Camp was great. I wish Loucon was wireless (that's probably the one thing Beersheba has on Loucon) because I would have blogged during the week with some pretty entertaining stuff.Here are some highlights... well, let's see... Choir Camp 2 (I wish they called it Junior High Choir Camp) is for rising 5th through 8th graders and has been deaned by my mom, Trudy Coomer for 32 years now.
We had a great group of counselors this year. We all missed my cousin Jennifer, who has been counseling at this camp for 15 years or so. I have been counseling at the camp for 13 years? I think that's right.
I lead worship at the camp and because pretty much everyone involved is a musician the music part of worship is always amazing. The kids pick up on the songs so quickly that if I mess up a melody line the first time I teach them the song it pretty much stays that way the rest of the week.
Tuesday night I brought Taize to camp. We once again used Jennie's Worship Feast Taize. I changed the songs up and added a song that wasn't in the Worship Feast book. Loucon's Open Air Cathedral is about the best place I can think of to have a worship gathering of this sort. The altar in the middle of the front is illuminated by a sky light (well, I guess it wasn't a sky light considering it's powered by electricity). During the first song, I had the kids dress the altar with the cloth, cross, Bible, Christ candle, and a really cool painting I saw hanging by the front door of Munday Lodge (the place we stay all week). It's funny, that picture has probably been there for years and I never noticed it. There were two prayer stations. The one in the picture is a version of the laying of hands station that Lilly did at Emergent and WALP this year. The other was a simple Bible station and I should have brought more Bibles.
Anyway, that service was a highlight for me.
The musical was great. I've heard it several times... I sang it once as a camper. This group of kids sang it better than any previous group.
There are many hilarious stories I could tell you... but I'm tired... so, I'll save it for another time.
More pictures can be found at Loucon's site. Here's a direct link to the photo page.
