The weekend of 19-21 February
2010 saw an eventful Confirmation Camp taking place at Jabuweni
Lodge in the Limpopo Province. The
motto for the weekend was “Perseverence through Jesus Christ”.
The camp, initiated by Apostle
Joubert, was attended by 166 Confirmands, 6 Youth members and 25 ministers (including Apostle Joubert, Bishops Radebe, Liddle and
Rudolph, District Leaders and Rectors) and their wives. The weekend
consisted of fun filled team-building exercises that included
spiritual components of the New Apostolic Creed and Confirmation
vow.
The camp started on the Friday
evening with orientation and directives after all the Confirmands
arrived from various destinations, some from as far as 300 km away.
Jabuweni Lodge was selected since it had facilities often used by
schools and institutions for team building purposes and because it
was a central point for all Confirmands attending from the
surrounding towns and cities across
the three Bishop areas.
Saturday morning saw the
Confirmands divided into 4 teams each receiving their own
representative colour T-shirts and caps. Confirmands were
deliberately put into groups with others they did not know to foster
familiarity and friendship and many agreed that this was achieved by
the time the camp had ended.
Each team was sent on 4
activities, 2 before lunch and 2 more afterwards. The activities
were based on 4 key areas of the NAC Creed which included, 1) Imagine a
Life with God (The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit), 2) The 3
Sacraments (Holy Baptism, Holy Sealing and Holy Communion), 3) The
Apostle Ministry and 4) Dream to Share the Kingdom, (The First
Resurrection, Judgment and Eternity). All the team building and
physical activities were accompanied by presentations from Youth
members or ministers.
The Red Team during one of the activities
Even the Apostle, bishops and
all the other ministries participated in the physical activities.
They felt that if Confirmands could do it, so could they, and this
inspired everyone to give of their best.
Sunday morning found the Divine
Service conducted by the Apostle Joubert as a climactic point with 4
sisters being sealed in the presence of the whole congregation. The
text word was taken from Revelation 3:21.
The divine service
