Big John Scott

I just got back from my 13th youth camp as a camp counselor. this was one of the best, with some 600+ people in attendance at Submerge in Panama City, FL .  This gig was a blast!   Hosted by the awesome Submerge Staff from Healing Place Church (Baton Rouge, LA), it was a knockout. It was a Friday-Monday experience…with majorly kickin worship led by the HPC band in the evening and Celebration band in the mornings.

Highlights for me—-

• Fuel Pastor Josh Turner from our church spoke on Saturday morning about how we’re designed with God’s hands, not like the rest of creation, which was created with words. Using pictures and facts about the intricacies of the human body and creation, he landed with the fact that no matter who we are, we are made with a purpose. He showed a picture of his daughter, Riley and shared how in just 3 months of life, she’s impacted hundreds of people, with multiple people coming to Jesus because of her story.
• High School Pastor Jason ‘Dr. Tweeze’ Laird from HPC spoke about the power of revealing hidden sins…loved his analogy about his miniature snouzer, Felipe Martinez, who would hide poop in little dark places in his house….. Jesus forgives our sins, but James does say to confess your sins one to another for our the healing of our souls.
• the other 3 messages were top notch as well, and I’ll include some updates on them later this week.

We had an impromptu AA meeting with 15 students at one point…a big eye opening experience about substance abuse. There was also a lot of sweet interaction between middle school and high school kids…with the high school kids praying for the middle schoolers.

If you’re a teen and you didn’t make camp this year, you must you must you must be sure to be there next year. There’s nothing like scheduling 3 or 4 days of your life to focus on your spiritual life, detach from your routine, and let God just mess you up only to put you on the right track. Lookin forward to hearing lots of stories of this camp’s impact on students….