Árdís - 01.01.1953, Page 77

Ársrit Bandalags lúterskra kvenna
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What is the value of a camp like this? Although all children
are different, sooner or later they have to learn to play—their
unique part in a social pattern. Group living means quite simply
the ability to get along with other people, to feel at home, and
to be accepted by other people, especially one’s contemporaries.
This can be done very effectively at camp by group activities such
as: 1. Housekeeping projects; 2. Camp and nature study trips;
3. Learning new hobbies such as weaving, which was introduced
in camp two years ago and found high favour with boys and girls
alike. The camp is the proud possessor of three new looms; 4. New
skills in sports and water activities; 5. Writing, designing costumes,
and rehearsing plays, and being responsible for an item or two
for the closing night concert. In all these mentioned, they can
participate co-operatively. Living in camp also stimulates good
sportsmanship, good citizenship and a respect for law and order.
Camp should become experience in the understanding of all sorts
and conditions of people, with a democratic appreciation of other
humans christian fellowship.
Ours is a Christian camp which means that we are working
with God to extend his Kingdom. In the camp circular under the
heading, “What to bring to Camp?”, you will see that your Bible
is first on the list. The fine women who visualized this camp,
long before the site was established, had in mind a youth training
centre for developing Christian principles and leadership and to
serve as an auxiliary to the Church and Sunday School. Were
they intuitive enough to see ahead, and realize that in the not too
distant future, that very regrettably, many children in our Icelandic
Synod and others, have no Sunday School to attend and, therefore,
religious instruction at camp is of double value to these bereft
children. We know only too well that the future of our churches
depends largely on the strength of its Sunday School, and those
who have had Christian training and fellowship. Would that each
one of our communities without a pastor, or a Sunday School had
someone with enough love of Christ in his heart to form and lead
or resume a dropped Sunday School. What could be more worth
while! I have taught Sunday School for eleven years without a
break in Winnipeg, besides being the Assistant Superintendent and
love it!
Religious instruction is given daily to each group in camp