The Widji summer leaders recently worked through an exercise to help them discover who they are as leaders. The first part was to remember the events in your life that helped shape the leader you are. The other part was to recall the people who influenced each person. As we understand the person we are weContinue reading “Who Influenced You?”
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Crazy Bible Story
It was -39 one morning this past winter and our vehicles wouldn’t start so we stayed home and watched Right in the Eye with Andy Stanley online. It was a great start to a new series. You should watch it. click here to watch! Have you ever heard or said, “It’s my life, I can do what IContinue reading “Crazy Bible Story”
What is Your Binge Watching Addiction?
We recently finished 4 seasons of Last Man Standing. Before that it was Nashville (3 seasons) and 8 seasons Heartland only took us a couple months. By definition, binge watching is “the practice of watching multiple episodes of a television program in rapid succession, typically by means of DVDs or digital streaming”. Exactly! Oh Netflix… It’s SO easy toContinue reading “What is Your Binge Watching Addiction?”
Twitter vs Telegram
Twitter is like today’s version of the telegram. Both are short and to the point. Actually, at 140 characters Twitter gives us double the amount of characters to communicate as a telegram did, which averaged 10-12 words or about 80 spaces around 1900. As technology of the telephone and the creation of the internet telegramsContinue reading “Twitter vs Telegram”
Inner Strength
From A Slice of Fresh Bread by Dan Bolin, CCI/Worldwide, @CCIWorldwide Several years ago I visited some missionary friends in Africa. To support their ministry and to provide employment for people in the area, my friends established a brick-making company. One day, the workers loaded a trailer full of bricks, and the missionary and I headed for a home aboutContinue reading “Inner Strength”
Widji News in the MBC Compass Spring 2016
Camp Widjiitiwin is pleased to announce our newest partnership with Ephraim’s Place Community Centre in the Jane/Sheppard neighbourhood of Toronto. We’ll be working closely with Kevin and Bill to bring 30 campers plus volunteers to Widjiitiwin the last week of the summer (August 28th to September 3rd). Like our other partners, Ephraim’s Place has aContinue reading “Widji News in the MBC Compass Spring 2016”
If you could spend a day with anyone, who would it be?
If you could spend a day with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be? Here are a few suggestions I thought of: Jesus, a prime minister or president, a famous actor or musician/composer or author, the guys who walked the Emmaus road with Jesus (Luke 24:13-35), Moses or Joseph or Joshua or David orContinue reading “If you could spend a day with anyone, who would it be?”
Medication Procedure Change
New for summer 2016 we are updating our medication procedures to include camper meds in a blister packs. This summer this procedure will be strongly encouraged and by next summer we plan to have all camper medications packaged this way. This simplifies the process for our nurse/medic to dispense camper medications so that the right medsContinue reading “Medication Procedure Change”
2016 Run of Exploding Colour!
Muskoka Bible Foundation presents… The “Run of Exploding Colour“, a ridiculously fun 5k in Muskoka! Join the MBC and Camp Widjiitiwin communities for an afternoon of fun and camaraderie. We are launching our first ever ‘Run of Exploding Colour!’ This event consists of a 5 km ‘fun run’ (some people like to walk too) throughContinue reading “2016 Run of Exploding Colour!”
Too Many Chorus Repeats
Wrong. You have the wrong attitude. It’s not about you. It’s about God and your worship of Him. And clearly He deserves all our praises. The angels never get tired or bored of worshiping or praising God, never sick of the words, never! We sing hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah and we don’t like it and some people even stopContinue reading “Too Many Chorus Repeats”