At the start of April I was invited to join my youth’s interns on a youth camp for an under 16 group. The point of my being there was to film all the fun we had, and just help out if needed. After a few antics at the church we journeyed north and got to the real fun. Like most camps, the best thing to come out it was a strengthening of relationships with people. I was given the honour of sharing some of my testimony with the group, which is always an interesting experience, and even more fascinating is hearing what people catch on to in your story. Editing the video was no easy task, I had over three hours of random footage that I had to splice together and melt down into a few minutes. There were so many random funny moments that had to be cut because they just didn’t make sense in the flow of the video. Despite that, I still managed to squeeze in many random moments. My favourite part has to be the drama part. Editing things to make them seem more dramatic then they actually were is an art form that reality TV shows have been trying to perfect for years, and thanks to the camera constantly rolling I think I caught some fun moments. What are your favourite things about camps?
Posts Tagged ‘youth’
Fire Starter’s Camp 2011
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009SingStar Queen Review
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
As the SingStar week has continued I’ve battled to find large differences in the SingStar games themselves. After all, the games are essentially the same except for the songs. When an addition is added to the PS3 version of the game all the other games get the update too, making the game a large package that you buy expansions for. Come to think of it, it’s like a karaoke version of the Sims.
With all that said the songs are what make the game. You may have an amazing framework but with no music, you have no game. Queen, the group of Legends now has twenty-five of their greatest hits on SingStar for you to Dance, Sing and stomp your feet to. It should be noted that they have been given an extremely rare accolade, after Abba, of having a Solo SingStar game. Although some of the songs have been on previous SingStar games, it’s an absolute pleasure to have all of their great hits together.
Let’s look at this from a youth perspective though. If you’re under twenty you haven’t really had much of a Queen influence in your life have you? After all, they’re so old! You’d be extremely wrong. As you browse through Queen’s impressive titles, songs will come up that you only recognise when listening to. After running through the play list you’ll have said, at least ten times, ‘I didn’t know that was a Queen song.’
Besides the pleasant surprises you’ll be hit with the amazing anthem songs of Queen that we all know and love. Songs like, ‘We Will Rock You,’ ‘We are the Champions,’ and ‘Another One Bites the Dust.’
This ‘expansion’ to the SingStar series will help boost its number of tracks but it’s still lacking in comparison with Rock Band and Guitar Hero’s library. Sony needs to begin releasing more songs both online and on disk to attract a more diverse range of gamers. SingStar Queen is a step in the right direction, and I’m happy to pronounce it fun for young people, not just those of the Queen generation.
Included in both the PS3 and PS2 versions of Singstar Queen:
- Another One Bites the Dust
- Bicycle Race
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Breakthru
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- Don’t Stop Me Now
- Fat Bottom Girls
- I Want it All
- I Want to Break Free
- Innuendo
- One Vision
- Play the Game
- Somebody to Love
- These are the Days of Our Lives
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Under Pressure
- We are the Champions
- We Will Rock You
- Who Wants to Live Forever
- You’re My Best Friend
Exclusive to the PS3 release:
- A Kind of Magic
- Hammer to Fall
- Killer Queen
- Radio Ga Ga
- The Show Must Go On
It Starts Now
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Life, Love and Sliced Cheese
Friday, March 21st, 2008
The rain poured down the glass as James sat reading in his chair. He was reading his favourite book, the only book he had ever read and he had read it more than twenty seven times. His parents were out shopping for groceries and he had opted to stay.
He had nobody to take to the annual dance and he was drowning his sorrows in cheese. Cheese was one of the most satisfying tastes to James’ selective palette which cautiously stayed away from exotic foods and stuck to burgers, noodles and of course, cheese. James was no couch potatoes though. He played soccer and cricket, and was one of the school’s top basketball players.
The phone rang and James put down his book. He sighed heavily as he picked it up.
“This is James.”
“Hey James, how are you?”
“Sup Alex? I’m O.K.”
“I heard about you and Sam, bummer man. What happened?”
“Oh, she said she couldn’t keep up with me, that I was too friendly with other girls and stuff.”
“What’s wrong with having a few good friends that are girls?”
“She was super jealous. I’m over her, although it is sad.”
“Well, are you coming to youth tonight?”
“I suppose it would be good to get out. I’ll see you then.”
“Cool, see ya.”
James put the phone down slowly. It wasn’t cool being let down but he knew he needed to get out and get over it. Life goes on. Besides he had so much to be thankful for. He had a quick shower and got dressed.
Alex met him at youth. The place was packed with teens and tweens. They met up with some other friends and James began to feel better already. That was when he saw her. She was standing in a group just a few meters away. Her hair was a golden brown, long and silky as it fell behind her ears and half way down her back. Her eyes were a stunning sky blue lighting up as she spoke excitedly to her friends. She turned her head and saw James. She smiled, her perfectly white teeth just exposing themselves between her gorgeous lips. James gulped. She turned back to her friend and she giggled.
She said something to her friends and walked towards James. His heart skipped a beat.
“Hi, I’m Storm.”
“Um…, hi.” She giggled again, her nose wrinkled up in the cutest way, James thought.
“I couldn’t help seeing you stare at me.”
“Sorry about that… I’m James.”
“Nice to meet you James, do you want to join me for a soda?”
“Soda?”
“Yes James, a cool drink.”
How could somebody so beautiful be so sweet? James nodded slowly and walked with her towards the tuck shop. His friends watched him leave, whispering among themselves. He asked what she wanted, and she replied with a Fanta. That was James’ favourite drink. They spoke for a while and he couldn’t believe how much they had in common.
The youth leaders called everybody inside and praise and worship began. James was fascinated by Storm’s love for Jesus. She danced and worshiped him with all her heart. James was falling for her in a big way. The youth pastor spoke on friendship and how Jesus wanted to be their ultimate friend. Storm’s laugh was contagious and every joke that she laughed at got the entire building laughing.
After the meeting they walked outside together. James looked at her and smiled.
“I think I really like you Storm,” She smiled again making James’ heart race, “Will you come with me to my schools annual dance?”
“I would love to James.”
“How about movies tomorrow night?”
“What time will you pick me up?”
“Six, we can see the eight thirty show.”
“I’ll see you then”
She lent forward and kissed him softly on the cheek. James stood, glued to the spot watching her get into her parent’s car. She waved and he waved back. When James got home he raced to the fridge. He pulled open the door and grabbed a piece of sliced cheese. He kissed it and smiled. Life was good!
