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 Donna Bond Shiloh SDB Church, NJ “I HATE camping,” a now-departed, well-respected SDB pastor (not my relative) declared, “but it’s a good way to show children how Christians live.” (No doubt it was in his job description and I hasten to add, camping is NOT vacation for a pastor/director!) I became aware of the importance of church camping when we moved to...
Feb 27, 2020
By Amanda Barbee Reflections from a Camp Board Member As once again the program committee is working hard to find directors, staff, and cooks, I sometimes wonder, in the craziness, why we do this. Then I take a deep breath and reflect and count our blessings. I have had the opportunity to read over the beginning minutes of the camp. They had a vision of...
Feb 27, 2020
By Lyle Sutton Alfred Station SDB Church, NY Reprinted from the Sabbath Recorder 2014 Camp Harley Sutton is the center of church camping for the Seventh Day Baptist Allegheny Association of Churches. The camp is located in Alfred Station, NY, on land that was donated to the Association in 1951 by Dr. and Mrs. H.O. Burdick. In 2000, an adjacent parcel of land...