JULY

July 2

 1983 - As camp pastor I did "This Little Child" chalk drawing for each week of Centrifuge youth camps sponsored by the then Baptist Sunday School Board. Did a 3-screen, 9-projector multi-image production another night and preached the other 4 nights. This was week five.

1984 - As camp pastor (and camp director) I did a lighthouse/ship at sea chalk drawing for each week of Centrifuge. Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night, a musical I wrote another night, and preached the other nights. Also wrote my first camp theme song for this summer. This was week four.

July 3

1982 - As camp pastor I did "Crossroads" chalk drawing for each week of Centrifuge youth camps. Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night and preached the other 4 nights. This date fell within our fifth week at North Greenville College. Thank you, Don Mattingly.

2001 - Did chalk drawing as part of "The Big Picture" theme each week at Seesalt summer student conferences. This date was during week three at Coastal Carolina University.

July 6

2010 - Did a chalk drawing one night each week at our Seesalt summer student conferences. Theme that summer was "The Big Picture 3D." This date was during week 4 at Coastal Carolina University.

July 9

1983 - As camp pastor I did "This Little Child" chalk drawing each week at Centrifuge camps sponsored by the then Baptist Sunday School Board. Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night and preached the other 4 nights. This was week six. Thank you, Don Mattingly.

1984 - As camp pastor and camp director I did a lighthouse/ship at sea chalk drawing each week at Centrifuge. Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night, a musical I wrote another night, and preached the other nights. Also wrote my first camp theme song for this summer.

July 10

1982 - As camp pastor I did "Crossroads" chalk drawing for each week of Centrifuge youth camps at North Greenville College (now University). Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night and preached the other 4 nights each week. This would have been week six. Thanks Don Mattingly.

2001 - Did a chalk drawing each week that summer for Seesalt summer student conferences as part of our theme "The Big Picture." This was week four at Coastal Carolina University.

July 12

1980 - Saturday evening chalk drawing at Bethel Baptist Church in Oakway, SC. Thank you, Ronny Byrd.

July 13

1996 - Did a chalk drawing at Kingdom '96 youth conference in Orlando, FL. Kingdom '96 was July 11-14, but I don't remember which day we did Art to Heart. Thanks, Reg Alexander.

July 15

1998 - Did "The Lighthouse" chalk drawing for our second week ever of Seesalt summer student conferences at Fantasy Harbour's Savoy Theatre. This was one of the craziest and best summers of our ministry. After 12 summers at White Oak Conference Center, this was our first summer of doing Seesalt at Coastal Carolina University and the summer we did our original production "A Peace of '72" at Fantasy Harbour in Myrtle Beach. CCU's Wheelwright Auditorium was being renovated so we did most large group sessions at The Savoy Theatre where we were doing "A Peace of '72." So during our three weeks of Seesalt that summer, we did all of our morning ministry and recreation at CCU, then during the students' free time our staff/cast would make a quick dash to Fantasy Harbour to do an afternoon matinee (we did 9 shows a week during non-Seesalt weeks), and then we'd do evening Seesalt ministry at Fantasy Harbour (most well equipped theater/auditorium ever for worship services). It was crazy, but it worked great!

July 16

1979 - I often did chalk drawings for Taylors First Baptist Church retreats when I was minister to youth there, so I probably did one sometime during the week of July 16-20 for my last TFBC middle school retreat at Awanita. If I did, it was also my last chalk drawing as a single guy.

1983 - As camp pastor at Centrifuge youth camps, I did our "This Little Child" chalk drawing one night each week of this summer. This was week 7.

1984 - As Centrifuge camp pastor and camp director I did a lighthouse/ship at sea chalk drawing each week of this year. Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night, a musical I wrote another night, and preached the other nights. Also wrote my first camp theme song for this summer. This was week 6 of 10.

2019 - Did a chalk drawing for Seesalt summer student conferences one night each week as part of our theme "The Big Picture: Heroes and Villains." This drawing was at Mars Hill University during our last week ever of Seesalt. I still miss it. A lot.

July 17

1982 - As camp pastor I did "Crossroads" chalk drawing one night each week of Centrifuge youth camps. Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night and preached the other 4 nights. This date was during week 7 of 10 weeks. Thanks, Don Mattingly.

1986 -Did a chalk drawing for Regal Ventures Kingdom '86 youth conference July 17-20 in Orlando FL. Thanks Reg Alexander. After Kingdom ended, we pulled an all-nighter to get back to White Oak Conference Center near Winnsboro, SC for our 4th week of Summersalt (which we had not yet named). It took incredibly understanding and supportive wife and kids to do all the ministry we packed into our schedule.

1990 - Once again did a chalk drawing (and other things) at Kingdom '90 in Orlando July 16-19.

July 18

1991 - Did a chalk drawing at Concoxions' Seesoning student conference at North Greenville College (now University) during the week of July 15-19.

July 20

1976 - Did a chalk drawing for Taylors First Baptist Church senior high beach retreat at Camp Pla-Mor in North Myrtle Beach sometime during the week of July 19-23. This was my second summer as minister to youth at TFBC.

1991 - Chalk drawing at Concoxions' Seesoning weekend student conference July 19-21 at North Greenville College.

1997 - Chalk drawing at Philadelphia Baptist Church. Thank you, Kim Cole.

2010 - Chalk drawing for Concoxions' Seesalt youth conference as part of our theme "The Big Picture 3D." This was week five at Coastal Carolina University.

July 22

1980 - This was the first of two nights of doing Art to Heart at Myrtle Beach's Lakewood Campground at the invitation of the Perry family, owners of the campground and "The Lighthouse" (formerly Magic Harbor) amusement park. These two days led to us producing and doing "In Search of Love..." at "The Lighthouse" the next summer. This unique new show was a combination three-screen multi-media production and 15-character puppet show. We did "In Search of Love..." three times a night, six nights a week all summer for a total of 187 shows. We also did other ministry at our theater, in other parts of the park, and around Myrtle Beach. Thank you Perry family.

1995 - Chalk drawing at Kingdom '95 July 20 - 23 in Orlando (not sure which day). Thank you, Reg Alexander.

2021 - Did Art to Heart for VBS family and church night at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Woodruff. Thank you, Christie Stephenson.

July 23

1980 - This was the second of two nights of doing Art to Heart at Myrtle Beach's Lakewood Campground at the invitation of the Perry family, owners of the campground and "The Lighthouse" (formerly Magic Harbor) amusement park. These two days led to us producing and doing "In Search of Love..." at "The Lighthouse" the next summer. This unique new show was a combination three-screen multi-media production and 15-character puppet show. We did "In Search of Love..." three times a night, six nights a week all summer for a total of 187 shows. We also did other ministry at our theater, in other parts of the park, and around Myrtle Beach. Thank you Perry family.

1983 - As camp pastor at Centrifuge youth camp, I did "This Little Child" chalk drawing each week (but not sure which night of the week). Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night and preached the other 4 nights. This was week 8 of 10. Thanks, Don Mattingly.

1984 - As camp pastor (and camp director) at Centrifuge, I did a lighthouse/ship at sea chalk drawing each week of this year. Again did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night, a musical I wrote another night, and preached the other nights. Also wrote my first camp theme song for this summer. This was week 7.

July 24

1978 - While minister of youth at Taylors First Baptist Church, I usually did a chalk drawing for our middle school retreats each summer at Awanita Valley, so I probably did one this year sometime during the week of July 24- 28. Thank you, Phil Hargrove for hiring me and convincing me to stay around five years.

1982 - As camp pastor I did "Crossroads" chalk drawing for each week of Centrifuge student camps this year. Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night and preached the other 4 nights. This was week 8 of 10 at North Greenville College. Thank you, Don Mattingly.

2001 - Did chalk drawing each week for Seesalt summer student conferences as part of our theme "The Big Picture." This was week 5 at Coastal Carolina University.

July 25

1976 - While minister of youth at Taylors First Baptist Church, I usually did a chalk drawing for our middle school retreats each summer at Awanita Valley, so I probably did one sometime during the week of July 26-30, 1976. Thank you, Phil Hargrove for hiring me and convincing me to stay around five years.

1991 - Not sure which one, but we did either Art to Heart or a nine-projector three-screen multi-media presentation at Alabama Baptist Convention Super Summer Conference July 24-27. Thank you, Mike Avant.

July 26

1987 - Did a chalk drawing on Sunday of Regal Ventures Kingdom' 87 youth conference in Orlando FL July 24-26. Thanks, Reg Alexander.

2015 - Did a Sunday evening Art to Heart for Palmetto Baptist Association youth rally at Palmetto High School auditorium in Williamston, SC. Shari, Robin and Luke Justice led music This was our first Art to Heart since I tore my rotator cuff a few weeks earlier at Seesalt. Wasn't sure how shoulder would hold up. Fortunately we had Shari Hunt, Robin Hunt, and Luke Justice with us to lead music. That spared me from playing guitar, but more importantly also meant some great experienced help for loading in/out and setting up and tearing down. That part was still pretty painful (and sometimes still is) but thankfully did OK on drawing itself. Thank you, Mike Baker.

July 27

1985 - Did a chalk drawing as part of leading Allendale-Hampton Baptist Associational youth retreat Juyl 26-28 at Awanita Valley. Thank you, Sue Rouse (who invited us to do quite a few things for the association).

1986 - Sunday evening Art to Heart service at Northside Baptist Church in Greenwood, SC. Thank you, Steve Watson.

1988 - Chalk drawing at Regal Ventures' Kingdom '88 youth conference in Orlando July 24- 27. Thank you, Reg Alexander.

2010 - Did a chalk drawing each week for Seesalt summer student conferences as part of our theme "The Big Picture 3D." This was week six at Coastal Carolina University.

July 28

1977 - While minister of youth at Taylors First Baptist Church, I usually did a chalk drawing for our middle school retreats each summer at Awanita Valley, so I probably did one this year sometime during the week of July 26-30. Thank you, Phil Hargrove for hiring me and convincing me to stay around five years

1980 - Did a chalk drawing as part of leading youth camp for Atlanta's Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church July 28- Aug 2 at Camp Lee in Birmingham. AL. Don't know for sure which day(s) it was.

July 29

1998 - Did "The Lighthouse" chalk drawing for our third week of Seesalt summer student conferences at Fantasy Harbour's Savoy Theater, where we were also doing "A Peace of '72" production throughout the summer.

July 30

1983 - As camp pastor I did "This Little Child" chalk drawing for each week of Centrifuge youth camps at North Greenville College. Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night and preached the other 4 nights. This was week 9 of 10. Thank you, Don Mattingly.

1984 - As camp pastor and camp director I did a lighthouse/ship at sea chalk drawing for each week of Centrifuge. Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night, a musical I wrote another night, and preached the other nights. Also wrote my first camp theme song for this summer. Week 8 of 10.

July 31

1982 - As camp pastor I did "Crossroads" chalk drawing for each week of Centrifuge youth camp at North Greenville College. Did a 3-screen, 9 projector multi-image production another night and preached the other 4 nights. This was week 9 of 10.