I really experienced Lane's definition of Communitas last Summer. During those three exceptionally hot months in 2010 I participated in a program called Discipleship Focus that is associated with YoungLife. I lived in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and worked at a theme park called Dollywood. I resided close to the park in a group of cabins where the program was located. There were leaders there and also the people that participated in the program numbered about 60 guys and girls who were younglife leaders from across the country, most of us college students. Some states where people came from were Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Washington, Louisiana, Oregon and others. We were grouped into cabins randomly and also small groups. We were all apart of the same bible study and learned the same material. I experienced Communitas in the sense that I didn't know anyone, save for one girl, but by the end of the program I had made some of the best friendships of my entire life. How could this happen? Communitas. People who don't know each other and are thrown into certain foreign circumstances or environments have no choice but to cling together and we only had one thing in common: a love for Jesus. It was an amazing experience and I recommend it for anyone who is a christian.!
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