Fraternity-Testvériség, 2000 (78. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

2000-07-01 / 3. szám

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TESTVÉRISÉG

Church Camp 2000

The first Hungarian Reformed Youth Camp of the 2000’s was another successful event. It was held in the Laurel Mountains of Pennsylvania, and more than 90 people attended as either campers, staff, or guests. Sixteen different congregations were represented. This year’s main theme was “Choices. The Truth and Consequences.” The topics related to all types of choices that today’s teens face: relationships, life styles, the real world, and their faith in God. The campers were made aware of the number of choices that they must make daily in their lives and how some of those choices could have long lasting consequences depending on what decision(s) they make.

However, the campers and staff learned some other very important things in a different way when we went on our annual trip to the Bethlen Home in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday afternoon. A special service project was performed by the entire camp this year at the Bethlen Home. The project was done in conjunction with the national “Joining Hands to Touch Lives” Project that was sponsored by the National Fraternal Congress of America. Since most of the youth belong to one or both fraternal association benefactors, the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America and the William Penn Association, it was most appropriate that the Camp participated in this program.

Campers were given their choice of several services, indoors and outdoors, they could perform at the Home. Some of the youth helped with yard work consisting of weeding in the flowerbeds and cleaning out an area around the Home. Others visited with some of the residents in the Nursing Home and learned many interesting facts about some of their lives. Still others took residents for wheel chair rides in the beautiful sunshine we finally had that afternoon. (It had been raining off and on during our first two full days at camp.) A group went around the halls and sang to the bedridden patients who could not get out. The group was happy to learn that their efforts were appreciated, especially when one of

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