Family–What makes you feel better? November 11, 2011

This week at Camp Outlook we were talking about our families…and much to the children’s chagrin, we talked about why God commands us to obey our parents. Families are powerful.  God’s understands it, we need to understand it as well. The Power Of Family. My kids love the new Charlie an the Chocolate Factory movie.  [...]

Living the Life October 13, 2011

Last month during Servtember, Camp Outlook looked for ways to give kids an hands on experience in mission work.   We challenged the kids to find creative ways to serve those around us.  We used these verses as our inspiration. Jesus said , I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave [...]

Please God, Give Me Patience! September 8, 2011

Believe it or not, there is something I need patience with. And it might surprise you. I need patience with people who say this: “Don’t ever ask God for patience, because he’ll fill your life with trouble.” Really? It that how we think that God works? I just don’t agree. Remember the teaching in Read [...]

Serious about Summer Camp July 7, 2011

I became a Christian at church camp the summer after 4th grade. Angeles Crest Christian Camp nestles in the mountains that rim the Los Angeles basin just above Pasadena.  Vespers was held each evening in an amphitheater built to watch the sun set over the desert mountains, with a bonfire for light once it was [...]

Where God is Wild about You! May 26, 2011

That’s our theme for Pandamania, our Vacation Bible School for this year.  Too many times we are asked to out our trust, our faith in people or great ideas only to be let down in the end.  But at Pandamania, kids discover that God is wild about them.  There will be incredible Bible-learning experiences kids [...]

The Original Picker January 25, 2011

I don’t know about you, but I love “American Pickers.”  The show is about two guys (Mike and Frank) who drive around and try to find and rescue pieces of American history from people’s barns, garages, basements, and sometimes old school buses.  In a day and age where everything is designed to be disposable, Mike [...]

Love Your Enemies September 9, 2010

I recently found this video and it mesmerized me. It’s an unbelievably  simple video and yet I found myself watching it again and again.  Later in the day I found myself continually coming back to the video. I found myself asking one question, “What does it mean to love your enemies?” The Scriptures are clear [...]

By Showing Love, I’ll Honor God Above May 26, 2010

On Sunday at Camp Outlook about a month ago we were reading with the boys and girls Matthew 25:31-46.  Talking about how Jesus welcomed the people who gave him clothes when he was without, food when he was hungry, water when he was thirsty, visited him while he was in prison, and cared for him [...]

my May letter May 2, 2010

published in The Focus on Sunday, May 2, 2010… Hello Outlook Family! Starting next Sunday (Mothers’ Day) and running to Fathers’ Day will be a new sermon series entitled “Instructions for LIFE.”  In it we will tackle many of life’s most important issues: family, parenting, finances, marriage, work, and others.  We will learn together that life [...]

A Perfect Parent? April 28, 2010

It happens at different times for every parent.  When you hold your child for the very first time.  When consider even the thought of having kids. Or when you have to give your child a double take because you can’t believe that your little baby is old enough to do “that” already, but it happens [...]