Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and He will make your paths straight.
(Proverbs 3:5-6)

Today we usher in the New Year 2024. The past year, with its mixture of victories and failures has past. We should thank Him for the victories, and confess and accept his forgiveness for the failures. But now God has brought us into a New Year. We don’t know what this year will bring. Its joys and sorrows only God knows. But another year of life implies an invitation to trust the Lord and submit to His guidance. Likely there will be changes in our lives, some we look forward to, others may be unexpected. This will be a year that will bring big changes for Beacon: Today we are very glad to welcome our new full-time co-workers at camp, and look forward to serving the Beacon family together.

The verses above are a great encouragement to all of us, that we shouldn’t trust our own strength or wisdom, but actively trust the Lord and seek to obey Him. This is true for all of us at Beacon, but also for each of you, who read these lines! As this New Year begins, let us ALL recommit to: (a) read God’s Word daily, (b) be faithful in prayer, and (c) regularly attend a local church, where we can receive spiritual food and where we can use our gifts to serve others. This is the practical ABC that proves we are trusting and submitting to the Lord Jesus, and we encourage you all, and especially our volunteer staff and cabin leaders, to grow in these three simple but essential disciplines!

May the Lord truly guide us all this year and make each of our paths straight.

With all our best wishes for this New Year 2024,

Andrew “Monk” & Marianne “Tia” Nunn