Today we continued wrestling with our theme about HOME through the story of Scott Warren, who in following his experiencing of finding a sense of home in the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, left water in the desert for those seeking to find a home (through asylum or immigration) in our country. He was recently arrested and acquitted for this action. life to do small things with great love to create homes for others.
Our third and fourth of several community service-learning activities which seek to expand our sense of community from ourselves, and our friends, to the city in which we live and the wider world of the common good.
We made a picnic dinner to be served Friday Night at the weekly free meal served at CAPC Oakland Friday Nights from 6-7pm. A team from the church will host and serve the food we prepared for hungry folks tonight. If you’d like to come back to church to help serve the picnic dinner let Monte know and he’ll put you in touch with Louise who is heading up Friday’s meal.
Remeber, we use part of our registration fees as a tithe, or financial gift, to enable such other-empowering gifts in our service-learning throughout the week.
TALK WITH YOUR CAMPER ABOUT TODAY’S CAMP FUN
Here are some questions for talking with you camper(s) about camp today:
1. What did Home mean for Scott Warren? How is he living his life, trying to make home possible for others? What has that meant for him?
2. What was the public art installation like? What did your camper do with it?
3. What’s been the most fun part of camp this week?
4. What are you thankful for during this week of camp, fun and learning?
Today we created a public art project, seeking to expand our conversation about home and what that means and who that includes to the larger city. We created an art installation to go on the fence of the empty lot at the end of the block, at the intersection of College and Claremont Avenues. An idea curated by some of our church community members and VBS volunteer leaders, the project will include photos of your campers with their statement of what home is. There will be no names or identification with the photos, so that all campers remain anonymous. The installation will stay up for at least a week.