The following is an excerpt from the Wakonda blog: https://www.wakonda.org/post/sabbath-and-summer-camp
This past Monday evening, December 16, the Wisconsin Conference invited constituents to a special Zoom meeting, regarding a question of Sabbath at Summer Camp. Here are some bullet points, for those who missed the meeting.
Since the Summer of 2023, Sabbath has been a day off for all staff during kids’ camps (Cub, Tween, and Teen Camp), which means kids are attending camp from Sunday morning until Friday afternoon, as opposed to a full Sunday to Sunday, as had been previously done. Family Camp has remained a full seven day camp, where the staff take either the morning or afternoon off, but there is no full day off that week. There were some who had some questions about this at Camp Meeting 2024, and so it was decided there would be a special meeting where more dialogue and feedback could take place about the issue.
Pastor Zack Payne, Conference Youth Director, hosted the meeting on Zoom, and it was attended by sixteen people—including former staff, parents of campers, parents of former staff, current staff, and former campers. He explained that the reasons for this change were several.
The article goes on to share the discussion that took place during the meeting. To read more click here: https://www.wakonda.org/post/sabbath-and-summer-camp
Full article by Zack Payne, Youth Director