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Key Takeaways
- Challenges Promote Growth: Overcoming challenges helps campers develop resilience, problem-solving skills, and a deeper sense of self-confidence.
- Broadening Perspectives: By experiencing new situations, such as being on a boat or trying archery, campers are encouraged to think beyond their usual boundaries and engage with the world around them more fully.
In our second lesson, Rev. Canney highlights the crucial role of challenges in personal growth and development, particularly within the camp setting. He draws from his experience in camp ministry to demonstrate how overcoming new and unexpected challenges, like navigating a journey to an island or participating in activities like rock climbing and archery, helps campers step out of their comfort zones and experience growth.
It has been said that even in something as simple as walking, we are making a trade between stability and progress. We are tasked with letting go of the familiar in order to move forward. Consider how being challenged has led to personal growth in your own life. Have these experiences changed your approach to challenges? Or are you content to stay on the beaten path?
Summary
Rev. Canney states that while challenge is "key for their development", it is something "we're really lacking in today's society." Providing campers with opportunities for challenge serves them well in their faith and can foster life skills that might otherwise go untapped. Things like resilience, grit, problem-solving, self-confidence, adaptability, leadership, communication, and initiative. It may very well amplify their prayer life as well.