Summer camp, NGC style
Issue date: 8/31/05 Section: News
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Mary Fordham
Features Editor
This summer was full of hard work, fun and memories for participants involved in the Centrifuge camp that took place at North Greenville College. Centrifuge is a Life Way-organized camp that has been reaching people for Christ since 1979, through Bible studies, worship and fellowship.
Although the entire Centrifuge experience encompassed a total of eight weeks, only seven weeks were full of campers running around and partaking in the various recreational activities. The first of the eight weeks was full of frantic people trying to get everything in order before the campers arrived, while the last week was filled with clean-up work.
Dr. Steve Crouse fulfilled the position of campus minister, working along side staff including Billy Watson, director of student services; C.J. Cauble, coordinator for men's housing; and Lori Green, coordinator for women's housing: who all juggled many jobs from housing to coordinating activities. It also took 13 support staff members and counselors from each individual church group to make Centrifuge possible.
"Any of the NGC students who worked Centrifuge this summer were true servants. They really glorified God through their actions. I am super proud of all the students who worked support staff this summer," said Lori Green.
The support staff cleaned buildings and did basically anything else that NGC required of them.
Crystal Bulman, junior Christian Studies, said, "We did everything from plunging toilets and unlocking doors to making sure all the camp counselors had everything they needed."
Considering over 3,800 campers took part in Centrifuge, a great deal of time and work went into the camp to make it successful.
The fact that 68 people came to know Christ as their Lord and Savior during the camp experience and countless others made important decisions such as rededicating their lives to Christ are two reasons the camp was successful.
"One of the things I really appreciate about Centrifuge is it continued the campus mission into summer by introducing people to Jesus and helping them grow closer to him," said Crouse.
Features Editor
This summer was full of hard work, fun and memories for participants involved in the Centrifuge camp that took place at North Greenville College. Centrifuge is a Life Way-organized camp that has been reaching people for Christ since 1979, through Bible studies, worship and fellowship.
Although the entire Centrifuge experience encompassed a total of eight weeks, only seven weeks were full of campers running around and partaking in the various recreational activities. The first of the eight weeks was full of frantic people trying to get everything in order before the campers arrived, while the last week was filled with clean-up work.
Dr. Steve Crouse fulfilled the position of campus minister, working along side staff including Billy Watson, director of student services; C.J. Cauble, coordinator for men's housing; and Lori Green, coordinator for women's housing: who all juggled many jobs from housing to coordinating activities. It also took 13 support staff members and counselors from each individual church group to make Centrifuge possible.
"Any of the NGC students who worked Centrifuge this summer were true servants. They really glorified God through their actions. I am super proud of all the students who worked support staff this summer," said Lori Green.
The support staff cleaned buildings and did basically anything else that NGC required of them.
Crystal Bulman, junior Christian Studies, said, "We did everything from plunging toilets and unlocking doors to making sure all the camp counselors had everything they needed."
Considering over 3,800 campers took part in Centrifuge, a great deal of time and work went into the camp to make it successful.
The fact that 68 people came to know Christ as their Lord and Savior during the camp experience and countless others made important decisions such as rededicating their lives to Christ are two reasons the camp was successful.
"One of the things I really appreciate about Centrifuge is it continued the campus mission into summer by introducing people to Jesus and helping them grow closer to him," said Crouse.