BCF Students on Missions at Camp Macon

BCF Students on Missions at Camp Macon

BCF Students on Missions at Camp Macon

BCF Psychology Professor Kristy Ford takes a break from supervising her BCF students to help with crafts at Camp Macon.  



Posted: Friday, July 31, 2015 3:00 pm

BCF Students on Missions at Camp Macon

For one intense week of ministry, psychology and missions majors from The Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, gathered in a unique summer practicum in rural Noxubee County, Mississippi. Known locally as “Camp Macon,” the week-long project has been a highlight of children and teens in the county since 2004, when the leaders of Lake Forest Ranch, the camp’s sponsor, sought a means “to bring love to the kids and youth of Macon for one week out of the summer, with hopes of reaching out in love the rest of the year.” To that end, teams of student missionaries, such as the team from BCF, are sent each morning to various sites across the county to hold Kid’s Camp, while teens from the region arrive by bus at the ranch for Sports Camp. In both settings, the goal is to provide fun, friendship, and fellowship with God. This year, more than 500 kids and teens participated with nearly 1000 in attendance for Friday night’s Family Night celebration.

BCF faculty and students first heard of the camp last fall when Lake Forest Ranch Director Rich Malone visited the Graceville campus. “I was so impressed with the reception I found in Graceville,” Malone commented. “I was blown away by all I saw at BCF. The students, the faculty, the whole environment had me asking how we might be able to partner with them in ministry.”

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