Youth News

Wow!  What a wonderful week we had of Camp Stratiotes at West Kentucky Youth Camp!
What a fantastic way to start off the summer!  We had 110 campers join us for a fun and spiritually-uplifting week of camp!  There were around 150 of us total! 
Our theme was "Facing the Giants" and our theme verse was Romans 8:31 "...If God is for us, who can be against us?"
We had wonderful speakers join us at camp, such as Brother DeWayne "Grif" Griffin, David Shannon, Stan Butt, and Taft Ayers.  We spent time studying God's word, learning it, and applying it to our lives.  We also had a lot of fun.
Camps like this do not just happen.  A lot of people invested time, energy, and effort to make this year one of the best ever.
Big thanks to Lex "Bone" Conatser and David Mint-on "your Pillow" for making the trip and hauling our precious cargo to camp.
Big thanks to all our wonderful cooks: Greg Coles "of Fire", Susan McCulloch "Chain-saw", Jackie "Robinson" Arnold, Karen "i'm already" Ful-ford, Joe Mills "on Wheels", and Susan "Action" Jackson.
Thanks to those who helped with crafts:  "Sinking" Sand-i Smith and Janet Mann "Overboard".
Thank you to Rick "King of the Road" Waldrop for serving as Mr. Do-It-All and Jenny "out with the" Oldham for doing a great job as nurse.
Big Up's to all those who served as counselors:  Janice Beckham "like you stole 'em", Jessica "Let there be" Light-ner, Jennifer "half-timer" Smith, Jen "Mighty Mouse" Flueallen, Amy "Ms. Get it Done" Bass, Rachel "Mother Nature" Spires, Kara "for everyone" Mattox, Megan Fisher "don't diss her", Melissa "100%" Welch, Kelly "Special K" Collins, Kasey "Never Lazy" Mattox, Lisa "Just" McIndoo "It", Terri "U.S." Mint-on, "Safe" Bet-sy Frizzell,  Tra-cie "ya soon" Shannon, Amy "Ex" Con-atser, Jeremy Burk-hart "of Gold", Kevin Mann "at work", Timmy "Mickey" Thompson, Eric "The Leprechaun Pirate" McGreevy, Glen "Take no Slack" Black, Matt "the Mohawk" Collins, Kenny "Canteen" Smith, Drew "Slush Puppie" Morrow, James Beck-ham "it up", Mike "Mr. Positive" Welch, Andrew "Chicky Chicky" Phillips, Evan "Speedo Racer" Burns, Michael "Prison Mike" Conatser, Mitch "and Catch" Poskevich, Jonathan Pett-us "not against us", Clint "No" Haynes "No Gain", and Colton "the SHAN-Man" Shannon.
Thanks also to Annette "Ms. Crafty" Moore and Jennifer "Don't test me" Gillespie for helping with crafts.