Rockfish Presbyterian Church in Nellysford, Virginia, will use its share of the Pentecost Offering to send young people in our community to summer day and overnight camps. We live in a rural area where many young people rarely experience life outside of the mountains and hollows where they live—often in rundown houses or trailers. Some come from homes that still do not have indoor plumbing. We use our offering money to send younger children to the county recreational summer day programs and older elementary children and adolescents to overnight and adventure camp at Hanover Presbytery Camp and Brown’s Summit Youth Camp.

As one young man said when he learned he was going to camp this year (in a neighboring state), “I’ve never been out of state in my whole life!” For him and for many others, the spirit of Pentecost is felt in the offering of new breath and new life though summer camp. This great idea for using our offering comes from an elder, Barbara Powell, who “grew up in the woods,” as she puts it, and currently serves on our church mission committee and as the chairperson of our stewardship committee.

Rockfish Presbyterian Church
Nellysford, Virginia