Sunday

Greystone was founded by a minister, so it is no surprise that we treat Sundays a little different than most camps. We hold on to the traditions of Sunday School (by cabin group, led by Program Staff) and formal worship service (complete with the Lord’s Prayer, offering, choir, and sermon). We do this in obedience to the commandment to “keep the Sabboth holy”… and we are blessed by the effort!

Sundays are a more relaxed day than the rest of the week. We don’t have to get up at 7:30 if we don’t want to (9:00 is the official wake up time). While some chose to take full advantage of the extra time and sleep in, others decided to “Fly with the eagles” and come down to the track at 8:00 to run Stumblers. This is a club that my father started 30 years ago and that we celebrate in massive numbers every Sunday of the summer. I would guess that 400 campers and counselors were on the track for our last stumblers of the year. Impressive!

We ran three miles in an absolutely perfect setting. The the temperature was the lowest of the session (about 60 degrees, the girls thought it was “freezing!”). The sky is perfectly blue accentuated with fluffy clouds … perfect weather for a run (or walk). Lots of great conversations and lots of great memories being made. We also hope that we are teaching the girls that getting out and having a semi strenuous workout can be a lot of fun. Anyone who came out to run today was rewarded with a great T-shirt (they really are nice this year, a “tri-weave, technical fabric” that is super soft and very nice for exercise).

After Stumblers, the breakfast buffet opens and the girls are welcome to get a bite to eat whenever they like (between 9 and 10). We then have an hour to get ready for Sunday School and last but not least Church (Sunday School is done with their cabin group, church all together in the Pavilion). David Speakman will be preaching.

David and his wife Margaret Ann are living at camp as the resident minister. His job is to teach a short devotion at our Morning Assemblies each morning and preach a great message on Sunday. He is a wonderful speaker and the girls have really adopted his whole family into the Greystone bubble. I suggest you take a few minutes to listen to his sermons and devotions , posted on the website daily (on the News page, look to the right on the Morning Assembly tab …it is a great resource).

We are having fun, looking forward to a day of rest, anticipating a very exciting week to come. Life is good.