Carolina cross connection is back again this summer

The summer of 2008 will be the twenty-first for Carolina Cross Connection - a Christian outreach ministry for

youth and adults. Individuals and youth groups from Christian churches will come together as a community to help meet the various needs of people in the southern Piedmont and Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

This project will be held at five locations throughout western North Carolina: Camp Carolwood near Lenoir, Camp Loy White in Casar, Camp McCall in Bostic, Joshua Youth Camp in Albemarle and West Wilkes Middle School in Wilkesboro. Upcoming camp weeks are July 13-19 and July 27 through August 2. Carolina Cross Connection will continue a search to secure a sixth camp location, preferably in a camp that could service Macon, Jackson, Haywood, Swain, Clay and Cherokee counties.

The three main objectives of Carolina Cross Connection are to bring youth and adults together to form a Christian community for the purpose of serving God and better knowing Jesus Christ; to spread the love of Christ in the larger community through service to people in need; and to provide opportunities for youth to practice leadership skills, witness to their faith and grow in spiritual maturity.

During a week at Carolina Cross Connection, youth and adults from all around the country come together to form a Christian community, centered on Jesus Christ. These volunteers from Camper Mission Groups, teams of five to seven campers that will go out each day of the week to work on projects scheduled and planned by the Carolina Cross Connection staff. These projects will help make life more pleasant for someone in need and may include light home repair, painting, cleaning up yards and always sharing love with the people for whom they work. In the evenings, campers will return to camp to enjoy recreation, sharing, fellowship time, singing, skits, campfires and worship programs led by the camp staff. A week at Carolina Cross Connection provides an opportunity for youth and adults to share the love of Jesus with each other and with others in the community. Carolina Cross Connection has taken in 19,248 campers during its eighteen summers of existence and has assisted 11,396 needy families in western North Carolina.

For more information, locally contact Taylor Whitley, Carolina Cross Connection Summer Staff at West Wilkes Middle School at PO Box 1292, Millers Creek, NC 28651 or by phone at (336) 452-3025. You may also contact Carolina Cross Connection at (704) 735-4257.