It's Coming! It's Headed Right For Us!

Name that movie. I’ll give you a hint: it was exclaimed by the great Philip Seymour Hoffman. If you guessed Capote, you’re… wrong. Regardless, camp is coming! I write this sitting at my desk in downtown Indianapolis on Friday afternoon before camp. This day couldn’t take any longer. In exactly 24 hours I will be driving through the hills of southern Indiana making my way through town after town, each one smaller than the last, until I reach the glorious gates of old Camp Rivervale. If you’re on staff, you will be journeying alongside me. If you’re a camper, you will be coming down Sunday, and we will be anxiously awaiting your arrival…

It’s Coming! It’s Headed Right For Us!

Name that movie. I’ll give you a hint: it was exclaimed by the great Philip Seymour Hoffman. If you guessed Capote, you’re… wrong. Regardless, camp is coming! I write this sitting at my desk in downtown Indianapolis on Friday afternoon before camp. This day couldn’t take any longer. In exactly 24 hours I will be driving through the hills of southern Indiana making my way through town after town, each one smaller than the last, until I reach the glorious gates of old Camp Rivervale. If you’re on staff, you will be journeying alongside me. If you’re a camper, you will be coming down Sunday, and we will be anxiously awaiting your arrival…

New Website Design… Again!

We promise this is the last time we’ll change out design on you. Until we decide to change it again. No really, this one’s a keeper since it’s a lot more modern and integrates well with Wordpress 3.0. It’s a lot easier for us to manage our posts and other content. We’ll be tinkering with the design for a while, so there might be a few pages under construction, but most of the features should work during this time. Make sure you explore all of the areas our new design has to offer, especially the MORE toggle panel on most of the pages that contains some ways to connect with us (like Facebook, Twitter, etc.), as well as the contact forms. If you notice anything out of the ordinary, feel free to comment on this post or let us know in the quick contact form (down in the footer). Hope you enjoy your time here!

2009 Camp Video – OFFICIAL TRAILER

This trailer was created in order to whet your appetite for the soon-to-be-distributed 2009 camp video. We’re not exactly sure how we’re going to distribute it yet. It is 2 DVDs, the first being camp footage and photos from Friday night and Saturday, and the second being No Talent Night. Until then, feast your eyes upon the official trailer for the 2009 Camp Video:

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That’s All, Folks

We had arguably one of the best ever camps this year, but now it is time to return to our regular lives. Campers were given packets upon departure containing prints of the official camp photos, a series of challenge questions and checklist, and a CD containing pdfs of the prayer walk quotes, teaching materials, contact lists, almost 300 photos from camp, and a 12 minute video clip of the Rivervaledance and singing Be Thou My Vision at the nursing home. The official camp video is in the process of being edited, so stay tuned to find out when it’s done! … Continue reading

Nursing Home Visit 2009

On Thursday morning we went as a group to Mitchell Manor, the local nursing home about 10 minutes from camp grounds, to sing some songs and play some bingo with the residents. The residents could not have been happier. We were very impressed with the way the campers integrated with everyone and so was the staff at the Nursing Home. We were there for about 2 hours. Here is a photoset from the visit, and hopefully we’ll be able to post video from the singing.