Guest bloggers Glenn and Stelle Carmichael present Anglican Camping Tasmania (ACT):

Thanks Bishop John for letting us hijack your blog!

We’d love to give you 5 good reasons to send a young person to an Anglican camp this summer and 2 big ways you can help.

5 Good Reasons to send a young person to an Anglican Camp:

1. Camps give young people a chance to widen their friendship base.

It can be tough to reach out and make new friends – tougher still in
smaller schools or communities. Camps offer a safe environment for children to  develop healthy friendships with a diverse peer group.

2. Camps provide safe, adrenaline filled outdoor experiences.

Teenage brains are wired to seek risk – outdoor activities such as the ones offered on ACT camps (whitewater kayaking, surfing, abseiling and rock climbing) give young people unique, character building experiences.  Did I mention safe? All activities satisfy the most rigorous risk management tests. All our leaders are accredited by the Anglican Church and in all specialised activities leaders have externally recognised qualifications.

3. Camp leaders provide a unique role as mentors and friends for your children.

Your children will learn so much about Jesus from watching leaders in action – as they serve your children, pray for them, encourage them and challenge them. Young people need these role models as they make big decisions about who they are and what they believe.

4. Camps give a break from screen time.

Our teenagers are far more connected now via screens/ machines than they have ever been. Social media dominates their time and their agenda. Camps cultivate real time community and remove the focus from status updates, tweets and hashtags.

5. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Summer is a long stretch for families and having something to break it up is great. Camps give young people something to look forward to and something to talk about for the rest of the year.

Two big ways you can be involved in the camping ministry

1. Pray – God had moved powerfully through this ministry in the past with many of our campers growing in their faith and becoming leaders and ministers in the church. Please pray that God’s spirit will continue to work by challenging, equipping and growing our young people.

2. Sponsor / send a kid. If you have a child, niece, nephew, godchild, next door neighbour or twice removed cousin who you think would benefit – send them along. If money is an issue please email us at anglicancamping@gmail.com and we can work something out.

For more information on Anglican camps, visit www.anglicancampingtasmania.org

Thanks for reading and looking forward to hearing from you,

Glenn and Stelle Carmichael

From me, the Bishop 🙂

I commend Anglican camping Tasmania to you in the strongest possible terms.

I have no doubt that God will nurture life in its fullness through these camping programs and their fine leadership teams.

See, Anglican Camping 2010  and  2012  and  2014 Summer Camps now open!