I have been concerned about some youth camps and their influence on churches through youth ministries in churches. One such organization is Youth Front. At one point the web site actually had prayer “exercises” called the “Sacred Gateway.” This can still be found via google cache on the Youthfront web site. Here is a link to the Sacred Gateway page itself: http://www.sacredgateway.org/
Despite taking this off their site, Youthfront clearly is teaching breathing exercises and prayer along with the “silence.” Youthfront lists Youth Specialties on one page as a partner.
It’s one thing for Youthfront to be a camp kids can attend, but it’s more than that. It has history (used to be Circle C and L bar C). I may have attended Circle C as I can remember it from somewhere, and did go to a few church camps as a kid. These camps not only are a stop for kids in the summer, but there is training for youth ministers and also overseas missions. Churches are filled with staff and connections to Youth Front, and it helps push spiritual formation/emergent themes into churches.
reveal-devo-packetweb1 is just a sample of what high school students are asked to do at Youthfront. (still learning how to do this, so click the link here, then click the icon on page you are taken to…)
I am a C...I am a CH...I am a CHRISTIAN 