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Summer “No” Vacation post #3: “Now That I’m a Counselor”
[This is the 3rd in our 4-part series, showing what some college students are doing with their summer “vacation.”] Today’s post comes from Heather Fortenberry, who has a Tumblr site you can enjoy here. —————————————– Summer camp. The one week of the year you always look forward to. Well, I know that it is one of my favorite weeks anyway. I wouldn’t miss it for anything! Some of my best childhood memories were made at camp. Now, I am a counselor. Actually, that’s nothing new. I have been a counselor for about 6 years now. So…this title may seem like it doesn’t quite fit. But it does. Let me explain.…
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Summer Series #2: “VBS Memories” by Christina Gillim
[This is the second installment in our summer series. Each post is written by college students who are spending their summers working for the Lord and not on vacation.] Today’s post is written by Christina Gillim. She has a site on Tumblr that you can read here. Enjoy her post! ————————————– So a couple of weeks ago we had VBS at my home congregation and it was so much fun! I helped with crafts so I actually wasn’t able to watch the kids sing, which is my favorite part, but that’s ok. I was encouraged by them in other ways. 🙂 Seeing the kids get so excited about God truly…
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Summer Series #1: “Summer Blog” by Justin Smith
[NOTE: For the next four Tuesdays, we will be running a series of posts by four great young adults. Each is a student at Freed-Hardeman University, and each is spending the summer doing anything but taking a vacation. I hope their words encourage you to use all your time for the Lord.] Our first post comes from Justin Smith. You can visit his Tumblr site here. ——————————————————- This summer I am working as a summer youth intern at West 7th Street Church of Christ under Jerry Elder. The church is in Columbia, Tennessee, and I’m from Gadsden, Alabama, so I am living with another family for the summer away from…
