Knox Blog
September 8, 2010
Knox Overnight Camp 2010 Reflections
Knox Overnight Camp was held at Camp Northlands in Haliburton for the week of August 22nd to 28th. There were 112 campers and 48 staff volunteers who came up to overnight camp this year. We had great weather which benefitted all of our outdoor activities and games and with lots of fun games and actively engaging Bible studies and great campfires to wrap up the day that made the week go by very quickly. The Talent Show and water games and sports created lots of memories and fun. There were many new campers and staff this year who felt very included, and we are always glad to include new people in the Knox Camp excitement! The theme this year was the Wizard of Oz, and we learned that there’s “no place like home” (Psalm 23). Thank you to all the volunteer cabin leaders and other staff, our cube-van drivers and the parents who helped us load up and unload. Thank you for your prayers and support for the Overnight Camp ministry. We were really blessed this summer with great people who had hearts for serving God and children. Please have a look at our blog, as our photographer Wendy Rogalski caught some amazing shots of the fun we had this week. knoxcamps.wordpress.com To find out how you can get involved in camp, please contact Alvin Kim, Director of Family Ministries, at (416.921.8993 x 231).
August 30, 2010
Update from the Board of Managers - Gym Renovation
You may have noticed renovations beginning in the gym over the past week. The first phase of this work will see the walls prepped for repainting. After the painting is done, a new multi- purpose floor will be installed. The Board has been concerned about the state of the existing hardwood gym floor, which had deteriorated to the point of becoming a safety and liability issue. It is anticipated that the cost of these renovations will be $86,500. Financial considerations delayed this project for several years, but a designated bequest from donors who wish to remain anonymous has covered the expense. We praise God for the generosity of His people!
It is expected that the renovations (prepping, painting, removal of old floor, installation of new floor) will take eight weeks, so that the work will be completed in time for the Missions Conference in October. Your prayerful consideration of the ongoing work of the Board is greatly appreciated.
Greg Summers
Chair
Knox Board of Managers
August 10, 2010
Knox World Missions Spotlight - Donna Dong, Intervarsity Chiristian Fellowship
About Donna Donna became a follower of Jesus as a student at the University of California at Berkeley, where she became involved with the campus Inter-Varsity group. Her grounding in discipleship, evangelism, and missions was so life-changing, that she first joined Inter-Varsity campus staff in 1971. In the course of over 35+ years of Inter-Varsity campus staff work, Donna worked with students and staff on university campuses in Northern California, Hawaii and in Canada. In the 80’s and 90’s, she and Inter-Varsity staff colleague, Geri Rodman, developed a student movement in Northern California and Hawaii that was multicultural, committed to ministry and evangelism, and issued forth in a number of strong Christian leaders, pastors, and missionaries. In 2002, Donna came to Canada to become Inter-Varsity Canada’s first Director of Multicultural/multiethnic Ministries. In her current role, she has broadened Inter-Varsity’s ministry to include more Canadians from Chinese, Korean, Caribbean, South Asian, and Aboriginal/First Nations heritages. She is passionate about Inter-Varsity’s ministry of transforming youth, students, and graduates in all their ethnic diversity into fully committed followers of Jesus Christ. Her current ministry focus includes biblical teaching, intercultural competency training, and missions mobilization through Inter-Varsity’s Urbana 09 Student Missions Conference.
Latest News [On August 4] I leave for my first trip ever to China! I am excited! I am in group of 10 IVCF friends and staff traveling to Beijing, sight-seeing and getting a sense of the great socio-economic, cultural, and spiritual developments taking place. And then, we go on to Hohhot in the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, where we will join and participate in the IVCF Global Partnership-China program. I enclose our itinerary, for your prayerful support. Please pray as I present on Mon eve, Aug 9, on “How to Transition to and Succeed in North American Universities.” It will be summer break time, but the entire university is invited to join the 80+ Canadian and Chinese students in the program. I will provide a 20-minute lecture, then 30 minutes of Q&A. I am hopeful for good rapport & one-on-one conversations with students.
Donna recently spoke at our Summer Fellowship series. Listen to it on our Podcasts page.
