Soccer Camp 2024 Friday Recap

The final full day of Soccer Camp is now behind us and we are so grateful for an incredible week filled with many opportunities to connect with and minister to the campers!

The last full day started with a breakfast of egg and beef burritos, followed by some quiet time, and then the morning chapel service. During the service, we enjoyed worship music with You Are So Good to Me, Way Maker, Amazing Grace, Our God, and Build My Life.

Our speaker, Joe Wilbur, focused his message on the Lord Jesus' parables from Matthew 13.

Dutch Futbol replaced the skill training for Friday and gave the campers one final opportunity to collect points for prizes on Saturday.

After enjoying casserole for lunch, the campers had some rest time followed by free time where they participated in a variety of activities. 

Around 4:00pm, we held our opening ceremony for the International Championship Matches between France and the Netherlands. 

Multiple matches took place across the three divisions, and we had another cookout on the fields in between the games.

Post-matches, everyone made their way to the chapel for an abbreviated chapel service. Joe gave one final message where he tied things back to his theme verse for the week, which is Romans 10:17: "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

An award ceremony was also held for the winner of the International Championship Matches, which was France.

The night concluded with a campfire under the stars.

Soccer Camp has been an enjoyable week, but more importantly it has been a time where the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ has been shared through Bible lessons, devotionals, testimonies, conversations, and songs. We pray that all the seeds planted this week would be watered and given the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6). May more souls be added to the Body of Christ because of how the Lord worked through Soccer Camp this week!

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Soccer Camp 2024 Thursday Recap

 You'd think that by Thursday at a week-long camp, activities and energy would slow down, right? Not at Soccer Camp!

The campers began their day as usual with a prayer, the pledge of allegiance, breakfast, and quiet time.

Around 9:15am the morning chapel service began. The worship included Lay Me Down, Lord I Need You, Here I Am to Worship, and Fear is a Liar.

Joe Wilbur spoke about salvation, and how Scripture states that it is by faith alone that we are saved. While many confuse James' writings to mean we are saved by our works, instead James is telling us that talk is cheap. People may make professions of faith, but that doesn't mean they actually possess that faith. Lack of works in a person who professes faith likely means they don't have faith altogether. Joe then went to Genesis 22 to show a genuine example of faith through Abraham.

The skill training for Thursday combined all three of the previous skills (i.e. passing, dribbling, and shooting).

Skill training was followed by grilled chicken and fries for lunch, as well as some rest time.

After a time of rest, it was once again a time for soccer. The campers returned to the soccer fields at 2:15pm for Dutch Futbol.

Free time was another hour-and-a-half filled with fun activities, including swimming, volleyball, archery, canoeing, fishing, and more.

In the evening, the campers made their way to the dining hall for a dinner of meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and broccoli.

After dinner, our international matches kicked off.

The annual camper versus counselor match also took place, with the counselors winning 5-2.

Finally, we had our evening chapel service. Everyone sang Graves Into Gardens, This Is Amazing Grace, Promises, and Build My Life. Joe then continued his thoughts from earlier on Genesis 22. Joe spoke on how Abraham not only expressed genuine faith, but also showed genuine worship by following the Lord's instructions.

Just one day to go at Soccer Camp. May the Lord work mightily in the lives of the campers with the little time we have remaining!

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Soccer Camp 2024 Wednesday Recap

We have passed our halfway point of Soccer Camp on Wednesday! We were able to once again avoid most of the rain despite another day-long forecast of storms.

The campers started their day off at the flagpole once the breakfast bell rang. After accounting for everyone, we had our daily flag raising, pledge of allegiance, and morning prayer, after which everyone made their way into the dining hall for eggs and sausage on English muffins.

The campers gathered in the chapel barn for the morning service after some quiet time. We once again livestreamed our worship portion on Camp Iroquoina's Facebook and Instagram accounts. The songs which the campers sung were This the Day, You Are Holy, I Consider Your Love Forever, No Longer Slaves, and Our God.

 

During the chapel service, we heard a testimony from Daniel Rodriguez of how the Lord saved him from his sin and has since worked in his life. 

Joe Wilbur then brought forth another message from God's word. Joe spoke on God's covenant with Abram, who believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness (Genesis 15:6). 

Following the morning chapel service, the campers got prepared for soccer and made their way down to the soccer fields to practice shooting.

The campers then had some Philly cheesesteaks for lunch, followed by a time of rest.

At 2:00pm, the campers returned to the soccer fields to play Dutch Futbol, after which they enjoyed some free time period activities from 3:30pm to 5:00pm.

For dinner, the kitchen staff served the campers pasta, sausage, and peppers. There was also some time following dinner where we celebrated Soccer Camp Training Coordinator John Jones, whose birthday was today. John has served at Soccer Camp for 34 of its 46 years!

Post dinner, the campers jumped right into our second annual Soccer Camp kickball tournament. The campers and staff were split into various teams, and a few games were played by all.

After the tournament, the campers made their way to the chapel barn where our annual singalong occurred. The music team led by Seth Fluder combined to use their musical talents in leading the campers in over a dozen songs.

In between some of the songs, memory verses were said by a few cabins. Counselor Luke Howard also had some time to share his testimony.

At the end of the singalong, CIT Director Ezequiel Montes concluded by explaining the importance of each camper making a decision to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.

That is our prayer for this week and what the closing prayer to the singalong focused upon.

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