Besides the baptisms I wrote about yesterday, there was another use of water at Camp Wilderness this weekend, one with a smaller depth of tradition but currently part of a larger publicity campaign. Two people from the church used the time to complete the ALS challenge, and pass it on to other people.
Mark Whittaker, Youth and Communications Director, took the challenge, quite willingly, as you can tell if you follow this link to the (upside down) video posted on the church’s Facebook page. As Mark noted on his Facebook page:
I’m not sure why this video is upside down and if I can figure out how to fix it, I’ll repost. Anyway … I was inspired by two former youth at Avondale United Methodist Churchwho also serve as camp counselors at Wilderness Retreat and Development Center(Anna and Aaron)and that’s why I chose to do the #IceBucketChallengeForALS duringWorship in the Wilderness. It’s also why my challenge is to those that got me into Youth Ministry nearly 20 years ago: Amy Rosine Underwood, Ken & Michelle Fritsch, and Rev. Lora Mattenlee Cunningham. My youth group is making a donation to ALS plus AUMC (celebrating 100 years) raised funds for the church camp, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary.
My challenge also goes out to anyone reading this text or (attempting) to watch this video.
Elizabeth Boman, lay leader, also took the challenge. She was quite game for it, though in a more “I’ll get back at the person who challenged me” tone.
That is about all I will say on the ALS at this time, except to encourage people to follow along with the comments each of them posts about their experiences.
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