Ignite Recap Videos

Check them out! You can copy them from Josh Danskin's YouTube page here.

Day 1 and 2


Day 3


Day 4


What an incredible week! I cant wait until next year.

See you Sunday!

And the superstar volunteer of Ignite camp goes to....

Tristan Berg! Jenny Brien! Tiffany Bourgeois! Nate Caldwell! Tina Chavez! Justin Crouch! Josh Danskin! Heidi Levesque! Jon Levesque! Terryl Padilla! Anna Tatham!

Each one of these guys made Ignite Camp the most incredible week this summer.

Tristan Berg

Tristan has been a faithful volunteer at GRID 2911 for many years. He works an insane schedule and still makes sure he is at everything. Tristan took a week off of work to volunteer at Ignite Camp. His leadership and passion was and is contagious. He did an incredible job leading the G's for Jesus with his co leader. Thank you Tristan!

Jenny Brien

Jenny has also been an incredible volunteer at GRID 2911 for many years. She took a week away from her husband to lead with Tristan the G's for Jesus. She was a vital part in helping work out details for the camp. Her prophetic voice at camp was inspiring, her leadership, passion and compassion were incredible. She had the opportunity to help some young ladies through some tough issues and she did it with power and anointing. Thank you Jenny!

Tiffany Bourgeois

Tiffers co lead Team ID with her future brother in law Terryl. Hailing from the island of Guam Tiffany's passion for our generation is evident and contagious. When she took the mic God's anointing was so evident, it certainly broke chains off of people. Her leadership changed the lives of many young ladies, especially those who didn't want to be there. Thank you Tiffany!

Nate Caldwell

Nate was our utility player at camp. He came early, worked day and night to set up and get things ready and was always willing at a moments notice to do what ever it took to make it the greatest week of the summer. Nate not only was vital to Ignite camps success, but pulled double duty and lead at Accelerate Kids Camp. Nate's desire for the things of God and to see people's lives changed was key to the success of Ignite and Accelerate. Thank you Nate!

Tina Chavez

WOW! Tina's leadership was absolutely amazing. She had to lead through some real difficulties and did it with strength and anointing and many, many, many, many lives were changed because of it. As the leader of Magma I saw her students transformed in a real powerful way and it was because of Tina's passion, love and leadership. Thank you Tina!

Justin Crouch

Justin was my right hand man at Ignite. He oversaw the audio production set up and ran it. He made the youth worship team sound really good and he co lead team R2D2 with Anna. One night Justin took the mic and preached the most anointed seven minute word I have heard in a long time. His passionate prayer and leadership was outstanding and lives were change because of his faith! Thank you Justin!

Josh Danskin

Josh was the media maniac at camp. He got there early too to set up lights and video. All week Josh worked his can off to film and produce highlight videos. Not only did he film, edit and run video during services, he lead, prayed, and tore it up with all the young people there. He was the adopted leader of Team ID. One night he stayed up until 4:45am to produce a highlight video, that was off the heezy by the way. Josh is the man! Thank you Josh!

Heidi Levesque

Heidi! She also took work off for the week, lead team D4 and drove the bus down and back and down and back and down and back. Few people knew, but Heidi got up early or drove late on several occasions to drop off and pick up buses. This was her first camp leadership experience and she knocked it out of the park. Her passion and faith are evident and have changed many lives. She is an incredible spiritual mother to many! Thank you Heidi!

Jon Levesque

Jon was only able to get the last couple days of work off, but he did it and he showed up with an explosion of faith and passion. He stepped right in and helped his wife lead team D4 and did an incredible job. His leadership was outstanding and in only a few short hours gained the trust of his team and was able to help many change and grow. Thank you Jon!

Terryl Padilla

Terryl took his leadership to a whole new level! He co lead with Tiffers team ID and help many young men develop a passion for God. His team were found on many occasion reading their bible, engaging in passionate worship and hungry for God and it was his leadership and passion that sparked this. He taught from the stage on worship and helped take camp to the next level. His prayers and teachings were outstanding and vital to Ignites success. Thank you Terryl!

Anna Tatham

My nickname for Anna is quiet thunder because she's always been quiet, but extremely powerful. At ignite the thunder roared as Anna unleashed the passion and incredible leadership that is inside of her. On several occasions she took the mic and preached the word. It was incredible to see the anointing on her life. She stepped up and stepped in to help any in need. Her faith and leadership certainly transformed many! Thank you Anna!

Each one of these leaders contributed in far more ways that a little paragraph can say and deserve far more thanks. Ignite could not have been what it was had it not been for their leadership, passion, faith and prayers. When you see them give them a HUGE thank you!

Others who contributed and deserve mad props: Ryan Brien, Kristian Gorman, Jaime Flippin, Kat Bourgeois, Chuck and Stephanie Richter and Mark Wilmot.

Ignite Recap

WOW!!!!!!!! That is the first thing I say when I'm asked about Ignite Camp. The next thing I say is that it was UNBELIEVABLE. I expected God to move, I expected Him to change lives, I expected Him to do miracles, but what happened was exceedingly, abundantly, above all I could ask or think. It was unbelievable. Here are some highlights from each day:

Monday

• Arrived safely to camp around 1pm and got into teams.
• Each team did a little team building exercises, getting to know you games and came up with a team name.
• Team names were: D4 (the devo divas and disco dudes), Team ID, Team Magma, G's for Jesus and R2D2 (radically devoted times 2).
• Dinner was the best ravioli I'd had in a long, long time. It just so happened I was really hungry, so maybe that had something to do with it.
• At 7 we opened the doors with a crazy 60 second countdown right into the youth worship teams first worship set in front of anyone. Thank you to Quinn Richter, Danny Morales and Daniel Bender for working so hard to get ready for camp.
• There was a huge buzz and expectation as the students entered and during worship.
• I preached on the road blocks to devotion out of the parable of the sower. Here is a blog post on that.
• Tons of people responded to the alter call that night to get the little bitty thing off to the side that can grow and choke the word out of your life out of their life.
• We had small groups later that night and a leader morning after everyone went to bed.

Tuesday

• Up bright and early at 7am.
• Breakfast and morning worship.
• During worship the different team leaders prayed up a storm. You should have heard them. Anna, Tiffany, Justin, Terryl, Jenny, Tristan and Tina all lead the students in praying to God for more. It was incredible to see the leaders step up and lay it down in prayer.
  
• After this we had small group time and personal quiet times then lunch. Then the fun began.
• After lunch we began with a huge game of wizard, elf, giant (rock, paper, scissors combined with tagging the loser). It was epic! I think the best was the game where one of the teams got low on players, so the massive team did cross because the cross beats all and won the game!
• Then we played a little toilet tag and extreme soccer.
• After we all got hot and sweaty we had the best water fight I've ever seen. The leaders took all of the water balloons and squirt guns from the students and were set to ambush them. I found out and told the students to charge them. 2 hours later we were all soaked and had huge smiles on our faces.
• I was dry for most of it until all the leaders and students tricked me into thinking a student was hurt (Tessa), so I ran to the circle was grabbed and drenched with several buckets of water. Good one all! I will not forget who you all are so watch your backs! Just kidding.
• Dinner that night then service. This is where something broke in the Spirit at camp. Normally by the last night everybody is dancing in worship and dealing with the serious junk. It's always my heart that by the last night that students really "get it." In fact I was expecting God to move the last night and for them to be free and leave camp changed.
• We did our first two songs and when we finished Break Free I was switching to acoustic guitar for worship and a student yells ONE MORE TIME, then a chant began with all the students yelling ONE MORE TIME began. Terryl looked at me like well? and I gave him the nod, so he told them we'd do it again and all of the students ran to the front without any prompting. We played it again and the whole time they jumped and praised God because He was breaking them free. It was incredible. Worship was incredible and God was doing something.
• What I had hoped to happen by the last day was happening on the second. It was unbelievable.
• I spoke that night on the fire of devotion. You can read about it here. The alter call was good, the small groups better and the leaders were going crazy with stories until late in the morning. Kids that didn't want to be there were dancing in God's presence, reading their bibles because they wanted to in their room and anticipating what God had for them.

Wednesday

• Woke up at 7am.
• Breakfast and morning worship and prayer. This time with the whole band. As we got ready I was wondering if the students would still worship and praise like they did the night before. As soon as we started they began to worship and praise like they did before.
• As we worshiped we prayed with them, teaching them how to pray every morning.
• Next was small group time and personal quiet times then lunch.
• That afternoon we had paintball, climbing wall, games, and the gym was open.
• Dinner then Accelerate worship. The youth worship team played for the Accelerate camp which was a lot of fun.
• We performed our team cheers for the Accelerate kids and Team ID was voted the winners! Congrats!
  
• Service was at 7pm with Pastor Mel.
• All the kids were so excited for her to be there, worship was incredible with the kids once again chanting ONE MORE TIME for Break free (we sang it 11 times at camp for the students and we all still love it!)
• Pastor Melinda preached an incredible message from Psalm 34:8 and 1 Thessalonians 1:18. Taste and see that the Lord is good.
• One young lady heard God speak in worship that she need to stop letting boys use her for their gratification and then Pastor Mel spoke on something similar and she was floored.
• I was so honored to have Pastor Mel there and it was an incredible night.
• We had small groups and a leader meeting then off to bed for one more full day of camp.

Thursday

• Wake up? You guessed it 7am.
• Breakfast then morning worship and prayer. Again we all got crazy for Jesus.
• Team ID went to the lake early because they won the cheer comp and had their quiet time in the van over to the lake. The rest of us had small groups and quiet time then off to the lake.
• Volleyball, swimming, toss-toss, Tubing behind the boat, water fights and sun burns (even though sunscreen was required several times that day) galore!
• We headed back and made it just in time for dinner.
• Accelerate Kids Camp's service was right after dinner. We did worship again and I spoke. I shared about David and how he was R.A.D. and therefore was unshakable. Reading and Asking (praying) equals Devotion or R.A.D. We must be R.A.D. to be unshakable.
• Youth service was right after that beginning with judging the Accelerate cheer comp. The 4th graders won! Congrats to them!
• That night worship was off the hook again! We did three fast songs and still they wanted more Break Free! After Tuesday I was praying and wondering what more could happen. I mean what you expect for the last night already happened. I'd never been to a camp where it happened so fast, so I didn't know what more there was for us. We already had tons of God moments what more was there, but God had a Word for everybody.
• About fifteen minutes before service He gave me two scriptures, an illustration and a title. When I spoke the anointing fell in that place. That night people all over wrote down the old life they were leaving on paper and took it to the cross. There were tears, prophecy and baptism in the Holy Spirit. Here is the message.
  
• The Spirit of God fell in a way I haven't seen in a long time. The service lasted three hours and ended with people all around the room on their face before God crying out for more. We dismissed them to get snacks or stay until their small groups and probably half stayed because they didn't want to leave God's presence. It was unbelievable!!! You can read the message here.
  
• Many groups that night were speechless when asked to sum up the night. It was something God did that was amazing.
• That night was Junior/Senior night, so they all hung out with us leaders, made lunches for the trip home, played games, ran around for a couple of hours playing with mice and got to bed really late.

Friday

• Woke up at 7, cleaned and packed and went to breakfast.
• Worship was crazy again and I spoke the final message of the camp on I.G.N.I.T.E. you can check it out here.
• We cleaned up and headed home.
• About a block from the church the bus taking the students home ran out of gas! It was hilarious. We used the other bus and picked them up. What a way to end camp :-).
• By 3:30 all the students were gone and the leaders talked until 5 about the experience and what to do next year.

It was unbelievable and this is only the beginning of what God is going to do. See you Sunday at 10 and 11:30 for worship and small groups. The 10 o'clock service will be open to Jr. High and Sr. High, so everybody be there!

How to sustain a life of devotion

In order to sustain a life of devotion you must I.G.N.T.E. the fire every day. In the old testament they worshiped on an alter. God told them to never let the fire on the alter go out. Every day they would have to stir the fire and add fuel to it. The same is true if we want to keep our fire of devotion going. Jesus was the final sacrifice and now we are the new alters. Our life is the alter and when we praise and worship it is a sacrifice in our life. Everyday we must I.G.N.T.E. everyday. We need to keep the fir lit everyday. Here is what it means to I.G.N.T.E.:

• Invest Daily - Invest time daily in prayer, the word and worship. Everyday you need it. Pray through the Lord's prayer and get a bible reading plan or follow ours!
  
• Need the gathering - You need the weekly gathering we call church. It refuels you and it's important to connect with others.
• Groups - You need a reach team. A group of people who believe what you do, can hold you accountable and inspire you to grow.
  
• Ingest what is pure - When you go to camp or have an incredible experience with God you are in an environment where there is only that which is good and pure around you. When you go back you can slide right back into the old environment and life style. You can eat music, TV, relationships, friendships, internet sites that are not pure and it will be like a fire extinguesher to your devotion. The wrong environment will cause your devotion to die.
  
• Turn - So you've nailed the old life to the cross and you are picking up your new life? Well you need to do it everyday. Every day turn from the old and live the new. Everyday crucify the flesh and walk in the Spirit.
  
• Endure - After you change there will come tests and temptations that try and drag you back. No matter which friends you lose, what you have to give up, what happens endure! If you will endure there is more for you on the other side.

Every day you have to I.G.N.T.E. the fire of devotion on the alter of your life. Make the choice, take the steps and your encounter with God will not be something that lasts for a short while it will last for a lifetime!

The Point of no return

Read Galatians 2:20; 2 Corinthians 5:17

When you go cliff jumping there is a point where the balance of your cliff foot shifts to the air foot and you fall to the water with a velocity that gives you a rush of adrenaline you have reached the point of no return. Once you pass the tipping point you cannot go back. When you encounter God you come to the edge of a cliff and you have to decide will I leave the old life behind on the cliff and jump into the new life that has begun in Christ or stay on the cliff with your old life?

There was a point of no return for Christ. The whole time that he was accused, beaten and nailed to the cross he could have called 12 legions of angels at any point to rescue him, but he didn't. His point of no return was when he uttered the words IT IS FINISHED. We have to go past the point of no return, take the old life, who we were before we encountered God, nail it to the cross and let it be finished.

When you jump into your new life, you crucify the past, the flesh and you begin a new life. It is finished in your life!

The Fire of devotion

The title of this message was let it in ya, consume ya, and let it outta ya. When you read John 18:15-27 you find a man named Peter who was so week and timid that he couldn't stand up for his savior to a slave girl. In Acts chapter 2 you see the same Peter a short time later standing up for Christ in front of the whole city and 3000 people were added to the church that day! What happened? He went from not being able to stand up to a slave to standing up to those who killed Jesus and could kill him.

Peter received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The fire of devotion came into him, it consumed his weaknesses and timidity and it flowed out of him in the form of boldness. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is the difference between timidity and boldness. Matthew 3:11 says that Jesus came to baptize us with the Holy Spirit and with fire! The baptism of the Holy Spirit brings the fire of devotion, the passion, and hunger and the thirst.

1. Let it in ya - You've got to let the fire of God into you. You can ask, "Jesus baptize me in the Holy Spirit and with fire." Let God fill you with His fire, passion and all He has.
2. Let it consume ya - Don't hold anything back. Let God consume every part of you. Be willing to put every friendship, relationship, choice of media, weakness, desire on the alter for God to consume with his fire.
3. Let it outta ya - After you've received the baptism of the Holy Spirit you have the boldness to stand up to anyone and tell people about what God has done! Tell somebody! Let it outta ya. Don't keep what God has done inside of you for only you to enjoy let it outta ya.
   

If you find yourself unable to stand up to others get prayer for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I didn't have time to teach all about the baptism at camp, nor in this post, but if you have questions comment or email me at twarren@trclife.com and I will answer them.

Road Blocks to Devotion

Read Mark 4:1-20 NLT

In the above scripture Jesus talks about the different soil conditions. There are four. The first tree lead to abandonment of the Word and a life in Christ and the fourth to a life of devotion that produces a harvest 30, 60 and 100 times more. They are stony ground where the birds eat it up (we know from Jesus' description that the birds are Satan stealing the word), shallow ground where you have no depth, so temptation and persecution kill the world and thorny ground, the cares of this world choke out. These are road blocks to devotion. Here are the three road blocks to devotion broken down: for those into grammar remember the target audience.

1. The word don't go deep - This is stony ground. It's the person who comes to church, sits in the chair and hears the message, but doesn't LISTEN to it. Their heart is hard or stony and because of this the word cannot go deep enough to grow in their life. It sits on top of their heart where it's easy for Satan to take it away. This person needs to listen to the word at church and when they read it, let it sink deep into there heart.
2. They don't go deep - This person is the shallow ground. On the surface they look like they have it all together. They know how to go through the motions at church, small group, camp, etc... You'd look at this person and think they were a strong devoted Christ follower, but they are only surface. They have no depth. They have a corporate devotion (at church devotion), but no private devotion. They read their bible once and awhile, pray once and awhile. This person is in danger when temptation or suffering or problems come because the little devotion they have will get scorched by the heat of life and burn away. This person needs to get a personal devotion life that will create depth. Reading the Word, praying, showing up every week for service and for special worship and prayer. This will give them depth!
3. The weeds go deep - Finally the thorny ground. This is the most dangerous of them all. These types of people are devoted. The word goes deep and they go deep, but there are weeds in their life that go deep. There is a little bitty thing off to the side of their life that they let grow next to the devotion life. It could be the music they listen to, TV they watch, their friends, or boyfriend/girlfriend. There is something(s) in their life that is growing that will choke the word of God. Something that is growing that will distract them and cause them to take their eyes off of God and onto it. It will cause the one who was devoted to fall because it choked the word out of their life. The bible calls it the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, worries of this life and desire for other things. Pretty soon their desire for God (devotion) is choked out by the desire for music, TV, boyfriend, girlfriend, job, car, money and on and on and on. This person has got to let God examine their life and they must pluck out the little bitty thing(s) before they become weeds that take over their whole garden of devotion.

There are road blocks to devotion, but breaking through them and living devoted will bring you 30, 60 and 100 times more. More joy, life, anointing, salivations of those around you, healing, grace, faith and so much more. Live devoted!

Ignite Camp details

Here are the nitty gritty details for camp in case you didn't pick up a packet. This info is also at our information kiosk, so you can pick it up there as well...

The details:
• August 11th – Meet at The Rock Church for registration between 8am and 10am. We will be leaving for Camp Berachah at 11am. We will provide their transport to the camp.

• August 15th – Pick up is at 2:30pm at The Rock Church.

What to bring:
• Clothes for five days.
• Bible, Pen, Notebook
• Sack Lunch for bus trip down
• Sleeping Bag and pillow
• Toiletries – bring extra towel for water activities
• Girls - 1-piece Bathing suits please, those with two-pieces must wear a non-white t-shirt. Tankini’s are accepted.
• Guys – Shorts must fit securely. No short shorts please and especially no speedos.
• Snacks to share
• Water balloons (optional)
• Your favorite water gun (optional)

What not to bring:
• iPods
• Cell Phones
• Video Games
• Any electronic Devices
• Drugs and Alcohol
• Weapons, Tobacco, Fireworks

Possession of any of these items will result in confiscation and possible removal from Ignite Camp.

Expectations for Ignite Camp

Ignite Camp is a time for us to grow closer to one another and God, so please understand that these expectations are here to help ensure that everyone has a safe and great time!

1. Everyone is expected to come with a good attitude and ready to have fun.

2. The leaders have volunteered their time to be with us. Listen to them and do what they ask.

3. Enjoy the diversity of your room assignment.

4. Alcohol, drugs, firearms, and tobacco products are strictly forbidden at any time, at any location.

5. No youth is allowed in the rooms of the opposite sex. Guys only in guys’ rooms; girls only in girl’s rooms.

6. At no time should there be any guys and girls alone together.

7. You must be in your room for lights out and not leave the room until morning (bathroom breaks okay).

8. No one will leave the retreat without permission from Ignite Camp staff.

9. Attend every session, including small groups.

10. Be at all meals unless otherwise notified.

11. Enjoy every minute, Laugh and make new friends!

Violation of any of these rules will result in either a verbal warning or a parent being called to pick up youth.

Where have all the blog posts gone...

I wrote the title singing the song where have all the cowboys gone! Typically I've been writing everyday on the subject of the week. This week it's on relating and dating and with camp I haven't been able to keep it up. I've been running around from 7:30am to 11pm the past couple days and nights, so I will resume the blog posts on relating and dating when I return! Can't wait for camp!!!

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