WE HAD A GREAT CONFIRMATION CAMP!!!Here's the report...Sacred Heart Church successfully held their confirmation camp at Villa Dominic from the 25th April to the 27th April 2008. This camp was well participated by about 37 confirmands as well as Sacred Heart Youth Ministry comprising of about 9 youths. About 4 facilitators from the Sacred Heart Sunday School was involved in this camp as well.
Session 1 was conducted by Bro Andrew the the topic he touched on was Holy Spirit in the biblical context. Bro Gerad conducted session 2 on morality and Sis Dasnavis conducted session 3 on the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Bro Benedict ensured the safety of all confirmands and he summarized comments by participants from a parent's point of view.
The youth ministry comprising of Monica Madonna, Josephine Lee, Dennis, Moses, Edwin, Jerome, Priya, Christian and Damien led the confirmands into praise and worship and many activities which promoted teamwork and responsibilites.
The youths
Confirmands are divided into 4 groups and are responsible for the washing up after meal, workshops and so on. Each group was given tasks to take care of each other and to interact with each other more dynamically.
Sis Jac prepared the commentator(Stephanie Veronica), 1st Reader, 2nd Reader and the prayer of the faithful, the psalmist was Lydia Jesunathan. Fr. Christopher, the parish priest of Sacred Heart Church, presided the sunset mass and was well participated by all. During his sermon, Fr. Chris reminded all participants on observing the image of everyone in the likeness of Jesus Christ.
On Saturday night (26th April 2008), the facilitating team, together with the youth ministry conducted To Forgive and Be Forgiven. During this time, the youth ministry conducted praise and worship and set a very prayful mode for all participants, making each and every participants to realise their short comings and to be open and ready for the sacrament of confirmation. On the other hand, a boy named Kenneth Danker felt ALIVE that day as he led the worship.
Kenneth Danker
The facilitating team, being instruments of the Holy Spirit, helped to work with all participants in realising their short comings and their faults towards their parents and loved ones.
The facilitators made all participants to realise a mother's love for them and proceeded to show a synopsis of the Passion Of Christ and advised all participants to observe a mother's love for her son. Right after that short synopsis, all participants received a letter from their parents, the only contact they had since they left home for this camp. All participants read and wrote a letter in return for their parents. Letters was collected and sealed and subsequently handed over to all parents the next day before the participants arrived at Sacred Heart Church.
The youth ministry continued to lead all participants in songs of reflection as the facilitators went round laying hands on all participants and praying over them seeking participants to ask for forgiveness and to be open and ready for the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
On the 27th April 2008, participants had a great outdoor activity to work on teamwork and responsibility by taking part in an obstacle race where the youth ministry had prepared some obstacles for the participants to work on as a team and complete it. Later that day, we washed up and continued with praise and worship and finally participants cleared their rooms and awaited for the transport to bring them back home to their loved ones.
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