Ever been to church camp?

Question

What was your experience like?

I went to one for a week (that's how long it lasted) Besides walking p a big hill to get to the main dining house. I thought it was pretty fun, although I'm not a Christian anymore. I enjoyed making friends and learning good moral lessons.

O geez no. I didn't go to a crazy "Jesus Camp" camp. Mine was pretty tame

Tech I'm not sure. It's in New Mexico though

Answer 1

I went as a youth leader for my church. All the little girls ganged up and asked me about sex and menstruation. I was shocked to find out how little they knew and that they were already being pressured for sex at ages 9-11. So, I told them everything I knew. I all but drew pictures. The youth minister groaned deeply and shock his head when I told him what I'd done, but he backed me up. One of the mothers saw me at the mall and stopped to thank me. she thanked me! I was speechless. I thought she was going to kill me. But I was wrong. Until her daughter talked to me, she was too scared to tell her mom about the guys who were aggressively hitting on her at the local ice rink. The girls looked to me to be the one who would tell them the truth, not tow the party line. They asked alot of questions I as a Christian teen was not comfortable answering. But I did my best and I'm glad I did.

Answer 2

Yes, before I converted to Judaism, I was Christian. I'm 52 now; when I was nine years old, I went to a church camp. The experience was so bad that I hesitated to send my own son to a church camp!

The one I went to was from a supposedly-liberal Protestant denomination, the Disciples of Christ. Unfortunately, the guy running the show was a Holy Joe, and the place was a hell-hole.

It was only for four days, but the fact that even now, 43 years later, I remember it all too vividly tells you how bad it was.

Answer 3

I went every summer from the time I was in fourth grade until I was fourteen. I loved every minute of it. It was just a way to meet guys, make friends, and make out behind the dining hall. I didn't realize that the things they taught me there were truly screwed up until I grew up and reflected upon my times there. I would have had just as much fun at a regular non-religious summer camp, and could have been spared the "hell walks" and nearly getting kicked out of camp because I have a birthmark on my neck that the camp director thought was a suckerbite one summer. That threw a nice wrench in my fun for the rest of the week.

Edit: I saw "Jesus Camp" too, and was absolutely terrified. Could you believe that lady? Or the parents, who were telling the kids that they were bad for telling ghost stories, because those kinds of stories didn't exalt god? Then there was the whole "Harry Potter would have been burned at the stake" scene. I loved the kid who was like, "Yeah, well, when I'm at my dad's, he lets me read Harry Potter." Way to stick it to 'em.

Answer 4

Yes, I went to a church camp for 3 years, 2 weeks each year. I had a lot of fun because it was a horse camp and while there we had our own horse to ride and take care of. Of course there was the singing and the praying and the witnessing and all that mixed in. But all in all it was worth it because of the horses. I guess it didn't "work" as I'm an atheist.

Answer 5

actually.. while i replaced right into a teenager I went each summer for approximately 5 years. I rejoiced. yet I wasn't a Christian.. So in easy terms the day activities have been exciting.. and that i'm undecided which church camp you went too.. Or if i replaced into in simple terms that oblivious.. I knew there replaced into a number of that occurring.. yet to no longer the extreme.. lol. yet yea.. maximum christians are hypocrites.. i'm no longer a actual atheist.. by way of fact my recommendations is open to very very nearly something.. yet prepared faith is a shaggy dog tale, particularly...

Answer 6

Yes, it scared me. One time my group had to make lunch for everyone. (It was trail mix.) I really hate making food for other people. Don't know why. On the last day, they a sick little fake jail and told us(I was a little kid.) we would be nailed to a cross if we didn't have our sins forgiven. They made us dip cloth with red marker on it into holy water. When the red mark was gone they told us it was the power of God's forgiveness. Then they dropped balloons on us and the elite mothers said we had completed re-TRAINING! My mom was shocked because I went because one of my friends said it was fun and they would not pull anything on me because my family was Roman Catholic. (In was a Methoist(sp?) camp, they used pictures they toke of us at the camp to try to get us to come to church. It was clear at the end it was a occultic brainwash.) The pictures were not nasty, just a group picture and stuff like that. It was a day camp.

Answer 7

Do Pagan gatherings count? I love 'em and have been attending for years. I'm not a Christian anymore either, so I am allowed to enjoy playing my drum and watching naked women dance around the fire to the beat, and then maybe even enjoy a threesome with my wonderful wife and another lovely woman (even though we're both working on our legal divorces, we affectionately refer to each other as husband and wife).

Answer 8

yes, i had tons of fun the times i went. it was not for a week but a few weekends. the only thing i regret now that i'm not a christian is that time the counsellors made us go door to door handing out tracts on a saturday morning! my way of making up for it is to always be nice to the jehovah's witnesses that come to my door. : )

Answer 9

Yah I've been going to mine since I was in the 4th grade, I'm currently in the 11th grade. I've had amazing experiences out there. Socially and spiritually as well. I always seem to come closer to God too.

And I've counseled many times too.
I recommend going back, it's always fun!

Answer 10

It was one of the best things you could do. Not only do you get in touch with God, but you also get a feeling of love from the people around you. Its like a piece of earth that has not been touched by the worlds sin and everything is open. Its like a place where God never leaves - and the love of Him is always there.