To rally, equip and deploy Bay Area Youth to serve in the Kingdom of God as a Biblically-sharpened and spirit-filled positive influences to win souls for Jesus Christ through transformed lives.

Encounter Bay Camp is a Christian Summer Youth Camp with the purpose of preparing young people for the adversity they will face in their formative years to adulthood. The camp provides an environment to equip the youth with foundational teachings toward a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and to provide them wit a memorable and life-changing experience.

Encounter Bay Camp is a collaborative partnership of local Bay Area Christian churches that seeks to unite Bay Area youth in fellowship with Jesus Christ. The youth between the ages of 12-21 gather for a time of Biblical teachings, powerful praise and worship, and fellowship between like-minded believers in Christ Jesus.

Encounter Bay Camp is a time for young people to experience passionate praise and worship, form lasting friendships through fellowship with others, and learn how to deal with life challenges from a Biblical perspective, and gain spiritual refreshment, renewal and transformation through the Love of the Lord.

Encounter Bay Camp's purpose is to ground the youth in God's Word while inspiring them to live for Jesus Christ. The camp will feature powerful, relevant and entertaining messages that lead the youth to have a meaningful understanding of God in their lives, their relationships with family and friends, and to live lives rooted in faith in Jesus Christ. The camp will also include small group sessions to provide a more interactive setting to discuss what was learned and minister to each other in an atmosphere of prayer and meditation. In addition, workshops dealing with topics such as sexual purity, prayer, worship, family, and the power and influence of the media, will be presented to address specific needs of youth believers.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Have You Claimed Your Restoration?

Acts 3:20-21
20...that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 21whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things...
 
As a believer, you have a right to expect restoration of the things that the devil has stolen from you.  It may be your health, marriage, or finances, but payback time is definitely coming!

Acts 3:20-21 tells us that before Jesus comes back for His church, we will experience “the times of restoration of all things”.  What a hope that gives us, knowing that God will restore to us all things before Jesus returns!

Friends, if the devil is attacking you in any area, tell God, “Father, I will not allow the devil to rob me of my health, marriage, children or finances.  These blessings are blood-bough and paid for by Your Son!”  Claim your restoration in Christ and heaven will hear you.

There will be such times of restoration of all things to the body of Christ that His people will only get better, stronger, healthier, and more prosperous and glorious!  When God restores, even under the old covenant, His people always received much more than what they had originally lost, in terms of quality and/or quantity.  How much more will our restoration be under the new covenant because of the shed blood of the Lamb of God!

A divorcee with a teenage son came to church and accepted the Lord a few years ago.  She began to pray for the restoration of her marriage and the reunion of her family.  She know that the chances of this happening were close to zero since she had not met nor spoken with her ex-husband since their divorce 10 years ago.  She did not even know if he had remarried.  But God caused their paths to cross at a wedding, and today, their relationship is healed, and together with their son, they worship as a family in church.

Even though what happened for that sister may not happen for every divorced person (God can give you a better spouse and marriage), I believe that God wants you to know that your times of restoration are here.  Heaven is waiting to hear you stake your claim for restoration!  Simply focus on God...serve Jesus...and watch what happens!!!

God Loves You and I Love You! Pastor Erwin

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