Youths Bond Over Religion At Camp


	Youths Bond Over Religion At Camp

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9-1-2007 10:09 PM

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Young people from six faith groups prayed and played together this week at a camp on Key Peninsula, learning to respect their differences while finding much in common.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/145691.html"><P>The seventh- through ninth-graders tackled tough topics, like the negative stereotypes people have of different faith groups. As the sun glistened off the waters of Glen Cove at Camp Seymour, they watched people of other faiths practice their beliefs through devotions, one quoting Henry David Thoreau. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/145691.html"><P>The 61 campers explored the teachings of a rainbow of faiths at the second annual Puget Sound Interfaith Youth Camp.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/145691.html"><P>The Puget Sound-area campers and their parents signed forms consenting that proselytizing would not be allowed at the camp.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/145691.html"><P>Eighteen Christians formed the largest group. Some of them and their leaders acknowledged some truth to the stereotype that Christians try to convert non-Christians, believing there’s only one way to heaven.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/145691.html">Shelby Woods, 14, talked about her beliefs as a Wiccan.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1538C2B2-94AF-4F3C-B5E4-6513371606C1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>