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SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

(A Youth Camp Program of the Worldwide Church of God)

 

Are you 13 to 19 years old? If you are, then you are invited to join our youth camps held every year (usually during summer) in various youth camp sites in the Philippines  and around the world.

 

In these youth camps, or Spiritual Enrichment Program (SEP), you will get to have lots of fun, games, meet new friends, understand what life is all about, and go home a new person filled with hope for a brighter future. 

 

In our Philippine society today, the youths are constantly being bombarded with all kinds of wrong thoughts and ideas. They are constantly barraged and exposed to all sorts of bad influences and habits like drug addiction, sexual immorality, juvenile delinquency and many other kinds of evil in our society.

 

 

Summer Enrichment Program 2008

YOUTH CAMP SITES

 

Negros Occidental: April 16-20 at CICM, Miranda Subdivision, Talisay City. Contact Terrence Santibanez, tsbaz@yahoo.com.

 

Bohol: April 18-20 at Ubay Church Center, Francisco. Contact Romy Pusta, romy_pusta@yahoo.com.

 

Misamis Oriental (SEP Mindanao): May 1-4 at Midway White Beach Resort, Initao. Contact Rollen Olango, rollen_olango@yahoo.com

 

Negros Oriental: May 1-5 at PTA, Junob, Km. 5, Dumaguete City. Contact Angelo Ouano, ar_ouano@yahoo.com. Cell # 0915-804-4740.

 

Cavite (SEP Luzon): May 13-20 at Villa Julia Resort, Aguinaldo Highway, Silang. Contact Rex Dela Pena, rex.delapena@wcg.org.   

 

Join us as we reach out to the Filipino youths! Please pray for and support SEP! For details, click here!

 

Youths need an alternative way of life and a non-threatening environment to discover themselves. They need to know what is right and what is wrong. They need to know about values and morals. They need to know the Lord and what life is really all about. 

 

For more than 35 years now, SEP has provided the Philipppine youths with this kind of youth environment to discover themselves. We also have youth camps held yearly in various camp sites around the world for more than forty years now. 

 

Join now and have fun this summer! Don't miss it this year! Write us for more details. 


 

What Happens at Youth Camps?

 

Activities

Our SEP or youth camp has been designed to holistically approach the needs of young people giving careful attention to details to achieve a well-balanced program and a youth-friendly environment.

   
Spiritual

Daily Morning devotions - a whole camp-wide devotion is done after breakfast and before the activities. Various Christian living topics are interactively discussed and facilitated by youth pastors and youth workers.

 

 

Christian Living instructions - also called as CL classes are given to all dorms. Classes are smaller in nature and brother and sister dorms are paired together for this class. This class covers more specific topics that challenge the young people and give them a better perspective in life. Topics usually cover relationship with God, with others, and with the rest of the community. Campers are given time at the end of the class to write journals, pray together or even ask questions from the CL instructor. Christian Living instructors are usually older members and pastors of the Worldwide Church of God.

 

Dorm Chats / Fireside Chat/ Beach side Chats - are informal gathering of campers per dorm (or sometimes with their brother or sister dorm) where they can freely ask questions to a pair of married couples who serve as their dorm parents. There is no fixed outline for this discussion because we want the campers to freely ask questions they would not have been able to ask anywhere. These chats are usually done in the evenings and the campers would sometimes forward initial questions to their assigned dorm parents to help the parents assess their questions and fields of interest. The overwhelmingly popular topic for this activity is interpersonal relationship with the opposite sex. Campers feel free to ask the ins and outs of dating, marriage, sex and the ramifications of pre-marital sex and other concerns. There are instances however when these chats focused on the heavier matters of the Christian faith. 

 

Camp wide Worship Service - this is done on a Sunday. This is a time when the members and families affiliated with the Worldwide Church of God attend a worship service with the campers and staff. This allows the campers to realize that they are part of the bigger Body of Christ. With the camp-wide worship service, the praise and worship is usually led by the campers and staff and the main message may be given by the Camp Director or a pastor of the Worldwide Church of God.

Physical

Sports Activities - SEP camps boast of well-programmed sports activities that include archery, basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, table tennis, swimming, snorkeling, mountaineering, dance and all-terrain biking depending on the camp site conditions. Safety and security are maintained at all times through specific safety instructions and guidance provided by well-trained staff. 

 

Inter-Dorm Sport Competitions - Toward the end of the camp, inter-dorm sports competitions are held. The different teams are assembled from the different dorms to form an all-stars competition in basketball, volleyball, softball and others.

 

Socials - One of the more important needs of a young person is to feel a sense of belongingness. Some of the activities designed at camp are to ensure that the campers get to freely interact with each other and form friendships that could last a lifetime.

 

Mealtimes - This is probably the best and easiest way for a camper to know her dorm mates and other campers in a very relaxed setting. Campers eat together as a dorm and they are free to invite another dorm to share the meals with them.

 

Dance Socials - At least two dance socials are held apart from the dance classes that campers go through. Young people like their music, their own beat and lyrics and really respond when they are given some responsibilities in the preparation of these dances. This is the time for them to execute those dance moves they learn from the dance classes and to apply those dance etiquettes they are taught as well.

 

Talent Shows - One of the usual highlights of our camps is the variety show conceptualized and presented by the dorms. Their creativity and enthusiasm and their amazing talents are really inspiring.

Emotional

Dorm Life - Campers are assigned a dorm as soon as they register to participate in our camps. A dorm is usually composed of 10 - 12 campers and 2 counselors. They do their classes together and sleep in their pre-assigned rooms and dormitories. They act as one family and in camp activities, they are called as Dorm 1B/1G up to Dorm 4B/4G. A natural partnership between brother and sister dorms usually take place and this is highly encouraged because they learn to cooperate with each other, particularly, in some of the more physically challenging activities like mountaineering and all-terrain biking.

 

Counseling - All staff members are trained to counsel the campers at any given time. While most of the informal counseling takes place in the dorms and are handled by the Dorm Counselors, activity staff are prepared and are intentional in their desire to counsel a camper at any given time. A camper may opt to counsel with the Camp Director and other pastors of the Worldwide Church of God.

 

For more details, please contact the respective contact person for each camp site.


 

History of SEP in the Philippines

 

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1970 – First two campsites established in Batulao, Batangas City for Luzon and Bacolod City for Visayas.

 

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1984 – SEP Philippines became a National Camp held in Batangas City in Luzon; more than 300 campers attended.

 

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1985-1994 – Due to the growing number of campers, averaging 500 per year, the National Camp was held annually every summer at Teacher’s Camp, Baguio City in Luzon.

 

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1995-2001 – Increasing number of campers from far-flung provinces and rising costs made it necessary to establish regional camps in four strategic places in the country: Luzon, Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao.

 

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2002 – More than 50% attended camp for the first time; almost all of them are indigents or out-of-school youths.

 

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From then on, youth camps have been held in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao every year. Many young lives continue to be changed to become good citizens of the country.