Creation Bound at Athol SDA Church

Creation Bound Wilderness Survival Camp at
Athol Seventh-day Adventist Church, Athol, Massachusetts

Dates
Easter Weekend; April 6-8, 2012

Goals
To learn more about God's creation by living in it, studying it, and surviving in it. This is a pilot program for the Athol Church and friends. All ages are welcome. Children will require parental participation. No drop offs, please. We need a group of 20 to run the camp.

Activities
Participants will learn how to build shelter, obtain safe drinking water, collect food, fabricate tools and crafts, and everyone's favorite - build fire by rubbing sticks together! All from the natural landscape of the 108-acre church property.

Training Schedule
Friday, April 6 - 9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sabbath, April 7** - 10:00 a.m. - Sundown
Sunday, April 8 - 9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.

**Pastor Mark Gagnon (Primary Tent at SNEC Camp Meeting) is preparing a special worship service Sabbath morning, so we will have worship and potluck at the Athol Church. After lunch, Creation Bound will start teaching again around 1 p.m.

Camping
If the logistics of camping out are difficult, it may detract from the learning and enjoyment of the program, and we don’t want that to happen. So, it may be better for families with younger children to go home for the night and return in the morning, well-rested, happy, and ready to go. Where is it practical, others are encouraged to perhaps spend one night out. Males can camp out in the big teepee with Jason Blakeney, Creation Bound Founder/Owner. We will have access to the church bathrooms and water during the weekend.

Costs
Sliding Price Scale (Payment due by March 25)
1 person $30
2 people $55***
3 people $75***
4 people $90***
5 people $100***
***same household
No meals are provided, so a sack lunch would be encouraged for each day.

Location
Athol Seventh-day Adventist Church
3200 South Athol Road
Athol, Massachusetts 01331

What to Bring
Appropriate Clothing for the weather
Water bottle
Sharp knife
Notepad and pen
Bible
Sack lunch
Small backpack (book bag or day pack)

From Jason “Ace” Blakeney - Founder/Owner of Creation Bound
"The idea of Creation Bound was born many years ago. Growing up in West Virginia, I spent more nights sleeping outdoors than in. Most mornings I would wake to the horses eating just outside my shelter. I was mostly self-taught when it came to horsemanship and living outdoors. I slowly picked up bits of information from books, people, the horses, and the land. I spent most days exploring the forests and mountains for miles around, usually on horseback. By the time I was 14, I was capable of living outdoors on my own, with or without my horse, for extended periods of time."

"Back when I was younger I began to think I would really like to take others outdoors to experience the things I had discovered. But I felt unqualified to do so as I had not studied nature formally nor been mentored by any renowned outdoorsman or naturalist. Even though I had doubts in my abilities as a teacher and outdoorsman, I never lost the calling to someday help others learn to live in and see the outdoors as I did. Eventually, I realized that the things we can learn about creation are limitless. I can never know "enough". I learned that skills and knowledge were not what I truly wanted to share, but the experience. I have seen creation through a different lens and now look upon it very differently than the majority of "civilized" people. The woods and wild places are a sanctuary to me, to my soul, my physical body, my mental health, and my spiritual walk. This is what I wish to share with others."

"Creation Bound is an experience that can provide a different lens to see creation through, so that you can feel as at home in our Creator’s handiwork as I do. No longer seeing a wilderness but a refuge."

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. Romans 1:20

More Information
Creation Bound runs a yearly Teen Wilderness Survival Camp at Camp Lawroweld in Maine, a Youth Camp operated by the Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Contact Andy Rivera for more details: edward.rivera@auc.edu / 413-325-4656.

PARTICIPANTS
Rivera - 5
Kaltner - 1
Goody - 1
Terry - 3
Hutchinson - 2
Larsen - 4
Patton - 5

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