We can use all talents at camp! So come on up to the mountains and enjoy our majestic pine trees and refreshing creek while serving others. Bring up your family, organization or yourself. We can accommodate RVs, Tents and in many cases during our off season we can provide lodging. Please email us at info@idyllwildpines.com to inquire about volunteer opportunities!
Valuable Ministry Experience | Transformational Teaching | Fellowship & Friendship
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Get PAID to have fun??? —> YES! $150 a week (Room and Board included)
Commitment —> May 16th – August 24th (We will be flexible with your school schedule and can offer partial summer jobs)
Qualification —> Passion to serve God and others. Must be a high school graduate and at least 18 years of age.
Opportunities —> Counseling, Worship Leader, Recreation Director, Facilities, Media, Accommodations, Food Service, Hospitality, and more…
Transformational Summer Experience
If you would like to apply for a summer position, Please fill out the following forms and send via Email to Sherry@idyllwildpines.com
Ministry Questionaire | Employment Application | Background Check
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Summer Staff Orientation: TBA
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Mail: P.O. Box 425, Idyllwild, CA 92549.
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OUTBACK AMERICA, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!
“We have found that the number one fear of teenagers is not finding their purpose in life, and the number one fear of parents is not being able to pass their values down to their children.” JH Ranch
Outback America is a non-denominational ministry inspired to reconcile relationships. Practical answers and day-to-day strategies to deal with difficult questions are presented by encouraging, energetic speakers and motivational dramas. Outback America is about fun first. There are lots of activities during the weekend, and we’ll make sure you have a big time while you’re in “the outback.”
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Outback America is about building, restoring and strengthening relationships. The weekend experience is designed to give parents and teens, husbands and wives or college students a practical strategy for daily living, focusing on their relationship with God, their family, friends, church and community. If you would like to arrange this event for your organization call us today at 951-659-2605 or info@idyllwildpines.com. We also except individual registrations.
Outcome or Execution?
Have you ever noticed that under pressure something that you can do, have done, and have practiced many times, fails you? For me that was piano as a kid. No matter how hard I practiced, I often messed up at the obligatory piano recital in front of a room full of parents. We know this as the concept of choking under pressure. This, I recently learned, happens when under pressure our focus shifts from execution to outcome.
The same thing happens in our camps. We can focus so much on ministry as an outcome (running programs, directing staff, teaching Bible studies and speaking) that we can forget about the execution of ministry in our own life. If you are like me, when I read the Bible or have personal devotions I am always on the lookout for a passage that might be useful for staff meeting, speaking at fireside, a message in church, or the next board devotion. In fact, when I read this passage and the devotion that went with it, I thought this would be good to share with the FCC Executives at our next meeting, which I did. A self-fulfilling example of being outcome oriented.
As camp staff in Christian camps we should be driven to ensure that ministry is taking place at all levels of our operations, which needs to include our own time in the Word. We need to do this not just to be prepared for ministry in our camps, but because knowing God and growing in our relationship with him is his highest calling in our own life.
If you would like to submit a Words to Grow On devotional thought for Thursday Mail, write 100–200 words, include at least one Bible verse and send it to editor@ccca.org.
Transforming Lives…
Change is temporary, transformation lasts forever!
How many retreats and seminars have we all been to where we had a mountain top experience? Lots! The problem is, over time, without the right tools and without a partnership with God and our own discipline, we begin to “leak”, meaning we then begin to strive to return to the mountain top and often quit disappointed. That’s a human doing rather than a human being. At Idyllwild Pines we believe that transformation is the work of God alone as He transforms a person’s life and becomes Master and King. Through the God-given programming we provide here at IPCC, our campers receive the tools they need to begin and maintain an intimate relationship with God. The result: the everlasting transformational fruit: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self Control. Fruits of the Spirit of our Almighty God.
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To recieve this special offer, book and hold your retreat in the months of September, October or November 2012. You will get 5% off your group’s lodging fees, Paintball for $10.00 per person and 1 Free Snack Night! Click Here to make a reservation.
“Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Thessalonians 1:11
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We are a community. We are a family of believers. Our prayer team is here for you. If you have a need you may email us at info@idyllwildpines.com or post a comment.
“When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at His feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture me!” For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man…..The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.” Luke 8:26-39
This is really a story about God’s heart and to what extent He will go to rescue one human being. What a God, what a Rescuer, what a rescue, what a story! some of what we can reflect upon and ponder in this encounter includes:
“The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.” Luke 8:38-39
God Wins – Again, or… What’s the fruit of obedience?
When Jesus is about to leave and sail back to Capernaum with His still-in-the-boat disciples, this rescued and restored ex-demoniac wants to get into the boat with Him. Who can blame him from wanting to be attached to Jesus’ side? While Jesus’ response may initially seem harsh, Jesus has a purpose for this newly rescued and restored person. He gives him a task: return to your house and describe what great things God has done for you (8:39). Notice how Luke then records it: so he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him. To this newly freed person, Jesus is God.
“Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss. A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission. When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lakeand was drowned.” Luke 8:30-33
The Fight
The “fight” for his soul doesn’t take long. The demons know they are out of their league with Jesus. They know exactly who He is: Yeshua, the Lord’s Rescuer. So they try to “cut a deal” and plead with Jesus not to command them to go away into the abyss (8:31). Rather, permit us to enter those boars on the hillside (swine is a word that Western translators have used to help us relate to this scene). Jesus consents to their request. As a result, 2,000 boars run straight down to the edge of the sea and drown. What’s amazing about this is that everyone in this culture knows that boars are good swimmers.