d
g
irectors of the DBA
oal is one which they are happy to strive towards
Youth Camp. This particular
every year.
Spotlights
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a result of this camp each year
If we are able to help one student come to Christ as
and preparations are definitely worth it,” said Hay
, all of the hard work
.
BPC professor
It is that passion to see young people begin a
guides minds,
personal relationship with God and for others to grow
in their Christian walk that motivated
to begin the DBA Youth Camp five years ago.
Adams and Hay
hearts in college,
“The
Sunday School
rising third through ninth graders,” said Hay
Association has always had a camp in Adrian for
of our local churches within the
. “Some
classes
have full-time youth pastors on staf
Association don’t
of these kids finish the Adrian camp, the opportunities
f. So when some
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while in high school to attend other camps like
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collection of Our Daily Bread devotionals.
rofessor Vance Rhoades displays his
Hay and
philosophy extends from the classroom
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a local camp for older teenagers within the
Adams immediately saw the need to provide at Brewton-Parker College during the
o
r. Rhoades has “collected almost every
Association.
weekday to the “Pairs and Spares”
the last 20 years and has each of the
ne of the mini-catalog devotionals over
held at Brewton-Parker for teenagers entering
The first ever DBA Youth Camp was
classroom at Mount V
p
seventh grade all the way through to those seniors
Church every Sunday.
ernon Baptist
according to their Bible chapter and
ublication topic series cataloged in a file
verse! He keeps the file with him in his
who have just graduated from high school.
“Faith without works is dead and
of
to share.”
fice and for those who ask, he’s willing
knowledge without application is
“W
useless,” he says.
‘W
camp,” said Hay
e had about forty-five students attend that first
think the Lord’
e’ve been praying about it and we
last five years to where we are now averaging about
. “It has grown tremendously over the
to lead this class’,” Rhoades said. “I
s leading us to ask you
ninety kids each year.”
Bible, James is concerned about the
He’s not the first to teach this. In the
was floored. I was saved when I was
reader
1
Both Hay and
attempts to integrate their faith with
’s spiritual health as he or she
to teach!’
1 but I thought, ‘I don’t know enough
Baptist, we skipped the worship
And we did something un-
late Rev
Adams are quick to give credit to the
everyday life; and today Rhoades
the camp.
. Calvin Durrence for the continued growth of
encourages each of his students to
service and just sat in the classroom
fulfill this truth, whether they are in the
and prayed and talked about it. I told
college or church setting.
them they needed someone with a lot
“Being able to see how the lives of some of these
more years experience, and they said,
young people were changed as a result of that first
“My greatest reward is not during the
‘No, one of the things we have noticed
camp really had a positive influence on Calvin,” said
moment of instruction but when a
is you listen to what people are saying
Hay
student comes back and lets me know
in Sunday School and make wise
lives changed was stronger than ever
. “After that first camp, his passion to see young
that (his or her) application of what I’ve
Biblical comments and life
commitment to see this camp grow never wavered.”
. His
taught them has made a dif
applications.
their life,” Rhoades says.
ference in
best teacher.’
That’
They told me to try it for
s what makes the
a year and if I felt led to stop then that
“W
Rhoades, 50, has been a member of the
would be fine.
year
e believed the camp would continue to grow every
Brewton-Parker faculty since he was 23.
I’m still teaching the Spares and Pairs
That was in 1988, and
where we are today without the positive influence of
,” said Adams. “But we also know we wouldn’t be He is currently an associate professor of
class. It will be 19 years the first
Calvin Durrence.”
psychology and counseling.
weekend of October.”
Adams and Hay are also quick to give credit to
“That’
The class caters to adults, whether
Michael
professor
s very young to be a college
single or couples, and teaches out of
staf
Aoa and the rest of the BPC Student Affairs
shade of green,” he says with a smile.
, 23. I was the most saturated
the Life
“In the first class I taught, I was
Baptist workbook guide for Sunday
Answers series, a popular
as well as making sure the week is the best it can be.
f for their willingness to help in camp preparations
younger than some of my students. My
school teachers.
wife says that one of the reasons I was
up and down in size over the years.
The class has gone
“The members of the Student
hired was because I was balding up
exceptional employees and ever so helpful,” said
Affairs staff are
top then and they figured I was older
“W
Adams. “Thanks to them.”
than I really was.”
one other person, to about 50 people in
e’ve had as little as two, just me and
the class.
Plans for the next DBA
In 1988, Rhoades was given the
ratio of singles and couples. It’
And it rotates too, as to the
underway
Youth Camp are already
opportunity to teach in another
amazing to see how God works.”
s
learning environment – the Sunday
effort to make the camp a reality each year
. Even though it takes a lot of time and
school classroom.
He also teaches Sunday School out of
Adams and Hay know their motivation and will never
, both
the non-denominational devotional,
stray from it.
“The leaders of the adult Sunday
Our Daily Bread. In fact, he has
School class I was in came to me one
collected almost every one of the mini-
“The youth are worth it all,” said Hay.
Sunday morning after class and said,
catalog devotionals over the last 20
years and has each of the publication
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