Camp Team Update

The camp team has been busy this summer ministering at summer camp! God gave us a great summer staff and it was such a blessing to see God working in the lives of both campers and staff.
The AGBC Ministry Team was involved in leading games, music, discipleship, and many other aspects of the ministry this summer. Keith served in the role of Program Director and Anita and Rebecca served in other leadership capacities.

For the summer, Christi returned to Pennsylvania to work with her family but has recently returned to AGBC for another year of ministry. The ministry team is looking forward to serving with their newest team member, Carol Herman (below on the left), for this fall. Carol was on staff at AGBC this summer and is continuing at the camp for the next few months.

Camp will be busy this fall with the upcoming Ladies Retreat, Men's Retreat, Fall Junior Retreat, and Fall Youth Retreat. We would love to see you here for those events!

The team is currently scheduling meetings for the fall so keep your eye out on this blog for our calendar! We would love for you to come to one of our services! Please also contact us if you are interested in us coming to your church. We are looking forward to serving Christ together this fall!!!

"I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together." Psalm 34:1-3

Near the end of April, the AGBC team visited First Baptist Church of Wilson. The Lord gave us a great time of fellowship with these dear people. Aaron taught Sunday School to the teens, studying Psalm 51. Together, we studied what this Psalm teaches us about the character of God. After Sunday School, we had the morning service. The team sang special music and played for the offering as well.

Aaron preached from Isaiah 6 about Isaiah's view of God and how this influenced Isaiah's life and ministry, then challenged us about how our view of God should influence our life as well. The team enjoyed this opportunity to come to Wilson and hopes to do it again soon!

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Psalm 100:1-2

Fairhaven Baptist Church

This Sunday, the team was at Fairhaven Baptist Church in Kansas City. The team enjoyed getting to spend time with old friends from this church and getting to meet new friends too. We attended Sunday School and then prepared for the service. Rachel gave her testimony about what God taught her while attending Amazing Grace as a camper and as a staff member and then shared with us what God is teaching her recently.

We also were able to help with the music ministry, both through special music and through leading the congregational singing.

We very much enjoyed getting to minister through music to these dear people. What a blessing to worship the Lord together!

We are hoping to schedule some more team meetings before summer camp so please contact our office if you are interested in having the team at your church!

Camp Banquet

The Camp Banquet was held at Oak Grove Baptist Church this past Saturday and we are so thankful for a great event. Much work was put into preparation both by the church and by the camp staff. A good group of camp supporters turned out for the evening and it was so exciting to share what God is doing here at Amazing Grace! Here, Christi helps prepare decorations for the evening:We had a good group of workers and babysitters that helped to make the evening such a success and we are so thankful for their time and effort!

During the meal, we had a great time fellowshipping with the folks at the banquet and enjoying dinner all together.

After supper, everyone met in the auditorium for the service. Aaron shared what the Lord did at AGBC in 2009 and gave a vision for what is ahead in 2010. Josh Martin told the group how God has used camp in His life and encouraged the staff to not grow weary in well-doing.

We praise the Lord for a great evening together and are looking forward to seeing many of these folks at the banquet here at AGBC in the future! :)

Busy weekend!

This past weekend, the camp team had the wonderful opportunity to visit High Plains Baptist Church in Hays, KS and Rose Hill Bible Church in Rose Hill, KS. Since Hays is about four hours away from camp, we drove out to Hays on Saturday and had a wonderful time fellowshipping with friends that night. Sunday morning, we went over to the church to prepare for the services. Keith taught the teen Sunday School class and Rebecca worked in the nursery. During the morning service, the team ministered through song and testimony, followed by Aaron preaching from Ephesians.

While Aaron was upstairs preaching, Christi, Anita, Rebecca, and Jana went down with the children for Junior Church and had a good time with the children, talking about Psalm 100, specifically what it means to "come before His presence with singing."

After a wonderful covered dish meal hosted by High Plains, the team took off for Rose Hill. This was our first time visiting this church and it was a great encouragement to us to fellowship with these dear people. During the evening service, the team again ministered through song and testimony.

After the service was over, we had a great time during their Sunday evening teen time. Aaron led the group in a coordination drill and then taught a Bible Study on the attributes of God. Keith followed this up with several good games and we all enjoyed our time together!

We are so thankful for this opportunity to be in churches, getting to know these dear believers, and hopefully being an encouragement to them while they are an encouragement to us. Praise the Lord for His work in hearts!

Olivet Baptist Church

We had a great team presentation at Olivet Baptist Church in Kansas City. After singing several songs together as a congregation, Aaron introduced the team and we sang several special music numbers for them.

Sarah Burton, Aaron's wife, gave her testimony and encouraged us to be filled with the Spirit in our daily lives and interactions with other people.

We very much enjoyed serving through music, especially since we had not ministered together during winter break. It was such a joy to return to this ministry.

Aaron preached from I Corinthians 13 about the importance of love and we then we had great fellowship with the folks in the congregation. Praise the Lord for this opportunity to minister!

Invitation to the Camp Banquet

We are looking forward to the annual AGBC Camp Banquet, which is coming up the evening of February 6th! Oak Grove Baptist Church in Kansas City has graciously offered to host the banquet for us this year and we are excited about what the Lord has for us on that evening. We are planning a dinner, camp presentation, special music by the team, and a challenge from Pastor Josh Martin. This is a great time to find out what has been going on at AGBC and to catch a vision for what the Lord is doing in 2010! The evening is free and there will be an offering taken for the needs of the camp. If you would like to come, please RSVP to office@agbcamp.org and let us know. Thanks! :)