Today is the day that three of our young adults journey off to the unknown adventures of Lipscomb University's annual IMPACT!
What is IMPACT? Every year Lipscomb, a Christian university located in south Nashville, TN, hosts an event that attracts 2600 students (grades 6-12) designed to provide an atmosphere for teens that enables the development of a personal faith, which will impact their world for Christ.
Impact’s mixture of spiritual enrichment with the downright ridiculous (a high-spirited combination of fun games and silly pranks) has been a successful formula for Lipscomb and Impact coordinators for the past 20 years. A collection of 14 youth ministers from throughout Middle Tennessee and the Southeast plan this camp each year, based on a theme that is not revealed until campers arrive on campus.
IMPACT includes special interactive Bible classes taught by youth ministers, keynote speakers and dynamic praise and worship. Teens will hear challenging messages and enjoy special times of worship, concerts and activities, such as a Dance Dance Revolution tournament and “Morning Impact,” a sort of pep rally featuring contests involving huge beach balls and disgusting food combinations, outlandish videos and camp-style songs and cheers.
Keynote speakers include nationally known preachers and authors Jeff Walling, Don McLaughlin, and Randy Harris. Coffee house concert performers have included Third Day, Family Force Five, Stellar Kart, Joy Electric and The Afters. Other entertainment includes Christian comedians, illusionists, sword swallowers, acrobats, stuntmen, and ventriloquists.
Katie Partain, Ashley Walker and Jessalyn Kasun journey today to Bozeman, MT and board their flight to the Deep South. They have been hired by IMPACT as counselors, and will begin their training on Wednesday, June 15. Pray for their safety, their effectiveness as mentors, their courage as leaders.
The rest of our group will leave early Saturday morning, taking the trip by van. The IMPACT week will run June 20-25.
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