Spring Sprung?

Now the title of this article is not to be confused with a “Sprung Spring” — meaning a defective piece of coiled wire. Although I must say, even though Spring started three days ago, we did have sleet turning into snow flurries this morning. However, Spring has not sprung in the defective sense.

In fact, when we think of Spring, we think of new beginnings. Daffodils and other flowers begin to blossom. Trees begin pushing out new buds. The birds begin the sounds of the season — and so on.

For us it begins to “Spring” the start of some new things as well. Our Spring ministries have started at Galilee Bible Camp (GBC), including a new Quilting Retreat. It has sprung and blossomed along with our regular Spring ministries:

• Scrapbooking Retreat
• Ladies Retreat
• Men’s Outdoor Weekend
• Teen Retreat
• Super Saturday
• And More…

Our regular campus ministries are continuing to blossom as well. We have also been able to change our teen group into a weekly Bible club.

Here is an excerpt that Becky wrote for our AMF Monthly Report:

“What is the state of teens in the Southern part of the “Bible Belt”?

We have been ministering in TN for over nine years now, and I am still surprised at the lack of Bible knowledge. I was teaching a Bible lesson on the early life and temptation of Jesus. When asked who John the Baptist was, no one knew.

When I mentioned the Christmas story as an introduction, someone asked if that was the movie with…in it. They did not know why Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt or what happened to the boys two years and younger. They did know about Adam, Eve and the “apple”. But as we talked about the temptation of Jesus, some of their eyes were opened. We were talking about some of the temptations they, as teens, might encounter. One boy looked surprised and said, “Cheating is wrong, I do that all the time.” Later he asked if smoking was wrong.”

This was the first lesson in that new weekly Bible Club for teens.

As God provides, we pray that more opportunities continue to “Spring Up” and that His Word will go forth into their lives.