More than 90 students and leaders from all three of our campuses traveled to Leesburg for a week-long camp hosted by Student Life this Summer! It was a time for our students to meet new people, strengthen relationships, enjoy fun activities, and see and savor God. It was incredible to watch God move mightily in the lives of our students!
This year’s theme, Take Heart came from the words of Jesus in John 16:33 – “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” Throughout the week, Pastor Anthony Knight spoke to the real confidence we can have in the God who has overcome the world. He led us to see in the Bible that God keeps His promises, uses our weaknesses and suffering for our good, and remains the One who has conquered sin and death.
Each day, the Gospel-centered worship and teaching shaped our small group times to be intentional, life-giving, and fruitful for our students. It was encouraging to see students praying for each other, speaking truth in love, and comforting one another with the promises they were learning about!
At the end of each night, we gathered as a church to play games and hear powerful grace stories from some of our leaders. And then our students started putting their faith front and center; proclaiming the works of God in their own lives before everyone else! The faith of students was moving other students to greater levels of confidence and trust in the God who has overcome the world!
We’re thankful for our team of volunteer leaders that stretched themselves during this week to make it as best of an experience for our students as possible! We also extend a thank you to the people of Summit that prayed for us and our students! Summer Camp 2021 goes down in the books as another formative experience for our students and their relationships with God.
- Robby Barr, Summit Students Director
“At camp we learned about how weaknesses don’t define us and how we shouldn’t let them control us. Throughout camp I was able to witness a lot of fellow students admit and give their weaknesses to God...”
“I’d say my favorite thing about camp was being able to hang out with all the guys from different campuses and meeting new people who I can have fellowship in Christ with. Something I learned from camp was how to tell the difference between my superficial and sacrificial love for God.”
“God answered prayer after prayer and showed me how much people around me do love me and that everything I put my faith in besides him will ultimately fail me. God worked miracles at camp and used so many people to help me get to where I am today and after hearing other testimonies it made me realize how broken we all are without him.”
“My favorite part of Student Life Camp was the worship and one thing I learned from the sermons was that in our weakness God gives us strength.”
“I was challenged to look at these bible stories that I grew up learning with a different perspective. And I think that when you do this, you really see how wonderful our God is.”
