Our Day of Rest

Sundays are really nice at camp.

We let the girls wake up later (reveille isn’t until 9:00) and enjoy a light Continental Breakfast Buffet (featuring sweet cereal… something they only get on Sundays) and we don’t have regular classes. Rather we have special “restful” activities all day long. The intent is a Scriptural one: to rest one day in seven. This is the Lord’s Day!

Ironically, the “rest” begins with an 3 mile run on the track. Greystone Stumblers is a tradition that my father started after a trip to Lexington Kentucky where he was introduced to the “Todds Road Stumblers” one Saturday morning. Alex Campbell was a good friend of my Dad’s and Alex was the kind of guy my dad wanted to be like. He looked like a movie star and was a fitness buff… and Alex had a little running club that met every Saturday morning all year long. They would run 3 miles and get a shirt if they completed the run. Genius. Greystone Stumblers was born the next year.

Stumblers is an open club (anyone welcome) and if you come every Sunday (two times at June Camp), you get a t-shirt. It is really fun and REALLY SOCIAL. Lots of walking, a little running, and a lot of confidence building (many girls have never run or walked 3 miles all at once on purpose). This is almost a 5K! Even the counselors are proud of themselves if they are able to complete the laps in less than 30 minutes. A great way to start our day of Rest.

Sunday School at 11 (taught by the Program Staff, cabin counselors get an hour off!!). Church at 12 (taught by Rob Hamby, we will put the audio up tomorrow if you are interested). Lunch will be a feast of that most loved of camp traditions: Cheesy Chicken. Long Rest Hour followed by free time (Pontoon boat cruises, water park, Pool games, Pool inflatable “Wibit” course, frisbee golf, ladder ball, canoeing, softball, basketball, scavenger hunts, and so forth). Many girls will choose to simply sit in their cabins and chat with friends or veg.

It will be a very relaxing day for the campers, we are getting set for a big week to come!

Oh yes, Carnival last night was AMAZING!!! Check out the photo’s (especially the ones by “JMP” (our professional photographer). They are so good.

Have a Great Day.

Jimboy