• Pace—how fast and how much you are trying to get done will impact breaks, starts and stops to the day, energy levels, meal times, and the general attitude of the group; the balance between slowing down to enjoy the moment and packing everything into every moment can be difficult.
• Unity—what relationships are being built between campers, church leadership, staff, etc.; figure out what the group leaders are after and build that unity.
• Consider—balance between sessions and quiet time to think, then balancing that with activity, games, and friendships; camp should both build a relationship with God which requires some alone time and build relationships with other people which
  requires some people time.
• Anticipation of an expectation—creating, tempering, and reminding campers of what they have to look forward to; the schedule is far more than just a when, where, and what.
• Everyday is a building block—the process of growing and changing means that various events have a best time; testimony campfire is best done at the end of week, but many more events fit best at a certain time in the schedule.

Opening Questions

1. How do Monday and Friday feel different?
2. No strangers any more; we’ve all let down our guard; good decisions and good friends have been made.

Closing Thoughts

• Faster start, slower finish.
• Overtired wounds fun, and it kills consider.
• Free/store time is Program’s clutch (a time to move into another gear) and the camper’s chance to recover, refresh, and reload.