87th
Annual District Assembly and Summer Camps
This time of year is a pretty busy season for local churches.
It’s the time of elections of new church officers, a time of
reporting to each other, and a time of looking at the schedule
of events for the coming year. Pastors make their reports to
the broader church family, and districts make their reports.
It’s also a time of reflection for a congregation, to see where
we have been, and a time of vision – to think about where we are
going.
May and June bring weddings to attend,
end-of-school events, graduations, and plans for vacations for
our families. We’ve just finished tax time, hopefully, and we
seriously look at our finances for the coming year.
On a district level, we do the same thing.
Reports start coming in and have to be compiled and audited for
our own reports. Officers for the coming year have to be
elected – and we have a great team that serves the district
family well. The office staff is hard at work coordinating
sessions and meetings of the 87th Annual Assembly in
Las Vegas, and dealing with all the paperwork and details that
an assembly entails. Local churches are looking at how best to
send delegates and trying to find good hotel rates. The Las
Vegas churches are excited about our coming and preparing to
host our activities – the first visit for an assembly in many
years. Las Vegas First and Pastor Tamez have been in the
process of getting their facility ready, buffed and polished for
our visit.
The summer schedule is always full – camps, Camp
Meeting, and Family Camp take up almost six weeks of the summer
for the folks at Camp Pinerock. There are many people behind
the scenes who prepare for these great events for the district –
a time for members of the church family to get away together for
inspiration and challenge.
Some days it seems overwhelming – so much to
process, not to mention our own family times and work hours.
How will you choose?
We hope that you will plan your summer schedule
prayerfully and take advantage of opportunities to be a part of
the larger church family through the district. Perhaps part of
your vacation could be invested in Family Camp or Camp Meeting –
giving fun, family times the added impetus of spiritual teaching
and inspiration. Sending your kids to one of the age-group
camps can give you a break, but have you considered lately that
you might invest your life in counseling or teaching at one of
the camps – a chance to broaden your witness and Christian
influence? What a wonderful blessing you could be! We all know
that everyone leaves a camp tired – but there are lasting
benefits to investing your time and experience with others.
We hope to see you at the 87th
Assembly, and we pray that whatever you plan for the following
months, you will experience God’s blessings in your life and
your family, reaping rich benefits in the coming years.
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