Assignment # 8

Choose one of the 3 philosophical tensions
1. Church based vs parachurch based
2. Centralized vs decentralized
3. Separation vs. accommodation

Separation vs accommodation can be philosophical tensions, because not everyone wants the same thing. In class we talked about how people wanted separation from big buildings and be out in the trees in a tent or cabin, and some people prefer accommodation and comfort like the Inn provides, so we need to make try to make everyone happy, so they have many different places to stay, whether its comfort or separation.

Many guys don't mind sleeping in tents or cabins, and like the outdoors and being surrounded by woods, and not a lot of buildings and stuff, but we also think about there wives, and maybe they have a little baby that needs to stay warm, or in more like an indoor building, so maybe she can stay in the inn. Many women retreats use the Inn, and appreciate that we have accommodations that fit their needs, as well as when the men retreats come, we have cabins, or RV, or tent sites available for them to use.

Separation vs accommodation is one of the philosophical tensions that we have in camp ministry. We try to work on everyones needs/wants but we will always have some kind of tensions between the two.