Feb 27, 2020

By Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History My Christian experience has been deeply impacted by Camp Wakonda, the SDB camp owned and operated by the Milton, WI, church. I was loved well there as a little person at Day Camp and shown and told about the love of Jesus. As a camper at Wakonda, I was taught the faith and ultimately responded to a...

Feb 27, 2020

By Valerie Probasco Jersey Oaks Camp, located on 12 acres of fields and woodlands in Salem County just outside of Shiloh, NJ, will be turning 60 years old this year. This article could tell you a detailed history of its inception, but let’s take another perspective. A generational perspective. There are some families of our congregation who now have the fourth...

Feb 27, 2020

By Katie Moore Next Step Christian Church, Boulder, CO Camp Paul Hummel—Camp Coordinator “Wouldn’t this make a great church camp?” Mary asked her father, Paul. Eight-year-old Mary and her father had walked up the mountainside and came across a beautiful ranch in the foothills of Boulder, Colorado. Several years later Paul read the property was for sale in order...

Feb 27, 2020

By Pastor Scott Hausrath One of the things I enjoy most about church camp is playing. I’m just a kid in an adult’s body, so I really love playing the classic campfire games, e.g., Prince of Paris, Mrs. Mumbles, and Psychiatrist. I don’t participate in the “recreation” times as much as I used to (getting old!), but I like seeing the campers having a blast with...

Feb 27, 2020

By Sarina Gumness The story of Gideon can be seen as a story of trusting God to lead us step by step. In a time of unsureness, of not fully feeling the belief in ourselves, we can trust that there will be a positive result and we will come out on top. Gideon’s story starts with him threshing wheat in a wine press to hide it from the Midianites so they could not...