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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Virtual Soccer Camp Wednesday Session

TUESDAY EVENING RECAP


After Tuesday's main session in the morning, one more session began at 6 p.m. and lasted a little over an hour. The session started with a Nearpod trivia game led by Kristin Van Lenten. Afterwards everyone was split up into breakout rooms to spend time with each other virtually.


MUSIC


Jeremy Good led the singing with Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord and Blessed Be Your Name.

Check out his recording on our YouTube Channel here:

MESSAGE


Diego Mendieta was the speaker again on Wednesday. Before Diego gave his message, Dirk Hinnenthal introduced himself, his family and their ministry in Uruguay. He also went over some World Cup soccer facts.


Diego's message began with a video about the leper healed by the Lord Jesus Christ as recorded in Matthew 8:1-4.


After discussing the healed leper, Diego played a video he recorded that discussed God's perfect design, the broken world we live in due to sin and how the Lord Jesus is the only answer in this broken world in which we live.


Diego continued by comparing the rich young ruler (Mark 10:17-31, Matthew 19:16-30, Luke 18:18-30) to Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10). The rich young ruler made the mistake of choosing his riches over Jesus, while Zacchaeus decided to make Jesus the focal point of his life instead of his riches.


Diego also spoke about the thief on the cross who declared Jesus as Lord in his final moments of life (Luke 23:39-43). The thief spent the earlier portion of his time on the cross insulting Jesus (Matthew 27:43-44), but went a completely different direction as his time on Earth dwindled. Jesus told the thief he would see him again that day in paradise, proving that salvation comes from trusting in Jesus and His work on the cross and is not the result of doing good deeds, being baptized or anything else we can do on our own.


Diego ended his message with Proverbs 23:18: "There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off."


Check out Diego's message on our YouTube Channel here:

SOCCER TACTICS AND SKILL TRAINING


John Jones and Mark Pennisi discussed a shooting drill which they had a group of guys from camp demonstrate. John mentioned how passing and shooting go hand-in-hand, as a shot is simply a pass in the net.

The drill involved players making a couple of passes before a teammate took a shot at a wall. John noted that the rule of shooting is "Inside the 18, pass it in. Outside the 18, blast it in."


Lisa Agate discussed two shooting drills that her sons Robby, Max and Ethan demonstrated.


The first drill was a team power-finesse drill that involved a player in a coach position feeding balls to players on two lines which are far out from the net. They would take a long-distance power shot to the net and then a short-distance finesse shot. Another player would act as the goalie inside the net. When done by an entire team, the drill would be a competitive one between the two lines of players. Whoever misses both shots gets eliminated and whichever line scores the most goals would win.


The second drill was another team shooting drill that separated players into two teams. The first team would run past a line of cones before taking a shot on net. The second team would act as the goalkeepers. After the wave of shooting and defending is finished, the teams would switch roles. The team with the most points in the end would be the winners.


CRAFTS


Hazel Montes discussed the craft for Wednesday which was fluffy slime. The slime could be made using Elmer’s Glue, baking soda, acrylic paint, shaving cream and contact lens solution. The campers would mix together the glue and baking soda in a bowl before adding around a teaspoon of acrylic paint. They would then add about three cups of shaving cream and stir it in well. After the shaving cream, they would add two tablespoons of contact lens solution and stir to get their final product.


VERSE OF THE DAY


Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.


Hebrews 11:1

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Virtual Soccer Camp Tuesday Session

MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING RECAP


After Monday’s main session in the morning, two more brief sessions began at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. In both sessions, Kristin Van Lenten led a game of Nearpod trivia and Ezequiel Montes followed up by explaining how breakout group rooms work before everyone broke out into separate rooms based on their ages.


MUSIC


Ben and Carrie Brown, along with their friend Genesis, led the singing with Prince of Peace and Counting Every Blessing.


Check out their recording on our YouTube Channel here:

MESSAGE


Diego Mendieta shared his testimony in a message he entitled “Our Living Hope in Jesus.” As Diego grew up, he had no interest in spiritual things and switched between being an atheist and an agnostic. While on a trip to Bolivia, his father became saved and when he returned, the Mendieta family began attending Fifth Avenue Chapel in Belmar, New Jersey. Diego noticed a very positive change that took place within his family after becoming saved, but he still did not pursue a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Diego’s family wanted to send him to a soccer camp at Kutztown University and he really wanted to go to get away from his family. However, he did not know of the camp’s connection to the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) until after he arrived. Although initially dissatisfied with the camp’s connection to Christianity, Diego later surrendered his life to Christ at that camp.


Check out Diego's message on our YouTube Channel here:

SOCCER TACTICS AND SKILL TRAINING


John Jones discussed a passing drill which Mark Pennisi then demonstrated alongside a group of guys from camp. The drill involved two teammates passing the ball back and forth through a pylon by using the inside of the left or right foot. Once comfortable, Mark explained the next level of the drill which involved two touch-passes in between each pylon and switching which foot to pass with after a few consecutive passes. 


John and Mark then explained the next drill which was the “Star Drill.” This involved a group of teammates moving around in a star-like formation and passing with the inside of their foot to each other while simultaneously communicating their passing with each other.


John’s final words included the golden rule of passing which is: “Pass unto others as you would have them pass unto you.”


Lisa Agate discussed two passing drills that her sons Robby, Max and Ethan demonstrated. The first drill involved players passing to one another and moving around in a square. A potential fourth player would act as the defender in the middle of the square. 


The second drill involved three players lining up in a straight line and switching between long and short passes to each other. After a while Lisa told them to switch from two-touch passes to one-touch passes.


CRAFTS


Kristin discussed the craft for Tuesday which was a choice of salt painting and/or rainbow pudding popsicles. For the salt painting, the campers were instructed to get a design in mind, draw or trace it with glue, sprinkle with salt, let it dry and then paint. For the rainbow pudding popsicles the campers were instructed to make the pudding, add the colors in layers and then freeze.


VERSE OF THE DAY


but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.


Isaiah 40:31


STAY CONNECTED WITH US!

Subscribe to Camp Iroquoina's YouTube channel


Like Camp Iroquoina on Facebook


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Follow Camp Iroquoina on Twitter


Check out Camp Iroquoina's website


Check out Virtual Soccer Camp 2020's craft site, with word searches and Bible verses


Check out Virtual Soccer Camp 2020's Flipgrid site for campers to share videos


Use these hashtags on social media:

#campiroquoina #iroqsoccercamp2020 #online