Summer Camp: It’s More than Food Fights and Bonfires

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More than 1500 students in Willow Creek’s junior high and high school ministries stepped out to summer camp where they received in-depth biblical teaching, worship, and a whole lot of fun.

 

High School Students Head to Sandblast

Student Impact, the church’s high school ministry, took 1,078 students and leaders to Indiana Wesleyan University for Sandblast summer camp. Josh Riebock, author of My Generation: A Real Journey of Change and Hope, was the guest speaker throughout the weekend. 

 

A new aspect of camp that ministry leaders most anticipate is the impact camp will make on  the lives of 73 students who have never been to church before. These students were individually invited by their friends. “There is something breathtaking about watching students use their influence to bring those who are far from God to camp,” said Student Impact Teaching Pastor and Regional Area Leader Bryan Jones. “There already seems to be a holy anticipation that God is going to move at camp.”

 

Junior High Students Collide

Elevate, Willow Creek's junior high ministry, maxed out their capacity at Judson College in Elgin with more than 500 students and leaders registered for Collide, their summer retreat. Scott Rubin, director of Elevate, and Wes Wilson, programming director for Elevate, taught.

 

Besides the goal of making Collide the best weekend of the students' summer, leaders helped students grow closer to God and build deeper relationships within their small groups. “When a middle schooler sets aside a weekend to spend time with God, cool things happen,” said Scott Rubin.

 

Sandblast Registration Is Open

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Sandblast, Student Impact's summer camp will be held July 23-26th at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana.  High school students will experience the teaching of author/speaker Josh Riebock, author of My Generation, along with fun, excitement, music, and the opportunity to deepen friendships.

 

Student Impact is Willow Creek’s ministry for high school students. Super early bird pricing is available through May 16.

 

Axis Welcomes Josh Riebock

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Josh Riebock, author of My Generation: A Real Journey of Change and Hope, makes a return visit to the Axis Experience on December 4. Josh, who teaches the Y generation how to live and love like Jesus through the power of story, will look at how people tend to view evangelism versus how Jesus did.

 

“Evangelism matters as much in the lives of people who don’t know Jesus as it does in the lives of people who do,” says Riebock. “Evangelism is a part of how God ordained that people would be reconciled to Him; it’s also a part of how the believer is saved from becoming self-righteous, decaying, and religious.”

The Axis Experience meets at 7:30 p.m. in Café 20 at the Willow Creek South Barrington campus.

Axis is Willow Creek's ministry for 18 to 20-somethings.

Listen to Josh Riebock read an excerpt from My Generation.

Reaching the Y Generation

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The mission of Axis is to live and love like Jesus. Who better to encourage them along the way than Josh Riebock, author of My Generation: A Real Journey of Change and Hope?

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On Friday, October 2, Riebock will speak at the Axis Experience at Willow’s South Barrington Campus.  As someone who uses stories to teach the Y generation how to live and love like Jesus, Riebock takes people on a journey deep into the soul of a generation of tattoos, cell phones, social networking, and iPods. And he takes an honest, hopeful look at restoring a broken generation with the life-changing power of the Gospel.

The Axis Experience meets at 7:30 p.m. in Café 20 at Willow Creek’s South Barrington Campus.

Listen to Josh Riebock read an excerpt from My Generation.

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