John Wesley emphasized direct, one-on-one contact with people who live in poverty as a key component of vital discipleship. The church seeks to be faithful in this regard with renewed initiative to create community with children and the poor. Creation Vacation camps are the response of local congregations, working through Camp and Retreat Ministries. Creation Vacation is based on a general truth--that people don't care about, or care for, what they don't know--or, to state it positively -- If people living in urban poverty housing are to know and care for the glory of God's creation, they...