JACKSONVILLE, Florida--Teens from all over Florida and Georgia gathered for fasting, fellowship, fun and spiritual rejuvenation at Camp Keystone, south of Jacksonville, Feb. 26 and 27.Ministerial staff at the camp included previous Summer Educational Program (SEP) pastoral staff, Marty Davey and Charles Taylor, as well as pastors Ken Smylie and Jeff Snyder. Robert Persky, Florida district superintendent, shared messages of love and Christian living.
In addition to Christian living messages and praise and worship services, the program included basketball, volleyball, mini-golf, tennis and horseback riding.
The teens participated in the 30-Hour Famine, sponsored by World Vision, which receives donations to feed starving children around the world. Many of the teens obtained pledges from people who sponsored them for every hour they could go without food.
The fast began Friday at 6 p.m., and ended Saturday at midnight, with a banquet of lasagna prepared by Edna Hendrickson, Jacksonville member. A dance followed.
Sunday afternoon during praise and worship led by Mr. Taylor, teens told stories of their personal growth and spiritual revitalization they experienced at SEP.
Teens and adults from the Brunswick, Georgia, and Jacksonville congregations raised more than $4,000 selling concessions at Jacksonville professional football games this past season for teens' SEP expenses.
If you'd like to attend next year's mini-SEP in Florida, contact Pastor
Marty Davey at Box 611, Middleburg, Florida, 32050; phone 1-904-282-1055, or send e-mail
to him at Martin_Davey@wcg.org
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