Less than a month after moving to Oregon, Jason Calvert found himself immersed in a brand-new experience: Bible Camp at Washington Family Ranch. As the Oregon Conference’s new associate youth director, Bible Camp was one of Jason’s first opportunities to connect with high school students in the area. For those unfamiliar with the event, Jason described it this way: “Bible Camp is a four-day spiritual retreat for high school students. And although the Oregon Conference plans and organizes it, it’s not just for us. We have students from other conferences that come, too, which I think is really great!”

Having served in other conferences as both a youth pastor and a young adult pastor, Jason is no stranger to working with big events like Bible Camp, but several things stood out to him about this one. “I really like that it happens at the beginning of the school year. I think it’s super important to start the year focused on Jesus, and that’s really what it’s about. You have hundreds of high school kids coming together for this. It’s an opportunity for them to see that the church is bigger than their immediate community. They can see that it’s a bigger movement than just what they see locally, and I love that! We really couldn’t have had any more people in the room because it was so packed, and that’s a really great problem to have.” Keep reading...