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BOYS ADventure CAMP 2015
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[Welcome]
[Camp Rules]
[Officer’s Responsibilities]
[Characters]
[Officer’s Addresses]
[Cooks]
[Seminar Notes]
[Typical Day at BAC]
[#Worship]
[Campers’ Names and Addresses]
[Teams]
[Talk Notes and Discussion Questions]
[Contacts]
[Quiet Time]
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Hello and welcome to Boys Adventure Camp 2015 in Regent House Grammar
School. We are based in Newtownards for a third year and are eager to make the
most of the great facilities and our location in the County Down area of our wee
country! We have a new leader this year in Steven McCollum, so make sure you
do your best to help him take the reins.
First of all, let’s give a big shout out and welcome to those joining us for the first
time. We hope you get settled in and adjust soon to the week at BAC. You will
soon see that there is not much hanging around in our tightly packed schedule,
with activities planned everyday to keep you amused and hopefully to suit
everyone’s taste. For those who have been here before, be nice and look out for
the newcomers, we also hope that you will have another great week.
You might have noticed already that our camp is themed on Mario Kart this year.
Your squads are named after characters that are in the Mario Kart games! See
what your character’s qualities and skills are on pages 6-8. Who is top trump?
Your squad will be found on pages 14-15. Take a note of this as you will be in
your squads for discussion groups, squad games and other activities during the
week. Squad points are up for grabs and on the last night the points of each team
will be read out with prizes available for the winners.
Being at BAC requires lots of energy and it can hungry work at times. We are very
grateful to have five great cooks to keep us well fed every day. Page 10 is where
you will find out about the cook team. Our head cook is Heather Loughridge,
assisted by Claire Wilson and three new cooks, Ellen Dundee, Anna McCollum
and Nicola McCollum.
Our aim for camp is two-fold. To make the camp as enjoyable as we can for each
of you, and to see God working in your lives, so that if you are not a Christian,
lead you to know Christ; and if you are a Christian, you will become a stronger
one.
Boys Adventure Camp 2015It’s for men who want to learn to be men!
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Every morning throughout the week will focus on a talk from the book of James.
Th is is a part of the day the leaders view as very important and we hope these will
be times that you will enjoy and learn from. We trust and pray that spending time
in the book of James will be of real help to you in your Christian life and give you
encouragement and help. Th ere is space for you to write notes from the talks, on
pages 16-27, and the Seminar on page 28.
In the evenings aft er supper we have a worship time. During worship, leaders will
be dissecting various hashtags to apply spiritual truths to our lives. See page 29 to
fi nd out about the worships.
Finally, we hope you will have a great camp and enjoy the activities and become
challenged by God’s Word.
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1 // Don’t interfere with the premises at all. Everything is expensive and others
will be using it after us, so we will want to leave it the way we found it.
2 // If you damage or break something, report it immediately to an officer.
3 // Never leave the grounds. As long as you are at camp we are responsible for
your safety and we must always know where you are.
4 // Anyone found in possession of illegal substances will be immediately sent
home and the Police notified.
5 // Be punctual at all times.
6 // Orderly duties must be done by everyone. Full cooperation with your team
leader is expected so that this work can be done as quickly as possible.
7 // All your spending money must be lodged in the camp bank. You will have
access your money each day. Any money not in the bank is carried at your own
risk.
8 // Make sure you abide by your parents’ wishes with regard to the activities that
were selected on the application form.
9 // The kitchen is out of bounds at all times, unless you are on orderly duties.
Camp rulesto help us all enjoy camp together, here are some golden rules. Please follow them.
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Officer’s Responsibilities
Team Boss // Steven
Bookshop // James and Michael
Bank // Matt and David
First Aid // James, David, Luke and Alastair
Tuckshop // Nathan and Phil
Squad Games // Rob and Alastair
Morning Talks // Nathan, Alastair, David, Michael, Matthew,
Mark
Seminars // Phil, Steven, Luke
Find out who is in charge each task. Don’t hesitate to ask them a question if you are unsure about anything.
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Characters
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Phil Aicken // *******************************************************
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Gavin Blackwell // **************************************************
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James Blair // **********************************************************
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Michael Hawthorne // ********************************************************************
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Nathan Hawthorne // ********************************************
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Andy Lynch // ******************************************************
Robert McCaughan // ********************************************
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Mark McCavery // **********************************************************
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Alastair McCollum // *********************************************
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Luke McCollum // *********************************
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Steven McCollum // ************************************************
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David McConaghie // *****************************************************
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Matt Sampson // *****************************************
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Officer’s Names and Addresses
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Match the number to the face on the facing page.
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Cooks
Here are our five cooks. Make sure you remember to say PLEASE and THANK-
YOU when receiving your food. Appreciative eaters will make their job a bit
easier!
Meet the food mechanics.
Heather Loughridge
Princess Daisy
Rosalina
toadette
Birdo
Princess Peach
Anna McCollum
Nicola McCollum
ellen Dundee
Claire Wilson
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Seminar Evening
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Typical Day at BAC
8.15 am // Breakfast
8.50 am // Quiet Time
9.10 am // Dorm Inspection
9.30 am // Morning Talk
10.00 am // Book Stall and Tuck Shop
10.15 am // Squad Games
12.30 pm // Lunch
1.30 pm // Afternoon Activity
5.30 pm // Tea
6.30 pm // Discussion Groups
7.30 pm // Evening Activity
10.00 pm // Supper
10.20 pm // Worship
11.00 pm // Lights out
Times are not fixed!
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Evening Worship
Each evening we will looking at the social media phenomenon of
HASHTAGS...#awesome! Th ey are all over your social media news feed and can
be used to express emotion or emphasise a joke. But what should our Christian
response be to these expressions and are there certain things we can learn from
them? Listen in to the worship times aft er supper to fi nd out.
[Saturday >> Gavin]
[Sunday >> Rob]
[Monday >> James]
[Tuesday >> Steven]
[Wednesday >> Rob]
[Th ursday >> Gav]
[Friday >> James]
#me
#throwbackthursday
#blessed
#followme#believe
#nofilter
#hastags #worship
#selfie
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Chief Engineer: Matt Sampson
Racers: Ross Fallows, Jason McPeake, David
McConaghy, Calvin Quigley
Squads
Bowser
Luigi
Koopa
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Chief Engineer: Mark
McCavery
Racers: Stephen Greer, Craig
McKeeman, Tom Lowry,
Matthew Atkinson
Chief Engineers: Nathan Hawthorne and
Gavin Blackwell
Racers: Adam McCaughan, Taylor Allen-
Moore, Curtis Pollock, Callum McCurry
Chief Engineer: Luke McCollum
Racers: Joel Wallace, Luke Pollock,
Dylan Duff , James Blair
ready...Set.....Go Go Go!
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Chief Engineer: Michael Hawthorne
Racers: Sam Dowey, Johnathan Lynn, Joel
Stewart, Timothy Hunter
Chief Engineer: James Blair and Rob McCaughan
Racers: Daniel McConaghie, Oisin McDonnell,
Aaron McPeake, Matthew McCurdy, Joel
Armstrong
Chief Engineer: Phil Aicken
Racers: Andrew McLean, Daniel
McCollum, Joel McNeill, John
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Chief Engineer: Alastair McCollum
Racers: Th omas Clark, Matthew McCluggage,
Th omas Jemphrey, Kelsie Stewart
Chief Engineer: David McConaghie
Racers: James Heggarty, Matthew Barr, Nathan
Nelson, Ben Th ompson
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Talk 1 - Saturday 1st August - Nathan
PERSEvERANCEJames 1 v 1-12
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Talk 1 - Discussion Questions
PERSEvERANCE
1. What potential do most of the people in our church have?
2. What barriers do those people face which means they can’t move forward in their
Christian life?
3. What sort of female temptation do we face regularly? (Advertising, Tv, parties
etc)
4. How would you overcome those female temptations to ensure you don’t sin?
5. How are women treated in today’s society?
6. How did Christ treat women in the bible?
7. How does he tell us to treat women? What are the main differences in what we do
and what Christ did?
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Talk 2 - Monday 3rd August - Alastair
HEARING AND DOING James 1 v 19-27
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Talk 2 - Discussion Questions
HEARING AND DOING
1. James opens with words of advice in vs. 19, ‘quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to
anger’. Can you give an example of whenever we do the opposite of each these words
very easily? e.g. “I am slow to hear when..., I am quick to speak whenever I..., I
am quick to anger when…..”
2. What does James tell us to ‘put away’? What does James then tell us to ‘receive’?
Discuss in your groups why you think these instructions are in this order.
3. What does James say is able to ‘save your souls’? Why do you think it should be
received with meekness? In today’s culture for teenage boys, is it easy to be ‘meek’?
4. James says that those who ‘only hear the word’ are deceiving themselves. Can you
discuss everyday examples from your life when we can deceive ourselves? Think
about your attitude to: sin/salvation/church/witnessing.
5. Read vs. 23-24 again: James uses an illustration to show what people are like who
only hear but don’t do. What does this say about how we respond to the word of
God? When can we very easily be only ‘hearers’? (Think about: after your quiet time/
after a church service).
6. What does James reveal about a ‘doer who acts’? James say that we must
‘persevere’ in this, when will it be hard to be a doer of the Word of God?
7. Discuss the words of vs. 26-27: What do you think of your religion/faith? What
does God value as faith that is pure? How will you work this out in your own life?
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Talk 3 - Tuesday 4th August - David
FAvOURITISMJames 2 v 1-26
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Talk 3 - Discussion Questions
FAvOURITISM
1. Why is it wrong to show favouritism?
2. Could the story in v 2-3 tells ever happen in our churches?
3. What are some ways we can show favouritism? What sorts of things do we judge
people on?
4. Does God show favouritism? (See also Romans 2 v 11, Ephesians 6 v 9, Luke 14
v 22)
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Talk 4 - Wednesday 5th August - Michael
TAMING THE TONGUE James 3 v 1-18
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Talk 4 - Discussion Questions
TAMING THE TONGUE
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Talk 5 - Thurday 6th August - Matt
WORLDLINESS James 4 v 1-12
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Talk 5 - Discussion Questions
WORLDLINESS
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Talk 6 - Friday 7th August - Mark
BOASTINGJames 4 v 13-17
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Talk 6 - Discussion Questions
BOASTING
1. What do you think boasting is?
2. What are the different ways people boast?
3. What sort of things do people boast about?
4. Do christians boast about these things? Have you ever been around a christian
who boasts about their faith? What does God think about that?
5. Why is it important to stop boasting?
6. How do we stop boasting?
7. What should a Christian boast about and why?
8. What helpful techniques do you use to boast about Christ? How does Gods
grace help you become more humble?
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ContactsSpace for noting down your friends’ digits.
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1 // Ask God to help you learn more about him.
2 // Read a small portion of the Bible and think about what it means and how it
applies to you - Is there something for you to learn about God?
3 // Make use of daily Bible notes suited for young people your age.
4 // Keep a notebook and write in it what you are leaning and things that you
want to remember.
5 // Pray about what you have learnt and about other things too. You could use
the same notebook from point no.4 as somewhere to write down things or people
that you want to pray for.
If you do not have any Bible reading notes at home, this would be a good week to
take a look in the bookstall for some options.
Quiet TimesThe daily quiet time is an opportunity for you to read your bible and pray. Here are some steps you can take to help you in your quiet time:
