Getting ready for English Camp 2016!

Since 2004, Bayview OPC has partnered with Jerry and Marilyn Farnik, OP missionaries to the Czech Republic, by providing a team to present the gospel in the form of a summer family English Camp.  The camp is advertised as one run by Christians, and families are invited to a resort for one week to attend classes, go on day trips, enjoy sporting activities, and put on skits and talent shows. All reading lessons are from Scripture and oral discussions revolve around the stories presented in the lessons.  This year's camp took place July 13-25, 2016.

OP Churches Represented on the 2016 English Camp Team:

• Bayview OPC (Chula Vista, CA)
• Bonita OPC (Bonita, CA)
• Branch of Hope OPC (Torrance, CA)
• Calvary OPC (La Mirada, CA)
• Calvin OPC (Phoenix, AZ)
• Cape Cod OPC (West Barnstable, MA)
• Cornerstone OPC (Houston, TX)
• Covenant OPC (Tucson, AZ)
• Grace OPC (Carson, CA)
• Pilgrim OPC (Bangor, ME)
• Westminster OPC (Westminster, CA)

Hotel Zadov:

The camp was held at the Hotel Zadov near the Šumava National Park in the southwestern region of the Czech Republic, near the border with Germany and Austria . . .

Off the bus . . .

. . . and up a long hill . . .

. . . to the hotel . . .

. . . and the beautiful view . . .

Team Posters:

Team members made posters to introduce themselves to the Czech campers . . .

. . . the posters were hung along the back wall of the meeting tent, where people viewed them all week long . . .

Sample Posters:

Christine Barnes . . .

Hannah Knight . . .

Schylie La Belle . . .

Jay and Cindy Rankin . . .

David and Susan Winslow . . .

Camp Theme - Sumavalympics:

The Meeting Tent:

A team member giving her testimony . . .

Missionaries Marilyn and Jerry Farnik . . .

Beautiful Scenery:

Czesky Krumlov . . .

Prague . . .

Sumava Mountains . . .

Campfire:

A Little Sightseeing:

English Camp Team:

The Entire Camp: