(Fwd) Attitudes of our teens

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In a message dated 96-08-15 11:57:42 EDT, cat@DEAN.MED.UFL.EDU (Cyndi Taylor)
writes:

<< The reunion was at a Nazarene camp ground and while we were there the 
 UPC district came in on Monday with their teen camp.  I was very 
 saddened at what then transpired.  Two of my sons, a friend that 
 isn't in church, and several of the cousins that are not really in 
 church were playing basketball.  Of course most of the boys playing 
 basketball had on shorts.  Some of the boys that showed up for camp 
 had gathered around and when the boys walked by with their shorts the 
 teens held up their hands and were saying "Bless them Lord" and 
 things like that.  But it was in a ridiculing way.  My kids were very 
 upset since we have been trying so very hard to be a witness to the 
 family.   >>

Unless I'm missing something here, with a UPC camp starting on the premises,
it would seem a natural conclusion for the UPC boys to have believed that the
boys with shorts were ALSO UPC.  If that's the case, it's entirely possible
(and maybe even probable) that they would not have acted this way had they
known they were of another faith.  But if the boys had in fact been
Apostolic--which the UPC kids probably thought--and had been trained to know
better, then a little positive peer pressure, to lead them the right
direction would, in my view, be appropriate.  Better that they "pressure"
them into holiness than into taking drugs or drinking.

Blessings,
Rich Brown