That Youth Thing

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Intense Noodle Hockey

Some of the things that I experienced for the first time during my week at the Appalachian District Youth Ministry Junior High Camp in Ghent, West Virginia were:

1) Noodle Hockey. That’s a picture from one of the games and it is, without a doubt, a surprisingly intense game. It’s the kind of game that guys think up when they have a bunch of water noodles, a round nerf ball, and some free time. Knee injuries, scratches, blood. Yeah, it’s the perfect youth camp game.
2) Carpet Ball. If you don’t know what it is, here’s a long, cheesy video that at least shows how it’s played. I’m happy to say that I at least won about as much as I lost.
3) Speed stacking. Check out this segment from a recent Early Show on CBS to see the “sport” if you haven’t before. I’m happy to say that my best time was 0.84. Of course, I only moved a stack of cups from one side of the mat to the other. There was actually no stacking involved.

I also got to spend a week with some of the best students in the Appalachians. A number of salvations, rededications, Holy Spirit baptisms, and genuine calls to ministry. God did amazing things.

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July 12, 2008by Paul Jenkins
Written by Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins is lead pastor of The Gathering, a community church located in beautiful downtown Albemarle, North Carolina. He's the author of God is My Air Traffic Controller and My Name's Not Lou. Paul is passionate about his wife, his 3 children, running, reading, coaching, leading people who are following Jesus, Swedish Fish and the Carolina Panthers.