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We’re stoked to see you at Into the Wild. Below you’ll find the packing sheet for camp along with details on our departure

Departure
Please arrive at Ground Zero by 10am, on Monday, August 2. Bring all bags and be dressed for an evening of activities at camp.

Return
Your student will be ready for pickup by 4pm on Friday, August 6. For updates on arrival time check facebook.com/360oasis or twitter.com/360oasis

Spending money
Bring money for two meals while on the road, and for free time activities (Boardwalk and Surfing)

Camp Updates
Find out what’s going on at Into The Wild on Facebook at facebook.com/360oasis

In case of emergency
In the event of an emergency call (559) 272-6863
Please do not call to check in on your student.

Packing List

Bring.
• Bible
• Notebook
• Pen
• Flashlight
• Pillow & Sleeping Bag
• Multiple Swimsuits
• Beach Towel
• Windbreaker
• Running Shoes & Flip Flops (for beach time)
• Toiletries (soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, etc.)
• Sunscreen (SPF 15 or higher) and Hat
• Maximum of 2 bags // Carry-on and Luggage (Student must be able to carry their own bag)
• Money for two meals and optional activities
o Surfing – $20
o Boardwalk – $20
o Snacks / 2 Meals
• Refillable Water Bottle
Don’t Bring.
Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, water balloons, fireworks, firearms, or any electronic device; Cell phones, iPODs etc. // *Possession of these items may result in student being sent home at your expense.

Dress Code.
Swimsuits- No bikinis – bring only appropriate one-piece suits, and no Speedos

General Dress- Be modest // Shorts must be 6in to the knee // No sleeveless shirts // No mid-riff showing

Departure & Arrival.
Be at Ground Zero by 10am Monday, August 2
We’ll be back at 4pm on Friday, August 6

Songs played during worship on Tuesday May 11th

All Because of Jesus – Casting Crowns
Perfect Love – Hillsong (Unavailable on iTunes)
What Joy – Generation Church
You Never Let Go – Matt Redman

Songs sung in worship at Oasis. Links open the songs for purchase in iTunes.
The Times Has Come – Hillsong United
O Praise Him – David Crowder Band
How He Loves – Kim Walker
In Christ Alone – Newsboys
Your Love Never Fails – Jesus Culture

Songs sung in worship at Oasis. Links open the songs for purchase in iTunes.
I am Free – Desperation Band
What Joy (Psalm 146) – Generation Church

Check out the message from this Sunday in the media library

Songs sung in worship at Oasis. Links open the songs for purchase in iTunes.
O Taste and See – Brian and Jenn Johnson
We Cry Out – Jesus Culture
What Joy – Generation Church
We the Redeemed – Hillsong

Next week hundreds of students from all over California will be coming to Peoples Church to participate in BreakAway, our spring break outreach to Fresno and the surrounding areas. If you can help out with preparation or during the week give Alli-Kay a call at 298-8001 ×324

To follow along with what high school and college students are doing throughout the week check back here at the blog and at facebook.com/360oasis

This week I had a doctor’s appointment. I was excited as one can be prior to going in, I had managed to schedule the first appointment of the day! Certainly I thought I would be able to avoid the evil that began thousands of years ago at DMV offices & amusement parks, and continues today at doctors’ offices across the globe.

Waiting.

Yet upon arriving at the Dr’s office I was told so sign my name on a clipboard, and then they would call me back. Mind you, as I’m signing in I can see that I am the first and only name on the clipboard, and the only person in the office. The nurse behind the desk informed me that “We’ll be right with you”, as she did her best to hold back a smirk. Who else are they helping? As I sat down I tried to figure out what I was supposed to do. The AARP magazines on the table weren’t quite my style… So I pulled out my phone and started playing solitaire.

The thing was, I had plenty to do in the mean time. I could have worked on homework, done my devotionals, or even finished off one of the books I had in the trunk of my car. Instead I sat in the waiting room pressing 7-4-4-2, in an effort to watch pixilated cards fly across my two inch screen.

Today I was reminded of how I’ve waited on God the same way I waited in the doctors office.

In the times where we’re waiting it’s easy to put everything else on hold. When I was sitting in that waiting room, for some reason nothing was more important than sitting mindlessly — waiting…

The same thing happens in life. We set goals for what we’d like to do; to go to college, get a great job, get married, etc. etc. These goals are so far away we do little to see them happen. We sit patiently twiddling our thumbs while we wait for God to “open a door”.

The problem is, it’s not God’s job to open doors.

(I think Revelation 3:20 says something about that…)

We’ve taken our responsibility and duty to prepare for what we desire, reduced it to waiting and left the rest in God’s hands. Too often we try to keep God’s options wide open; so we stop moving and start “getting spiritual”. (i.e. Asking God for a sign, an open door, or for God to make sense of the page we flipped open our Bible to)

It seems like when I am “leaving it in God’s hands” that means slamming on the brakes and then putting off decisions. Should we pray and seek God’s guidance in our lives? YES! Will God answer us with direction? Yes! But waiting on God doesn’t mean we stop moving forward.

The heart of man plans his way,
but the Lord establishes his steps. – Proverbs 16:9

How crazy is that? When we start moving and making plans God will guide our steps! It doesn’t say God will establish our general direction, or print out some turn by turn directions for us…

So get moving, and keep moving.

And try at all costs to avoid Dr’s offices.

Let the Praises Ring – Lincoln Brewster
O Praise Him – David Crowder Band
Came to My Rescue – Hillsong United

As part of the new 360oasis.com we have an all new media library; that you can check out on your computer or on your iPhone/iTouch/Android/Blackberry (not that it’s a mouthful or anything).

So if you missed a week at Oasis, or just want to check out some awesome content visit media.360oasis.com on your mobile device and listen away.

One Way — Hillsong United
Perfect Love — Hillsong United
Fire Fall Down — Hillsong
Revelation Song — Jesus Culture