Sunday is the one day during each week when we are all in camp - a "home" day when we tend to a number of community-wide activities and when the usual schedule changes a bit. It is a sleep-in morning, with no reveille,  There is a buffet breakfast and the boys have a couple of responsibilities: every boy takes a hot shower (they can take a shower any time during the week, but we KNOW they get one on Sunday) and then visits the camp nurse for a "tip to toe" health check. There are a number of informal activities available for those who want something specific to do, but many of the boys enjoy the relaxed feeling of not having to be anywhere in particular for a little while; some of the older boys like to use it as a chance to sleep in. A good number of boys are always up early to participate in the "Thunderbird Swim" marking the end of required swimming lessons for boys who pass the requirements of Level 5. Some boys swim every Sunday, just for fun!

Cabin Time and the Pine Point Gathering
Late in the morning we have an hour reserved for cabin groups to spend time together - they meet, discuss issues alive within the group, and play together. And then, before we head to lunch, we meet as an entire community for some reflective time on Pine Point. This gathering is lead by different counselors each week and focuses on a particular theme - world travel, accepting risk, facing fear, the difference between tolerance and acceptance, or why I love to hike or sail are just a few examples of possible topics. The counselors share readings, stories, thoughts, and extend the invitation to the whole group to share. And share they do. This is a very special time for our community, and though some of the guys focus more on building stick houses as they listen, many feel comfortable enough to stand and speak with the whole group.

All-camp Activities
On Sunday afternoons, instead of offering many different activities, the entire camp comes together to participate in one large, all-camp activity - Kabeyun Olympics or World Cup Soccer; camp-wide Capture The Flag or Staff Hunt. Sometimes there are brand-new additions to the lineup of all-camp activities, brought by new creative energies like the Builders' Challenge, featuring teams of campers building and launching rafts made entirely of milk cartons and tree limbs in small cove. Anything's possible when over one hundred campers and counselors come together!

Choosing Trips
The other thing that happens on Sundays is the announcements of trips for the week ahead. Boys need to engage in a bit of advance planning and decision making on Sunday - many boys are out of camp several days a week; others are more interested in staying close and taking advantage of the in-camp activities.