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CU hosting about 7,000 campers over summer of 2014 University finds camps a way to spread the Gospel, as well as being a strong recruiting vehicle. The campus leaves a lasting impression. 'They like the location and the close proximity of all the buildings, they love how beautiful all the landscaping is and all of the options that are provided in the dining hall,' Rusty Watkins, who has worked with the camps for 13 years, says. Click on headline for story with photo(s) By Joan C. McKinney CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - Fifty-three Bibles have been handled out this summer to campers at Campbellsville University. Rusty Watkins is proud of that. Watkins, who’s worked with summer camps at CU for 13 years, said each young person who is saved while at camp gets a Bible with a camp worker’s name in it. Fifty-three students have received the Bibles in the first three and a half weeks of camp, with 3,600 campers, out of approximately 7,000 who will be on campus this summer. Campbellsville University hosts several different summer camps that range from basketball, wrestling, softball and football to CentriKids, Kids College, the Kentucky Police Academy, Kentucky Deaf Conference, Fellowship of Christian Athletes Leadership Camp and Kentucky Baptist All-State Youth Choir and Orchestra. “I really enjoy the ministry aspect of the camps,” Watkins said. “I love to meet new people and provide a way for churches to share ideas and communicate with other churches.” He said he loves communicating with different churches and seeing how they reach out to the children. CentriKid is the biggest camp on campus. CentriKid is a sports ministry camp for students who have completed third grade through sixth grade. Organizations will often recruit students to be a part of their camp and then they will bring them to CU to actually be at the camp and spend some time outdoors having fun with new people. Watkins said CU uses this as a recruiting method "Because," he says, "no matter how young the children are, they will always remember how much fun they had at camp and if they liked it or not. This will make the kids want to come back and possibly come to CU as a student in college.” Watkins said many of the people who participate in these camps on the Campbellsville University campus have a lot of positive feedback about the university itself. He said, “They like the location and the close proximity of all the buildings, they love how beautiful all the landscaping is and all of the options that are provided in the dining hall.” This story was posted on 2014-06-29 13:26:31
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