Liz Henderson--Program Team Assistant

This week I had the privilege of attending the Wisconsin/Iowa Super Sectional for the CCCA (Christian Camp & Conference Association) at Lake Geneva Youth Camp in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin with 13 other people from HoneyRock.  There were 7 GPAs, 2 seasonal staff members, 4 permanent staff members and 1 staff spouse.

After having attended the CCCA National Conference in December, I was excited to attend my first Wisconsin Sectional conference because CCCA conferences provide an opportunity for those who work in camp ministry to come together, learn from each other, be encouraged, and get new ideas.  We had a great time hanging out with each other and connecting with others who are in the same ministry we are in.  It was fun to spend time with people who live near us and who share in our ministry.  Over 250 people attended the conference! 

The main speaker at the conference was Jimmy Spencer.  Jimmy's message was simple, but counter-cultural:  Love people without
having an agenda.  He has founded a non-profit organization called "Love Without Agenda" and he has a book coming out next month along the same theme.  In our consumer-driven culture, we have begun to view people as a means to an end.  We have stopped looking at the barista in a Starbucks or the person bagging our groceries as people who are loved by God and instead see them as a means to getting more things for ourselves.  We were challenged by Ephesians 2:8-10 where it tells us:

For it is by grace you
have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the
gift of God— not by
works, so that no one can boast. For
we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do.

God desires that we show love to other people through our kindness.  Today, let's try to see others the way Jesus would: as people created in the image and likeness of God.