Christian Camps in Dorset

July 2010 Update

Campers (as June 30th)

Senior Camp – 15 – 17’s July 26th – July 31st Bookings 62

Intermediate Camp – 12 – 14’s August 2nd –7th Bookings 80

Junior Camp – 10 – 12’s August 9th –14th Bookings 65

We are encouraged by the total of 207 campers booked in, but we recognise that this is much lower than in recent years. All our Camps are viable but we could cope with more campers than we have at present.

ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE FINAL BOOKINGS WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED

Senior Camp – 12 - Spare Places – Maybe 1or 2 girl places & 10 boys.

Intermediate Camp – 18 - Spare Places – 6 girls & 12 boys.

Junior Camp – 33 - Spare Places - 15 girls & 18 boys.

· Please pray for all the young people who will be coming to camp in 2010
· If you know anybody who could fill these places, please let us know as soon as possible and pray that numbers will increase so that we shall have full camps again this year.

Helpers The help is slowly coming in but we still have some gaps which we hope to fill very shortly so that we shall have full teams for each week.

THE SITUATION AT PRESENT IS:-
SENIOR CAMP- July 27th – August 1st

1 Cook
1 Girl Tent Leader
2 Boy Tent Leaders

INTERMEDIATE CAMP - August 3rd – 8th
We need;

1 Cook
8 Boy Tent Leaders

JUNIOR CAMP - August 10th –15th
We need;

2 Boy Tent Leaders

Pray for the provision of all the help that we need so that we shall have complete teams for each week very soon.

ERECTION
Erection will last from 9am Friday July 23rd through to Saturday evening July 24th. We need as many people as we can. All those who feel able to come please can they contact us so that we can ensure sufficient food for advance party and if necessary, accommodation for any who want to stay over Friday night.

OPEN AFTERNOONS
Saturdays July 31st, August 7th and 14th at 3.30 p.m. will be the Grande Finales and we are making these Open Times and give an invitation to any who would like to join us at Camp. Please feel free to join us for the final event of each week. Please note the new time

PRAYER
· All final administration in the final days before we move to Camp- Grace Goulding in the Camp office
· Good weather, especially for car- parking, and erection and dismantling of Camp
· Good erection and dismantling teams
· Everybody “fitting in” at Carey Camp and all of us working well with the permanent staff
· The Spiritual programmes/themes and Quiet Time Notes which are being prepared.
· Safety on and off the Camp for everybody involved- an accident free, incident free Camp!
· The Leadership Teams for each of the weeks and the heavy responsibilities which they all have.
· All the Tent Leaders as they lead the Quiet Times each day and care for the spiritual and physical welfare of their group of campers.
· Everybody involved in the cooking teams, maintenance, background and general duties, and especially that there will be a real sense of unity amongst us all.
· Sufficient help for the weekends to clean up from one week and to prepare for the next.
· Jean and Stephen Gillham as they carry the overall responsibility for the Camps, and are on site for nearly a month.
· Above all a real movement of God in the lives of young people.

CAKES
As usual, we will be looking for supplies of cakes throughout the three and a half weeks that we are at Camp. Please bring supplies on any day and any time and the cooks will always be most grateful for your help in this way.

Stephen Gillham.
32 Firs Glen Road,
West Moors,
Ferndown,
Dorset.
BH22 0ED

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