HOPE AUCKLAND ANNUAL CAMP

Over the first weekend of May, all of Hope Auckland piled excitedly into cars and buses to make our way back to Carey Park for this year’s annual camp. The theme this year was “Passion: The Flame Within” and who better to come teach us about it than Ps. Jeff Chong of Hope Church, Singapore! As expected, Ps. Jeff brought with him his wit, food-related humour and challenged us (with accompanying hand actions and singing) to return to the basics in the same way a jazz pianist rehearses their scales.

With stunningly perfect weather, early morning mass Zumba with a professional instructor, the debut of a new Praise and Worship leader, the re-introduction of workshops (Purity Revolution, Conversational Mandarin, Public Speaking and Cake-Decorating) and a Praise Party, it was one of the most memorable camps we have had to date. Our Praise Party was just that – a giant, prophetic, joy-filled party with every one of our worship leaders leading, which flowed into a powerful time in the presence of God.

If there were any way of summarising that night, it would be this: God showed up and people’s lives were rocked. A particularly touching and significant moment happened when the entire church gathered around the core leadership team and prayed, blessed and covered them as one family. We are still witnessing the overflow of what God did at camp and we are so grateful and excited for all that is to come! God bless!

Written by Steph Soh