Peak Performance Camp 2011 - Sun., June 19th

Adoration

Justin Henderson taught this morning on the meaning and nature of worship. He referred to one of my favorite verses, Colossians 3:23 -- "Whatever you do, do your work heartily as unto the Lord rather than men."

Worship can happen anywhere at anytime and is not contingent upon music. It is an attitude of the heart. You can worship while playing music, sports, working, etc. The word, "worship," is a derivative of "worth-ship." Who is worthy of our love, trust, thanks, and praise? Who alone but Jesus who died for us and gave his life for ours.

The Big Game was "Fox-tail." The game has undergone several evolutions. It orginally had the name of "whip-n-strip" when Mim and I learned it in Minnesota. You tuck a sock in the back of your pants and try to capture other items from your opposing team. The winner is the one who has collected all the items. You are out of the game when your sock is pulled, but can be "healed" back into the game by a medic on your team. It is a fun game and usually devolves into the utter chaos of a free-for-all, with no respect for the rules.

Jeff Stephenson taught the evening session accentuating the morning's theme. He illustrated the point with a famous hymn "It is well with my soul," which was penned by Horatio Spafford in 1873, who wrote the hymn on a return trip from Europe, having collected his wife after her survival of an ocean disaster in which their four children were lost at sea. Two years prior, they had lost their youngest child and all of their investments in the Chicago Fire. Broken-hearted, yet full of peace in the Lord, Horatio wrote this beloved hymn of faith.

We sang to worship CDs with words on the screen, even though we have a fully capable worship team/band, to illustrate that you can worship anywhere.

The evening ended with prayer.

More tomorrow.

Pastor Jeff