English Camp Report 2007:
“Camp of the Future”
Music festival
Upon our early arrival at the KnuellCamp, we manoeu-
vred our way around approximately 320 people, who
were enjoying the Music camp already in session. We
enjoyed the variety of musical performances each eve-
ning. Also, there were opportunities for conversation with
many of the musicians who were not Christian. Bishop
Gerhard and Reverend Steven Rutt spent much time an-
swering questions about God, the Bible and the Gospel
of Jesus Christ. Please pray for those who heard the
gospel communicated to them, especially various musi-
cians from Germany , and another man from Luxemburg.
The Team:
The team members this year were: Steven and
Susannah Rutt, from Phoenix, Arizona, Elyse Burns from
Ohio, Joni Evanhoe from Ohio, Laurin from France,
Christin from Germany and Vanessa from Germany, and
David from England. Everyone showed up at different
times but all showed up in time to help set up for the
camp and make sure everything was ready. Not all were
able to participate in the team tour at the end of camp,
but everyone enjoyed the camp and worked well to-
gether.
Preparation:
Getting ready for the camp involved many things. First,
the main building had to be cleaned and made ready for
the campers, as a different group had just left and the
building was a mess. Next, Elyse, Vanessa, Laurin, Sue,
Joni and Christin spent over 8 hours getting the song
books ready for the campers’ use. The group prepared
snacks and made sure all the rooms were ready for
campers. They also prepared many games to ensure that
everyone knew each other and to break the ice.
Daily Camp Schedule and Special Events
The daily routine began with the Camp’s unique alarm
clock, that being, Bishop playing songs on his trombone.
Morning Prayer Book services were appointed daily.
This daily service was mandatory for the ministry team,
who met together earlier for daily plans. We invited all
the campers to Morning Prayer, but was not obligatory for
them to attend. However, almost one half of the camp-
ers attended every day. Many of them were not ac-
quainted with the Book of Common Prayer, but entered
into worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth. In fact,
throughout the duration of the Camp, many of the young
people asked questions about liturgical worship. We
spent much time explaining from the Bible how we are to
worship God.
After Morning Prayer was breakfast. A lot of fellowship
occurred around the breakfast tables. Next on the
agenda was the daily routine of chores. At 10 am came
the morning teaching session. This service always be-
gan with songs of thanksgiving, led by Elyse, Vanessa,
and Laurin. Reverend Steven Rutt, from Saint Andrew’s
Reformed Episcopal Church in Phoenix, Arizona, led the
campers through the Book of Revelation daily with his
teachings and sermons.
Afternoon sports activities and ‘rocket projects’ kept
every one busy. These activities generated much fellow-
ship. Later each evening, more singing developed during
the ‘evangelistic’ services. And, later at night, weather
permitting the campers usually enjoyed a camp fire out-
side, hosted by David.
Music:
The music this year was a success, as we mixed familiar We came from our devotions knowing that when we
contemporary music and hymns while also choosing would go home, we would need to study more on it as
songs relaying our theme of Revelation. Specific favour- one and a half weeks is not enough time to
ites were ‘Awesome God’ and ‘Blessed Be the Name’. totally comprehend all of Revelation.
The team consisted of Vanessa as lead singer, Laurin as
harpist/percussion and Elyse as the pianist (who was oc-
casionally aided by the camper, Samuel).

Sports:

The main attraction this year in sports was the game of

baseball. A favourite of most campers, the game was a
great icebreaker that tied everyone together in fun and
exercise. While baseball was played nearly every day,
Big Dave taught us the game ‘Cricket’; however, that only
lasted for one afternoon.

Greetings from the Wartburg, (Eisenach) were Martin

Luther translated the New Testament into German.

Thank you for your prayers and support during these

Camp days till the End of August.

Your REC Team in Germany

Gerhard & Grace,
Steven & Sue, and Summer Team.

Devotions:
Leading devotions in the afternoon was part our learning
to understand the Book of Revelation. We weren’t ex-
pected to have Revelation understood, but know that
there were other views. WHAT HAS JESUS DONE was
our main focus. For our group, we worked at finding the
scriptures that complemented the verses in Revelation.
Ps. Next English Camp: July 11 – 20th 2008
Summer team 16 and up. Arrive a week before and stay
another 4 days for the Germany Southern tour.
To be part of register till January 31st.
www. knuellcamp.de email: bischof.meyer@rekd.de