A Mother's Love

There are times when only a Mother's love
Can understand our tears,
Can soothe our disappoints
And calm all of our fears.

There are times when only a Mother's love
Can share the joy we feel
When something we've dreamed about
Quite suddenly is real.

There are times when only a Mother's faith
Can help us on life's way
And inspire in us the confidence
We need from day to day.

For a Mother's heart and a Mother's faith
And a Mother's steadfast love
Were fashioned by the Angels
And sent from God above...

- Author Unknown.

Summer Camp

Every year, Shiloh Christian Fellowship Inc. is having its Summer Youth Camp. This year's camp was entitled "Thirst for God" where young people quenched their thirst for serving God. We had visitors from other countries like New Zealand and Australia. We were inspired by our speaker Brother Steve Dunne, who taught us how to surrender our lives to God and to take a step in saying yes to God's calling in service of our church and our country. Everybody had a great time, enjoying God's presence, participating in every game prepared by the staff, displaying their talents and skills on every contest and even having fun at the beach.

Youth

Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind, it is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over love of
ease.

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair -
these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.

Whether they are sixteen or seventy, there is in every being's heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement at the stars and starlike things and
thoughts, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what is to come next, and the joy and the game of life.

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair. When the wires are all down and all the innermost core of your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then you are grown old indeed.

But so long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer, courage, grandeur and power from the earth, from man and from the Infinite, so long you are young.

THE OTHER FORGOTTEN 10 COMMANDMENTS

1.Thou shall not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities.

2. Thou shall not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass.

3. Thou shall not cross bridges before you come to them, for no one yet has succeeded in accomplishing this.

4. Thou shall face each problem as it comes.
You can only handle one at a time anyway.

5. Thou shall not take problems to bed with you, for they make very poor bedfellows.

6. Thou shall not borrow other people's problems. They can better care for them than you can.

7. Thou shall not try to relive yesterday for good or ill, it is forever gone. Concentrate on what is happening in your life and be happy now!

8. Thou shall be a good listener, for only when you listen do you hear different ideas from your own. It is hard to learn something new when you are talking, and some people do know more than you do.

9. Thou shall not become "bogged down" by frustration, for 90% of it is rooted in self-pity and will only interfere with positive action.

10. Thou shall count thy blessings, never overlooking the small ones, for a lot of small blessings add up to a big one.

Empowering an Enthusiastic Team

Help each other be right -- not wrong.
Look for ways to make new ideas work - not reasons the won't.
If in doubt, check it out! Don't make negative assumptions.
Help each other win and take pride in everyone's victories!
Speak positively about each other and about your organization at every opportunity.
Maintain a positive mental attitude, no matter what the circumstances.
Act with initiative and courage as if it all depends on you.
Do everything with enthusiasm - it's contagious!
Whatever you want, give it away.
Don't lose faith - never give up!
When things go wrong - laugh and learn!Have fun!