2021 Trinity Bible Church Family Camp

August 12-16

Medicine Lodge Camp Ground* 1.5 hours from Powell

Thursday afternoon

Camp Ground Opens at 2:00PM

Friday Evening Devotions 7:00 pm @ Shelter

Pastor Jeff Gonzales**, Peninsula Bible Church, Port Angeles WA

Saturday Morning Devotions 10:00 am @ Shelter

Pastor Jeff Gonzales, Peninsula Bible Church, Port Angeles WA

Saturday Afternoon Homemade Ice Cream 1:30 pm @ Shelter

Bring ice cream makers and ingredients / Ice will be provided

Saturday 6:00 pm Group Meal @ Shelter

Bring a main dish and side/desert to share.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 am @ Shelter

We highly encourage people to return to their home church for Lord’s Day corporate worship but there will be a worship service at camp for those who remain. Pastor Jeff Gonzales will be preaching at TBC in Powell for both

10:30 am and 4:00 pm services.

Sunday Meal 12:00 am @ Shelter

Traditional “cream can stew”.  All ingredients for stew are provided.

Monday morning

Campground Cleaned and Cleared by 12:00PM

The campground has ample room for campers and tent camping.  There is a water tap to fill water jugs and a few electric outlets in the shelter. The days are hot and nights are cool. Bring a lawn chair and your Bible to the teaching times. We look forward to fellowshipping with you.

* https://wyoparks.wyo.gov/index.php/places-to-go/medicine-lodge

** https://www.peninsulabiblechurch.com/leadership.html

We will be utilizing material from the Christian Man Academy. Below is some of the information on the website which explains their content. This should be a very practical help to us as men. Please join us this Saturday.

Here is a welcome video: VIDEO

You are a Christian man who wants to be all that God wants you to be but you don’t know exactly what God wants you to be.

You want to become a Christ-like leader in your home, in your workplace, and in your church. But you don’t know how to get there.

You’re not short on the general biblical principles about what it means to be a man, a father, a husband, etc. But you are very short of concrete, practical, step-by-step instruction.

I hear you. I’ve met many young men like you. You’re longing for answers to the question, “But what do I do?” “What steps do I take?”

I want to answer that question and supply that need in the Christian Man Academy videos.

Practical

These videos will be practical. You will get short, sharp, practical to the point instruction on what it means to be a Christian man and a Christian leader. I’ll take one subject per video and boil it down to the simplest, shortest, most practical, concrete teaching possible. And if you want to take it further, I’ll be giving you further reading suggestions in the weekly email for subscribers.

Holistic

These videos will be holistic. We will lay a spiritual foundation, but we will also be looking at the physical, the intellectual, the emotional, the relational, the vocational, and the financial. The soul, the body, the emotions, the mind, relationships, money, work, technology, administration, and so on. We want to develop and grow the whole man.

Personal

These videos will be personal. I’m going to be sharing from my own life experience, what I’ve seen work in my own life and in other men’s lives.

Which brings me to the question: “Why should you listen to me? What are my qualifications for teaching on this subject?” First, I’m a man, have been for 52 years. Second, I’m a Christian man. I’ve been a Christian for thirty years. I’ve been a husband for 28 years, I’ve been a father for 22 years with five kids ranging from 22 to five years old (including three sons aged 22, 21, and 5). I’ve been a pastor for 23 years. I’ve been involved in training young men for the ministry for 16 years. I’ve taught leadership courses for 11 years. I’ve counseled hundreds of young men and I teach a Sunday School class made up of junior and senior High School kids.

Action: Enroll In the Academy

So, I know you, I know your world, I know your challenges and struggles. But I also know what you can be. I have a great vision of young Christian men being transformed into Christ-like, strong, gentle servant-leaders who are respected, admired, trusted, and followed at home, in the workplace, and in the church.

Enroll today by subscribing to the Christian Man Academy YouTube channel or by signing up for the weekly email newsletter. The newsletter will send you the most recent videos plus bonus material, articles, and further reading suggestions. I look forward to learning with you in the Christian Man Academy.

Discussion Questions

1. What are some of the problems and challenges you are facing as a Christian man in our culture?

2. Where do you see your greatest need of teaching and training? What are you doing to fix that?

3. Who is your “ideal” Christian man? What do you admire about him?

Further Reading

The Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling to Men by Richard Phillips.

What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him by Byron Yawn

The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller

The Shepherd Leader at Home by Timothy Witmer