Have you ever made a telephone with two cans and some string? I remember trying one out. I distinctly remember shouting "it works!" into the can so my friend could hear me. After a few back and forth exchanges using the cans, we ended up shouting instructions, or things to say into the can, or even just repeating what we had tried to say into the can, back and forth across the yard. Pretty soon we just dropped the cans altogether because the novelty wore off. The technology was fun for a while, but had its limits.
If that sounds like you, or your children, and Zoom, then we're all in the same boat. I think we're all wondering how to take a vacation from our stay-cation. I can hear the weariness in my own voice as well as the voices of people I speak to every day. This is hard. But we're not alone.
NaCoMe's mission has three pillars: building community, connecting people with God, and renewing spirits. Any event at camp is doing at least one, but probably a mix of all of those things. And at certain times, certain pillars get more attention depending on the group or the program. As we start to shift toward the Fall season, I'd like to invite you to find some renewal. Many churches and businesses still can't gather people together, but NaCoMe is uniquely positioned to allow for some distancing. If you're like me, and starting to find the limits of our current situation, I'd invite you to try out some of our options below.
By the time you leave, you'll have more energy to do some shouting of your own into whatever "can" you're working with,
- Ryan " Flash" Moore