CORN, Okla.–The High School Choir from Corn Bible Academy traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday, March 7, to begin a week long trip packed with opportunities to sing and to serve.
They began their week of opportunity at Beth-El Mennonite Church in Colorado Springs, staying in host homes on Saturday evening and singing at the church on Sunday morning. The church provided a wonderful lasagna lunch before the choir said good-bye and headed further west to Woodland Park that afternoon.
Final destination: Quaker Ridge Camp, their “home” for the rest of the trip! Approximately six miles outside of Woodland Park, the bus made the precarious two mile trek up a winding gravel road to the camp on Sunday afternoon, and a few of the anxious students were watching the road with nerves on edge. The bus driver, Superintendent Clare Goering, had made this trip many times but had never driven a large bus on the road scattered with “S” curves and tight cutbacks. At the top, the choir was greeted by the beauty of Pikes Peak in the distance and a beautiful campground and retreat center. The kids spent the afternoon getting their rooms ready for the week, and some explored the horse barn, played a little miniature golf, and hiked up Soldier Mountain, before heading back down the mountain that evening for a service at High View Baptist Church in Woodland Park.
The evening service went well as the choir led the congregation in worship and performed for the first time a black light hands mime. After the service, the church provided a fellowship time with cookies and drinks. Caleb Glennie, President of the choir, made several connections with staff at the church who had gone to school at Oklahoma Baptist University, and he enjoyed visiting with fellow Southern Baptists during the evening.
During another intense ride up the mountain that night with a minor mishap with the bus on a cutback, the group made it back to the camp and met in the Great Room at Clark Lodge for devotions and a midnight celebration of Hope Brown’s 17th birthday. Monday was Fun Day, and the group traveled to the Royal Gorge and Colorado Springs to enjoy a day of sightseeing.
