Carroty Wood
Since 2002 the Newfrontiers churches in the region have been running an annual camp for children in school years 3 to 7 during the school summer holidays.
The venue is RockUK Adventure Centre in Kent (previously the Barnabus Trust), called Carroty Wood.
The week's camp consists of a variety of physical activities (swimming, climbing, abseiling, high ropes, kayaking, archery, BMXing.......), different crafts, Bible teaching, worship and all sorts of other fun and games, not to mention plenty of good food.
Children are organised into boys or girls groups of about six and each group has their own adult leader who is responsible for their welfare throughout the week. For most activities groups are paired (usually a boys group with a girls group) and both leaders are present. Younger children sleep in lodges and the older ones camp on sites around the lodges. All children eat at the lodges.
At the end of August we took nine Jubilee Children to Carroty Wood. As always they had a fantastic time - inspite of the somewhat wet weather.
They did all sorts of activities - climbing, BMX-ing, kayaking, swimming, craft etc...... as well as eating lots and, best of all, meeting with God. The theme of this year's teaching was water. Cassie, as always, gave some excellent talks. It was great being in a marquee with nearly 200 children praising and worshipping God.
