Work

The idea of working on a team reminds me of high school basketball.  I don’t know if any of you can relate but on our team if one of us messed up then the whole team had to pay, usually in sprints.  So if one person didn’t bring their practice jersey the whole team ran, if one person didn’t make the sprint in a certain amount of time the whole team ran, or if someone was not hustling through out practice the whole team was penalized.  I can tell you one thing- I never wanted to be that person, my team was scary.  And I never wanted to be the reason my team ran more sprints, so I tried my best to work hard.  I think this was a great lesson for us, it taught us that we were a team and we needed to work as a team at all times and if one person on the team falls then the whole team must pay the penalty. 

Let me first say that your time on Summer Staff will be a blast and you will make life long memories.   But remember You will be working at summer staff- just wanted to make sure you were aware.  We are called to work as a team but even more we are called to represent the body of Christ.  When the arm of a body is not working then the body is not working to its full potential.  You will be pushed and you will have to work when you are tired but remember the weaker you are the more you must rely on Christ (2Cor. 12:10).  Remember the ones who put more into this will get more out of this experience- you are coming so that you can serve the Lord, please ask him to prepare your heart and your mind for this experience.  You are the reason that camp can function and run as it does so thank you for coming on board but let this be a reminder- you have a great responsibility so lets handle our jobs as jobs for the Lord.