools. Praise God for the new FIT program ‘God is Holy’ run by the Schools Ministry team. It aims to teach students in Years 5-6 how Jesus can make them holy as well as helping them explore how to live a holy life at home and at school. Give thanks to God for the Inter-CRU events where many students from different high schools gathered to encourage each other to live for Jesus in their schools and enjoy an afternoon of fellowship.
Thank God for the autumn season of camps just past. We ran 11 residential camps and one day camp. Pray that God will keep working in the hearts and minds of the campers who attended. Pray for the upcoming season of winter camps. Winter is our most dense season with 21 residential camps and four day camps happening in NSW, and a further two residential camps happening in WA. All in the space of four weeks! Pray for directors as they finalise the recruitment of their teams that God will provide faithful leaders to share Jesus with campers. Thank God for the Holiday Camps team. Pray that they will be efficient in communicating with leaders, campers and parents in the lead up to winter season and that they will work well together for God’s glory.
Thank God for CRU Pulse, our recent camp partnering with Rouse Hill Anglican College. Pray that the campers who heard the good news about Jesus will be able to connect with CRU Groups at school and kid’s groups at church. Pray for our upcoming winter season of camps. Due to COVID, it’s been nearly three years since some of our winter Day Camps have run. Pray that we’ll communicate well with partners in re-establishing these camps. Pray for our high school leaders that God will help them to be salt and light in their communities and that the Day Camps they attend will be an opportunity for them to be encouraged and strengthened in their faith.
