I’m actually a bit surprised that an event that attracts over 500 young people has so little coverage in the blogosphere. A quick search of of a few keywords brought up only a handful of the usual Xanga, Blogger, and Wordpress blogs. Interestingly enough, I discovered quite the collection of photos HERE and HERE from last year’s event on the website of a Slavic Missionary Church down in Sacramento.  Also, Altar of Praise recording studio has made the choir singing from last year available HERE.

This year’s event (occurs in November) is open for applications (Charity Ministries’ site is down at the time and has been down quite frequently lately making me wonder what their traffic must be like with all the audio recordings they provide).  Anyway, this is an interesting alternative to some of the longer term Bible Schools out there in the Anabaptist world, though in such an intensely spiritual environment for the brief period of one week, it is easy to “ride the wave” and come crashing back down on the beach of “reality” when you get home :-)  I found it a very encouraging and uplifting experience with long term effects on my day-to-day life, and hope to go again this year if all goes as planned.

Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: News and Current Events, Thinking Aloud, Travel