Reid Broadstreet, Joel Becker, and Luke Beecham display their cart items at the local Walmart during our last-minute shopping trip. Included: tiki torches, watermelons, and citronella candles, among other camp-related things. Camper ETA: 4 hours. Yikes! We better get back to the campground… (click thru for vid)
Camp has officially begun for the staff! Today we arrived around 2pm and had our pre-camp meeting in the coolness of the air-conditioned cafeteria. After Edna’s pizza and Small Compline, we headed to the (hot) pool for some evening swim time. The heat was a little unbearable so we had a little time to just hang out in our cabins. In the staff cabin we decided to run through some new songs we’re teaching this year, so we had Emily Farison with the violin in our company. Here’s a clip of Joel Wilson, Tim Barnes, and Luke Beecham listening to … Continue reading
We have hit the 100 mark! We currently have 70 campers registered (last year we only had 47!!) and 30 staffers. It’s been a LONG time since we had 100 people at camp. In fact, this year will be the first year in over a decade that we will be holding worship services in the basement of the Bloomington House, since we won’t be able to fit in Old Bethel. That’s sort of sad since a lot of campers will miss the nice, stoic, rustic feel of the 100-year-old chapel. However, most campers don’t remember when we used to do … Continue reading
Welp, Winter Camp 2010 is officially over, much to the chagrin of its campers and staff. Thank you everyone for a wonderful retreat, and we hope to see you at Summer Camp 2011! Glory to Jesus Christ! Click below for an audio file of the final session of camp – Sdn. Luke’s Closing & Challenge message. [audio:WR2010ClosingAndChallenge.mp3]
Winter Camp has been a blast so far! Fr. Joel and Tim gave excellent teachings on the topic of “guilt”, with 42 campers participating in the Q&A and in small groups discussing the teachings! Yesterday was 60 degrees and a mix of sunshine and thunderstorms – thanks be to God for the warm weather! Several of the campers headed out to the activity field for an intense game of football, while others played games and took walks in the beautiful Rivervale woods. We ended 2010 with a service of Thanksgiving for New Beginnings and Fr. Joel anointing all the campers … Continue reading
Winter Camp has been a blast so far! Fr. Joel and Tim gave excellent teachings on the topic of “guilt”, with 42 campers participating in the Q&A and in small groups discussing the teachings! Yesterday was 60 degrees and a mix of sunshine and thunderstorms – thanks be to God for the warm weather! Several of the campers headed out to the activity field for an intense game of football, while others played games and took walks in the beautiful Rivervale woods. We ended 2010 with a service of Thanksgiving for New Beginnings and Fr. Joel anointing all the campers … Continue reading
With the Winter sun streaming into the Old Bethel chapel window, illuminating the incense hanging in the air, Winter Camp 2010 is off to a running start, with a wonderful praise time and opening session by Sdn. Luke on the theme of “Guilt.” (session recording below) Campers are now eating snacks and playing a multitude of various board and card games, and having a blast! Tomorrow we begin with prayer and dive into the theme with lessons from Fr. Joel Weir. More to come tomorry! Christ is born! [audio:WR2010OpeningSession.mp3]
With the Winter sun streaming into the Old Bethel chapel window, illuminating the incense hanging in the air, Winter Camp 2010 is off to a running start, with a wonderful praise time and opening session by Sdn. Luke on the theme of “Guilt.” (session recording below) Campers are now eating snacks and playing a multitude of various board and card games, and having a blast! Tomorrow we begin with prayer and dive into the theme with lessons from Fr. Joel Weir. More to come tomorry! Christ is born! [audio:WR2010OpeningSession.mp3]
We’ve separated the No Talent Night video from summer camp 2010 into four separate parts, each about 300MB in size. Here is part 4 of 4. You can right click and save as to download the file, or you can click on it to stream it in your browser. Enjoy!
We’ve separated the No Talent Night video from summer camp 2010 into four separate parts, each about 300MB in size. Here is part 3 of 4. You can right click and save as to download the file, or you can click on it to stream it in your browser. Enjoy!