Are you looking for an experience that will grow your teenager's faith, increase their leadership skills,

and teach them the discernment to engage with the world all around them, all while taking them on the adventure of a lifetime?

I mean, who isn't looking for that?

If your teenager loves fun, adventure, and wants to grow in their faith in leadership this summer,

then send them to Excel's summer leadership camp.

Excels summer leadership camp is a 12-day experience for passionate young leaders looking to discover God's truth,

to discern wisely and live wholeheartedly.

Your teenager will embark on a transformative journey in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where they'll build lasting friendships in the context of community.

Embark on thrilling adventures like camping, rock climbing, whitewater rafting, and they will receive expert training and certifications and categories like CPR and Wilderness First Aid.

Each aspect of the camp is woven together to help them learn to discover truth, to discern wisely, and take godly action in the context of real life situations.

To learn more or begin an application, go to theexcelcamp.org. That's theexcelcamp.org.

Hurry because summer is just around the corner.

Yo, what's up? Welcome back to The Disciples Journal. I'm your host, Darren Starks. This is where you

learn to walk with Jesus every single day. As always,

but specifically today, I am really excited to share this conversation with you. I sat down with

one of my amazing friends, James Lowe, Saturday, and he is a youth minister at a church that I now

attend and serve at Bethel World Outreach.

We've known each other for about two years, but since I moved to Nashville about five months ago,

I've just come to know and love him more.

And, you know, my biggest thing that I've said and will continue to say is I always want to

show the behind the scenes of what it looks like to follow

Jesus, the real, raw, authentic walk of taking up your cross, crucifying your flesh, and

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