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Hiking in Philadelphia

Posted in activities, ideas, photograph on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday we went on a hike at The Schuykill Center in north Philadelphia. We walked for more than two hours and did not find any bears.

Climbing a hill:

They were convinced a bear left this mark on the tree log:

Consulting the trail map:

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Trip to the Farm

Posted in activities, photograph on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last week we went to Duffield’s Farm Market in Sewell, New Jersey for a hayride, pumpkin picking and a corn maze.  The kids had a great time experiencing farm life.

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Rancocas State Park

Posted in activities, ideas, photograph on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One of my goals for the year is to introduce the kids to experiences they wouldn’t normally have in Camden. So on Friday afternoon we went hiking! We checked out Rancocas State Park and the Rancocas Nature Center in Mount Holly, NJ. The kids had fun running through the forest and playing [...]

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Swim Day

Posted in photograph, urban children's ministry on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Staff Night Out – Bowling

Posted in photograph, team work, urban children's ministry on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

With our StreetLeaders, the interns and I spent an evening bowling. It was a lot of fun and hilarious to watch people try to sabotage each other’s games.

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Push the Rock

Posted in ideas, links, photograph, team work, urban children's ministry on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Christian sports ministry called Push the Rock came to visit us this week – running field games and a basketball clinic. The coaches worked really well with the kids and everyone had a great time.  Seeing the kids have to run and be athletic was really good for them.  Maybe it’s not just [...]

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Waterslide

Posted in personal, photograph, urban children's ministry on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sorry for the absence of posts. This summer has been intense! I’ll be updating soon, but in the mean time….
Want to help buy an inflatable waterslide for our camp? I sort of already bought one in “faith” (hilarious, considering our camp is called Camp Faith) hoping the money would come in – [...]

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Staff Night Out

Posted in photograph, team work on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

On Friday evenings we have staff night out with our summer interns.  Last night we went out for delicious (and cheap) Puerto Rican food and then to check out some awesome graffiti.  I have a great group of interns this summer and it was a fun evening!

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Summer Interns 2009

Posted in photograph, team work, urban children's ministry on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight we did our annual “Wacky Tour” where we take our summer interns around Camden and show them the neighborhoods in which we work. We finished the tour at the Art Museum in Philadelphia and then ended up playing in the fountain.
I think we have a great group of interns this year [...]

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Me and the teenagers

Posted in photograph on June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This photo was taken a year ago as we left for our StreetLeader (teenage staff members) retreat. I remember exactly what I was thinking:
“OMG. I’m on a bus full of teenagers.”
Teenagers aren’t really the group I click with the most, but a year later, I know these teens and I love them!

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