Our church campout’s purpose is to literally hang out with our church family in “uninterrupted” fellowship together for a week. The last five years we have done this at Lone Pine Group Campground, which is the most fantastic group site on the planet! A paved circle with 11 different campsites allows for our kids to ride bikes easily & room for over 20 families to be together. Further, the campground is close enough to Roseburg that many families can come for the evening & people can go back & forth for work or other events. The fruit of this event is that it has help build true community in the life of our church family. It has allowed for those who love the outdoors to do more things like this together & helped our children develop closer relationships. Not to mention the late night corn-hole competitions have created great camaraderie!

Fights and Quarrels
When our kids were younger, we wanted them to memorize key Bible verses, such as James 4:1. We did this because conflict is inevitable. Our kids were going to experience it, and we wanted them prepared. The biblical perspective is that we must ask ourselves what our contribution has been to the conflict. James 4:1 reminds us that fights and quarrels come