Camp season is here!
English Day Camp – July 1-5:
Our English day camp is right around the corner. 72 children are signed up to attend. They will be with us Monday-Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. In other words, we will have a full 40 hours to invest in their lives. Most of these children are from unsaved families who do not attend church. Please pray for Charin as she directs the camp. We have two couples coming from Florida to help us and of course, many of our church people will be involved. Here is a picture from last year of our “closing ceremony.” Nearly a hundred parents came to see their children perform, and they also heard the Gospel clearly presented. Many of the campers are returning this year, and we pray that the Lord will continue to work in their hearts and the hearts of the parents. We are trusting God when He says His word “will not return void but will accomplish that which He pleases.”
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| Closing ceremony - 2023 |
Focus Church on mission:
We will send a team of 8-9 to Ukraine July 22-26 to run a camp for our partner church there. Please pray for travel safety and open hearts. We want to be an encouragement to the missionary couple serving there, and see children and teens reached for Christ. We also have two other teams heading out to other locations within Hungary to serve in children’s camps.
Church Family Camp – August 19-22
We will close out the summer with our annual family camp. These camps are always a great time for spiritual renewal, strengthening community and connecting new people to the church. We are hoping to have 80-90 of our people in attendance. Prices are going up and this year’s camp will cost $150 per person. Many of our church members are university students or single young adults with limited resources. We are hoping to raise $1500 for scholarships to help people attend camp. Would you consider sending a special gift to meet this need? You will find a donation button at the bottom of the letter.
Hungarian church planting:
I have had several meetings with church planters over the past month. In May I travelled to Kalocsa, Hungary to meet with a church planting team there. In June I met with 6 church planters to discuss strategy for church planting in Hungary, and later we had 9 church planters come to Focus Church for a day of training. Please pray that we will see new churches planted and existing church plants strengthened. I am currently working with 32 church plants across Hungary.
Pastors and church planters in Kalocsa
We are looking forward to some relaxation and family time this summer. Our daughter Nancy and her husband Keith will be visiting us in July. We will then travel to Zanzibar, Africa at the end of July to visit our son Ben and his family.
We wish you all a blessed summer!
Marc and Charin
