The LIT Lowdown - Ontario Pioneer Camp

The LIT Lowdown
Winter 2015 Edition
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Here is a reminder of this past summer and an encouragement to
continue growing. A chance to hear about what others are doing and
to get you excited for serving at camp this summer, plus there are some
pictures and funny stuff included. If you are like me, you have thought
a lot about this summer and love to reminisce about the campfires
under the stars, skits in the dining hall, God led KASO sessions, thought
provoking small group discussions, adventurous canoe trip stories and
the significant and impactful relationships made. We have been blessed.
I have been praying that you would continue to be developing those
leadership skills and traits this year as you left camp and went into your
communities. As you read on you will hear how others have used LIT as
a springboard to be involved in deeper forms of leadership.
Enjoy the contributions of LITs and Staff
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Table of Contents
LIT Newsletter: A Taste of LIT.................................................................................... 2
Table of Contents....................................................................................................... 3
Stories of Leadership in our Greater Communities................................................... 5
by Christian Hodgson, Tia Glista & Julia Fast
Jesus’ Servant Leadership Program .......................................................................... 9
by Paul Clugston
Camp Vs. Bank......................................................................................................... 10
by Graham Legiehn
Matt’s Reflections on Worship................................................................................ 11
by Matthew Wells
Songs From This Summer To Get Your Worship On................................................. 11
A Staff’s Perspective on Personal Leadership.......................................................... 12
by Rachel Clements
Some Things To Up Your Leadership Game!............................................................ 15
5 Things You Would Have Liked to Have Known Before Your LIT Canoe Trip .......... 16
by Josh Reinders
Stories of Leadership in our Greater Communities................................................. 17
by Lilia Houser and Meghan Fast
LIT Video Links......................................................................................................... 19
Hello, From BC, GC and AC! .................................................................................... 19
Stay Connected........................................................................................................ 22
Cartoons.................................................................................................................. 22
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Stories of
Leadership in
Our Greater
Communities
Christian Hodgson
Before the summer of 2014, I tended to play the bench
and let others win the game. If I thought of a cool idea
for something, my next thought would be; someone
else will do it. Enter LIT. During my session at Clearwater, I learned the value of “taking action and putting my
ideas to work.” My small group and I organized games
and events for the other LIT’s and even ran the talent
show at the end of the session. I realized it was not only
helpful to others to take initiative but it was also fun!
So back at school I found myself considering “how can
I contribute HERE?” I was looking for something I could
do to benefit to my own community. That’s when the
idea to start a school worship band came to mind. This
was right down my alley as an avid music lover and musician. My school has a Christian club that meets every
Friday at lunch and we were starting to lose attendance.
Teens didn’t want to just go through Bible studies, while
their friends went out for lunch or played basketball. So
the club leaders started having meetings to decide what
we could do to add a bit of excitement to our meetings.
This was the God-given opportunity I was waiting for!
I asked a friend of mine on the leadership team if I could
attend one of their meetings and present my idea.
She said “sure” so I made my proposal. We would
involve the Christian musicians in the school in a monthly worship cycle. The groups would practice
and then perform after school at the end of each
month. The leaders decided to let me go for it! So next
club meeting, I announced the idea and asked anybody
who played an instrument to sign up and from there I
arranged them into groups. I led the first cycle singing
and playing the piano. It was a success! The crowd was
small but it was a good start! It’s not going to be easy
though. We’re still up against a secular school system
that isn’t working in our favor. We aren’t able to book
the music room, we can only use it if no one else is
using it, and it’s hard to get supervision, but with God
anything is possible. I am now the Creative Arts director of the club and I run activities that involve music
and I also lead discussions and organize meeting places
and other events. To anyone who’s still sitting on the
sidelines- I think the most important thing you need
is TRUST. LIT taught me not only to trust that God will
provide but also to trust myself. There is always something that I have to give and that God can use me in my
secular High School.
It’s the same for you future LIT’s and community leaders. God can always use you, in your situation! Just
TRUST and PRAY. It’s what I took away from LIT, a most
valuable lesson.
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Talking in front of my peers about
controversial, political, and social issues can often be daunting, but God
has given me faith in my passions
and I know that He wants me to be
serving Him in this way. Tia Glista
This year I have taken on a leadership role as one of
three student directors of the Women’s Activism Committee at my high school. We meet once a week to
discuss current events and talk about ways that we can
make tangible, proactive changes in the lives of people
suffering from gender inequality both in our community and on a global stage - for example, we are raising
money for a charity that helps single mothers get back
on their feet, and have discussed a campaign for next
year to address proactive ways of preventing sexual
assault, for both girls and boys, that is largely absent
from schools today. As a leader of the club, I facilitate
discussions during the meetings by picking relevant
news articles and generating discussion questions about
them. Leading bible studies and devos at camp really
helped me with this, because I now understand how
to create a safe environment where people of varying
opinions can feel comfortable sharing their views as individuals, rather than feeling that they have to conform
with everything that the group is saying. I also get to
reach out to the school community with our various
fundraisers, campaigns, and projects, and teach people
about an issue that affects myself and billions of other
women globally. This ties into servant leadership, in that
by leading this club, I am striving to give a voice to those
who are not afforded the same rights that I am, and by
extension, I get the opportunity to serve them (whether
directly or indirectly). Talking in front of my peers about
controversial, political, and social issues can often be
daunting, but God has given me faith in my passions
and I know that He wants me to be serving Him in this
way. He gives me so much passion to want to make a
difference in the lives of everyone I meet through the
Women’s Activism Committee, by using the tenacity,
courage, and knowledge that He has blessed me with. Unfortunately, gender equality still remains a controversial subject for a lot of people in our society, but with
the passion that God has given me, I feel as though any
small encouragement toward compassion and empathy
that I can show to someone, is something that I can
rejoice in.
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Julia Fast
This year at school, I have taken on the role of a Junior
Prefect. As a prefect, my responsibilities include
planning, promoting and running school wide events,
assemblies and raising school spirit. As well, I am the
Grade 3 class prefect, which entails playing with the
grade threes once a week, as well as accompanying
them to a variety of school events. As well, I am on
the assembly portfolio, so I help with planning most
the prefect advisor has been key in helping me develop
ideas and start to implement beneficial changes in the
way things are done. There are many exciting things
that I have seen during my few months as a prefect.
One of the most rewarding aspects of the role has been
seeing the grade three students open up to me, and
look up to me the way I once looked up to my prefects.
It is incredible to be able to model the way for these
of the prefect assemblies at school (there are about 9
each year). Because I have been attending St. Clements
School since Grade 4, I have been interacting with
prefects for many years at the school. I have always
looked up to and admired the prefects. Because of
these interactions with prefects, who were always kind
and welcoming, especially when I was a new student, I
became interested in the position. To become a prefect,
one must create a leadership profile, post it in the
school and be voted by grades 9-12. The role, though
extremely rewarding, also poses many challenges.
One challenge I have faced is keeping up with the
workload. As an assembly prefect, I am expected to
write scripts for assemblies, put together videos, and
organize the participation of the 18 prefects. As well,
prefects are expected to give tours to prospective
families, and be involved in most school events. This
often is a large amount of work, and a challenge I
have faced is balancing my prefect workload and my
school workload. However, the prefect team has really
communicated well and supported one another, aiding
me with this challenge. Another challenge I have faced
is learning when and how to implement change. In a
school where things have been done the same way for
years, it is difficult to decide when it is appropriate to
facilitate change, and how that can be done. However,
girls and learn more about them. Being an LIT at OPC
has helped me care for and interact with these girls
greatly. It has also been exciting to see our assemblies
come together, the most recent being our Christmas
assembly. For the Christmas assembly, myself and
five others wrote and performed a ten-minute skit. It
was rewarding to see the production be successful,
especially as each prefect work very hard. This summer,
the most important principle I learned about leadership
was servant leadership. Prior to the summer, I had not
associated serving with leading, however, after LIT, I
took away with me not only the importance of servant
leadership, but also an understanding of how to be
a servant leader. Being a servant leader is crucial as
a prefect, whether it is serving my grade three class,
or the wider school community, and learning about
servant leadership at LIT has greatly helped me be
the best leader possible within my new role at school.
To others who are considering taking on leadership
opportunities, I would strongly encourage them to take
on the opportunities. I would remind them that they
will have the ability to model the way for others and
facilitate change, and I would advise them to strive to
be a servant leader.
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Jesus’ Servant
Leadership Program
by Paul Clugston
I realized something recently that really changed the way I read the gospels. Jesus’ disciples were not
grown men; it is far more likely that they were mostly teenagers. Jesus called them out of their apprenticeships and only Peter is mentioned as having a wife. In Matthew 17:24-27, Jesus has Peter pay the
temple tax (a tax for men over twenty) for just him and Peter. When you picture it this way, Jesus and his
12 disciples look more like a youth pastor, a small-group leader, and a bunch of LITs.
Jesus’ training for his disciples looks a lot like LIT as well: they travelled away from home and got little
sleep. They were constantly being taught and then put in uncomfortable situations. Jesus often pulled
them aside to “debrief” and he was constantly talking to them about servant leadership. As is often the
case in LIT, the disciples did not understand what servant leadership really was until they were put into a
place where they had to practice it themselves.
The teenage James and John demonstrated this in Mark 10:35-45 (go read this now). They came to Jesus
and asked him to sit on his right and left when he comes in power. If anyone deserved it, it was them.
They (with Peter) were the only ones to witness the transfiguration. They had been loyal followers of his
right from the start. They were two of the best disciples he had and they wanted to be recognized. Jesus
didn’t tell them they couldn’t have this honour, but he told them that the highest honour in heaven is
reserved for those who are the slave of all.
When Jesus returned to heaven, he left these teenagers in charge. They were the first evangelists - the
first to reject the way the world does things and preach a gospel of sacrificial love. James and John eventually got it – their lives and leadership in the early church are marked by honour that came at the cost
of their own personal comfort and preferences. They dedicated their lives to serving Jesus and loving his
people in a radically servant-like way. They didn’t wait until they were old enough, as soon as they “got
it”, they went and did it.
Do you “get it?” You are NOT a “leader in training” any more. You are a leader. You have been given an
opportunity that puts you ahead in the kingdom of heaven. You spent the summer working with professional servant-leaders at camp. You have been “Known and Sent Out” from OPC back to your school and
family. Who can you serve? Who can you love? There is great honour waiting for you, if you learn to lean
on Jesus for strength, status and importance. James and John were a couple of teenagers who helped
change the world by serving it. Will you join them?
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Camp Vs. Bank
Graham Legiehn
As I was standing in line at the bank this afternoon I wasn’t having a great time waiting and I couldn’t quite put my
finger on why that was. The people were friendly, the temperature was comfortable, the lighting was adequate but
it was missing something. Then it hit me; it wasn’t so much that I wasn’t enjoying the experience of waiting in line
at the bank, but rather it was that I kept comparing it to my time at camp this summer. This prompted me to write
my top 11 reasons why Camp is more exciting than standing in line at the Bank.
11) Winter Retreat – LIT had a great retreat in November where we snowshoed, tubed, watched movies,
and hiked. No one in line at the bank has ever even invited me on a winter retreat.
10) Worship/Bible Study – When we sing in the Yukon Hall everyone participates and it sounds great.
When you try leading songs in the bank people just film on their smartphones while security escorts
you out of the building.
9) Morning Dip – When I roll out of bed earlier than usual, put on my swimsuit, head down to the lake and
jump in for morning dip I am refreshed. Cold but refreshed. When I roll out of bed earlier than usual, put on
my swimsuit, head down to the bank and jump into line people just stare at me and look confused.
8) Yelling Keith – If you yell Keeeeeeeeeeeith at the bank in a long low voice no one responds and
people back away from you.
7) Kitchen exhaust fan – You know when you walk by the side of meadowlands and you can smell what the
kitchen is cooking and you try and guess what’s for dinner? The Bank doesn’t have anything like that.
6) Flame Battlers – If you build a fire at a bank, sneak around with face paint on and throw water balloons at
other customers people don’t know what team you’re on and they don’t care. They just call the police.
5) Canoe Trips – Canoe trips take place in the Great Outdoors. Standing in line at the Bank takes place
in the mediocre indoors.
4) Frisbee Golf – On hole 18 if I throw a Frisbee hard enough I can clear the Meadowlands roof. The last time
I hucked a disc as hard as I could in the bank I was asked to leave.
3) The Dining Hall – The bank doesn’t have a dining hall. Once a year they bring in cake for customer appreciation day. I always go to the bank around 5pm though so I never get cake, I just get the very sugary bottom of the ice
tea that someone mixed up but not well enough.
2) The Waterfront – The waterfront is 100% my favourite place to be at camp. Last time I did a backflip off the
top tower I hit the water, came up for air and everyone cheered for me. Last time I tried a backflip off a desk at the
bank I injured my rotator cuff and was asked to not return to that branch. Worst of all no one cheered.
1) Banquet – The Bank has never prepared a Banquet for me. Alex has.
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Matt’s
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Desert Song
Hillsong
Jesus Paid it All
Kristian Stanfill
Whom Shall I Fear?
Chris Tomlin
Revelation Song
Philips Craig and
Dean
Stronger
Hillsong
How He Loves
Jesus Culture
From the Inside Out
Hillsong
Worship is an expression that can be mental or physical. It is all about connection and surrender. It is a time and place where you can stop focusing
on your life situation and find peace in the embrace of the Holy Spirit. You
become one with your past and can surrender it to our Lord, so that He
can make us whole again.
Oceans
Hillsong
10 000 Reasons
Matt Redman
What does worship mean for me? Personally, it is a time of peace and
simplicity. The 2 things that matter are how you are responding and how
God is transforming your heart. How you sing doesn’t matter as long as
you feel something supporting you, and you feel power in the notes
you sing.
Holy Is the Lord
Chris Tomlin
How Great is our
God
Chris Tomlin
Mighty to Save
Hillsong
My Redeemer Lives
Reuben Morgan
Trading my Sorrows
Darrell Evans
Christ is Enough
Hillsong
Christ is Risen
Matt Maher
Hosanna
Hillsong
When I Survey the
Wondrous Cross
Chris Tomlin
Amazing Grace
(Chains are Gone)
Chris Tomlin
Break Every Chain
United Pursuit
Reign in Us
Starfield
God is Able
Hillsong
Set a Fire
United Pursuit
Not for a Moment
Meredith Andrews
Great are you Lord
All Sons & Daughters
Happy Day
Jesus Culture
Prince of Peace
Michael W. Smith
by Matthew Wells
Some songs have moving lyrics, and others simple lyrics mixed with
a powerful melody. The simplest of love songs can be all that is needed
to find connection with God. And the songs that bring us to tears, suddenly become our favourites. For me, this is something that I love
and know is good.
So the next time you are at a worship service, or the next time you’re
doing anything, be thankful. Look around you, and see all the beautiful
things, take a deep breath, and close your eyes. God gave you that moment. He gives you every moment of everyday, and they are all gifts.
Be thankful for life, because it is something we all take for granted-myself
included. You can worship God simply by giving thanks. Whether you feel
broken or whether you are content with where you are, worship your
maker and know that he will continue to love you.
Give us Clean Hands Charlie Hall
Doxology
Be Thou My Vision
The Stand
Hillsong
Our God
Chris Tomlin
Indescribable
Chris Tomlin
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A Staff’s Perspective
on Personal Leadership
by Rachel Clements
Portraits of great leaders are often portrayed as people with considerable power, influence, and prominence.
When leadership is equated with money and success it appears to be a skill not acquired by common folk, or
the young, like you and I. These are false ideas I once held about leadership that left me doubting my own
ability to lead.
Issues of social justice have often concerned me. I have unceasingly desired to be a leader of social justice
movements, and yet I have struggled with ideas of how to lead. While living in Kitchener, I see profuse amounts
of people with little wealth, working jobs that pay minimal amounts and suffering under unequal distributions
of wealth. I see people without homes, people who attend many of Kitchener’s soup kitchens for daily meals,
and people who are struggling with addictions. I see how matters of race and gender still play a major role
in determining opportunity and privilege, and I desire great change for all of this.
What I’ve begun to learn is that I do not have to be a person of great influence in order to be a leader for
social justice. I do not have to be a lawyer, a politician, or a NGO worker in order to lead members of my
community in social justice movements. Albeit in relatively small ways, I am capable of being a leader even
in my day-to-day activities. Here’s how:
Volunteering: I’ve often been told that actions speak louder than words, and through volunteering I have come to recognize the
truth behind this saying. I spend my Thursday evenings volunteering at Ray of Hope community center; here I help
serve meals, assist with laundry services, soak myself while attempting dish work, and rotate between having dinner with those whom we serve free meals to, and hiding in the bathroom, because quite honestly, I am shy and it’s
difficult to strike up conversations and eat with strangers! But I persist because I know Jesus was good friends with
the poor, and so I long to be too. Additionally, I do not wish to let economic divisions dictate my friendships. I do
not brag about my work at Ray of Hope, and yet it doesn’t go unnoticed. Many who inquire as to why I volunteer
assume I do so for schooling reasons. I try to humbly say, “Nope. Not school. Just here every week because I think
it’s important to serve and become acquainted with my community.” I see the look in their eyes after giving my
answer. Sometimes I even see their name up on the new volunteer list. It’s amazing what leading through
example can do. Being conscious: I try to be conscious about my consumeristic behaviour and my buying choices; before purchasing something
from a corporation, I try to research how that corporation spends their money, how they treat their workers,
and where their products are made. Now this is all easier said than done. First I try to decrease my spending habits, choosing to buy less unnecessary things and in turn give that money to those who need it more than I. This is a
hard discipline, because I am a habitual online shopper and I enjoy the thrill of having parcels arrive with the mail.
Only through much prayer and self-control have I been able to learn to abstain from consumeristic behaviour.
Secondly, I made a commitment this year to shop only at stores that do not use sweatshops or exploit their
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When leadership is equated with
money and success it appears to
be a skill not acquired by common
folk, or the young, like you and
I. These are false ideas I once
held about leadership that left me
doubting my own ability to lead.
workers. I must admit I have broken this twice (Black Friday sales are far too tempting!) and yet I will keep striving
to buy my clothes fair trade. I am uncomfortable with the idea of benefiting from the exploitation of impoverished
workers. Again, I do not brag about this commitment of mine, but when the topic is brought up with my friends,
I explain my reasoning, hoping to plant seeds of change. Using Art:
Art is a powerful force. Writing for me is like oxygen, an element so fundamental to my existence. It is also a medium I use to bring matters of social justice into attention through sharing on Instagram and Facebook. Although
my writing is measly at best, it often generates reactions from my friends and followers. Often when seeing friends
in person, they bring up topics that they’ve seen my previous writing about, creating challenging dialog surrounding important issues. Art of any sort, writing, painting, photography, dance, etc, has the power to convey powerful
messages in profound ways. To sum my rambling up: our leadership abilities are not bound by the contexts in which we exist, and power
and influence are not prerequisites for good leadership. In the book of Matthew, right after Jesus introduces the
Beatitudes, He reminds us that we are light, and the purpose of our light is not to be hidden but to shine to lead
the way of others. (Matthew 5: 13-16)
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5 Things You Would
Have Liked to Have
Known Before
Your LIT Canoe Trip
by Josh Reinders
1) Listen to What Your Tripper Says – You may be a level 14 girl guide or boy scout but, the tripper is basically the person keeping you alive. They make sure you aren’t eating poisonous berries, they show you how to do
everything, and they stop you from going off any waterfalls. So not listening to them is a death wish.
2) Don’t Lose Your Tent Pole – Don’t drop your tent pole off a cliff you need ALL of the poles. You won’t find
it again. Plus then you’ll have to sleep in a tent that lies on your face as you sleep. Let’s face it this is not a great
way to make friends.
3) Wear Sunscreen – We know you don’t need sunscreen ;) but when you combine the sun and 8 hours
of paddling on an open river or lake one can develop a painful, red hue on your skin. Put the sunscreen on, so that
we don’t have to call you a lobster back at LIT and listen to you complain about your sunburn.
4) Don’t Drink the Lake Water – Just because you are “In Nature” doesn’t mean you can drink
any water you come across. If you already dislike going to the bathroom in the woods then don’t drink the
unpurified lake water!
5) Cell phones aren’t worth sneaking onto a canoe trip – You thought you’d be clever and stow a phone
in your dry bag. Oh you probably laughed about it too…until you tipped your canoe and your dry bag ended up not
being so dry (they don’t always work). Plus you didn’t even get reception…
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Stories of
Leadership in
our Greater
Communities
Lilia Houser
Here’s how I came to take the next step in my faith: When I attended LIT, I found some roadblocks in my life that
God had been starting to remove: What if I’m just walking the walk and not truly living for God, just because I grew
up in a Christian family. I began to really question myself with what my intents where and who did I think I was
in Christ. These roadblocks had been preventing me from being baptised, even though I called Jesus my Lord and
Saviour. I was worried that I was just following God because it was expected of me, since my father is a pastor and
both my parents used to be missionaries. Some of the leaders at LIT helped me to realize that I was not doing this
for anyone else than myself and God. I was challenged by others to recognize myself as God’s daughter, apart from
my earthly family. I now truly believe in God, I am striving to understand more about who God is and to turn away
from my sinful life. There were times when I questioned my faith and God, but now I know fully that my God is not
dead; he is surely alive! I am God’s daughter and I know that I will always be with him. For those who are considering baptism, you should not allow yourself to be baptized just to please someone; do it because it is a public
demonstration of your belief in a relationship with an awesome God.
Meghan Fast
In May of 2014, I got elected as a Junior Prefect at St. Clement’s School: one of the most respected and highly
regarded leadership positions at the school. This is a position that includes interacting with younger students at
the school, as well as planning school events, participating in weekly prefect meetings, and serving as a role model
for the entire school population. As you can imagine, this seemed like an incredibly daunting task when I first got
elected. However, shortly after I was elected as a Junior Prefect, I participated in the life-changing experience of LIT.
I have never been more thankful for anything in my 17 years of living than the knowledge I gained, the friendships
I made, and the relationship with God that has remained ever-present in my life and can be credited for bringing
forth the joy I constantly feel and the success that I have been blessed with so far this year. At LIT, I learned, among
other things, about the concept of servant leadership: leadership based on serving others. This is the concept that
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…the LIT program was the force
that pushed and encouraged me
to hold my leadership to a higher
standard and to be confident in my
ability to provide everyone around
me with joy and love.
has stuck with me most throughout my leadership endeavors this year, perhaps because it is so simple. Or perhaps, maybe, because it not only fills me with joy, but it fills the hearts of others with love and with the Kingdom
and glory of God. One can serve in countless ways. In my case, as a Grade 4 class Prefect, serving that class looks
like constantly asking the girls how their days are going, letting them know that I love hanging out with them, and
encouraging them constantly. In Prefect meetings, I support the other members of the Prefect team. This may be in
the form of prayer, words of positive encouragement, or assistance with large tasks such as event planning. Seeing
the difference that servant leadership has made on myself, the Prefect group, and the results of our planning, has
been absolutely incredible to see and experience. One challenge that I have faced while in this role at school is
ensuring that I am present and genuine with the students at school. When life gets crazy, it is easy for my mind to
get sidetracked and focused on the wrong things. LIT has taught me to focus on God and to use prayer to stabilize
myself so that I can lead from a place of peace. Having God in my heart at all times allows me to be patient, caring
and passionate about what I am doing and who I am with every moment of the day. Although I was selected to be
in this position before LIT, the LIT program was the force that pushed and encouraged me to hold my leadership
to a higher standard and to be confident in my ability to provide everyone around me with joy and love. I would
encourage everyone who is thinking about taking on more leadership to root God at the center of all decisions, and
to lead by serving others. You may be surprised at the extraordinary ways you spread God’s Kingdom because of it.
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LIT Video Links
Want to check out LIT session videos made this summer then check out the OPC youtube channel at
www.youtube.com/OntarioPioneerCamp and search for the following:
LIT 1 Session Video
LIT 2 Session Video
LIT 2 Interviews about LIT
Hello, From BC, GC & AC!
Camp staff applications are open NOW so prayerfully consider where God may be calling you to serve this summer! Follow this link to register now http://pioneercamp.ca/staff-and-alumni/staff-and-volunteer-opportunities/.
Come work at LIT when you are 19 and older.
Hello Guys!
I hope you had a great fall and holiday season. As the calendar turns to the new year, plans for Boys’ Camp
2015 are well underway. We are looking for young men who are excited about serving God and campers and to
growing and being stretched in the process. It was amazing to have each of you serve at Boys’ Camp last summer
during your placements. I would love to serve alongside you this summer on the Boys’ Camp Staff Team. The
online application is open now and it would be great to have you apply in time for the interview days that are taking place on March 7, April 11, and April 18. Also you guys are totally invited to come to the Boys’ Camp Community Dinner & Worship Nights that take place at my house once a month. Keep an eye on your Facebook events. It
would be great to see you there!
Peace,
Rance
rance@pioneercamp.com
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Hey Everybody!
I am excited to write to you as future staff of Ontario Pioneer Camp! Working at camp has definitely been a life
changing thing for me. It taught me about myself and how to really care for others. It has challenged me and given
me a whole new set of skills that have continued to be relevant throughout my adult life as well. It has given me an
amazing group of lifelong friends and an incredible community. If you have the opportunity to do so this summer,
I would strongly encourage you to apply to work at one of our summer programs. If you are a girl, then I would
strongly suggest you apply to work at Girls’ Camp! It’s truly an awesome place to spend a summer. I am excited to
talk with many of you in interviews and to get to know you better this summer. Please don’t hesitate to contact me
if you have any questions about working at GC or about camp in general.
Be Blessed,
Miriam “Raffie” Paas
mpaas@pioneercamp.com
LIT 2014 Grad’s!
Carrie/Temp here, trusting you’re 2015 is off to a stellar start. Hard to believe it’s a new year, but new is exciting!! That also means that a new camp season is upon us, one that I hope you can be a part of. Our staff applications
are up and running, and I would encourage you to start praying about where God may be calling you to be this
summer. If you’re on the fence or have any questions about working at Adventure Camp, please don’t hesitate to
contact me. I’d be happy to call or email or skype with you to answer questions and help you in discerning that. If
you’re looking for a summer full of excitement (and challenges, community, laughter, and learning) please continue
to pray about being a part of the Adventure Camp 2015 staff team. God has great things in store for AC. Carrie/Temp
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Stay Connected
Check us out on facebook at:
OPC’s official facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OntarioPioneerCamp
LIT 1- https://www.facebook.com/groups/726773390715899/
because this is a closed group ask me to invite you into this group.
LIT 2- https://www.facebook.com/pages/OPC-LIT-2-2014/739553916107049
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942 Clearwater Lake Road
Port Sydney, ON P0B 1L0
1-800-361-2267
www.pioneercamp.ca
OntarioPioneerCamp
@Pioneer_Camp
ontariopioneercamp
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