The Night Writer family, plus Uncle Ben, went to the Stearns County Boy Scout camp recently to minister at their evening service for the 6 to 11 year olds. The Mall Diva, Tiger Lilly and Ben lead the group in some action songs and I delivered a short message which included fire, but no brimstone. At one point during the message I actually got applause! The best response to any message I’ve ever preached, however, was afterward when one father was overheard saying to his son “See, that wasn’t so bad, was it?” High praise indeed!
During our stay with the scouts we had great opportunities to shoot BB guns and arrows, eat camp food and sit around the campfire. No scary stories, though — they don’t want Cub Scouts having nightmares. We’re planning on going back again!
“Trigger” Lilly
Singing and juggling: “‘Orange’ you glad you love Jesus…”
Object lesson: how hard is it to keep the Commandments? The blindfolded scouts had to try and catch Ben.
Fire, no brimstone: flash paper shows what happens to our sin when God forgives us. Poof, it’s gone!
