Category Archives: Summer Camp 2007

Howdy! Camp’s been over for nearly two weeks now, and we’ve finally gotten most of the media (teachings and videos) compiled for you, but you’ll have to login to listen to them. If you’ve not yet registered as a user for the blog, please do so. Also, if you weren’t at camp, then please listen to “The Pineapple Missionary” first. It will make a WHOLE lot more sense out of Fr. David Rucker’s teaching, and also of various other references throughout the week. It is the actual missionary (Otto Koning) who lived it and wrote the book. Very Funny! Enjoy! … Continue reading

Thursday brought us two wonderful teaching sessions in the morning, one by Fr. Zachariah and the other by Sdn. Luke, as well as a flurry of activity during the afternoon as everyone prepared their (no) talent for the evening’s main event. This year provided so much good material that we actually had to think about putting a cap on the number of skits. Who are we kidding? We could never do that. From the “foot-phone” to the crazy alter boys to the land of “Rivervalia”, we have never seen no talent like this before. Don’t forget the actual talent portion … Continue reading

Thursday brought us two wonderful teaching sessions in the morning, one by Fr. Zachariah and the other by Sdn. Luke, as well as a flurry of activity during the afternoon as everyone prepared their (no) talent for the evening’s main event. This year provided so much good material that we actually had to think about putting a cap on the number of skits. Who are we kidding? We could never do that. From the “foot-phone” to the crazy alter boys to the land of “Rivervalia”, we have never seen no talent like this before. Don’t forget the actual talent portion … Continue reading

Deacon Joseph Matusiak and his family arrived safely on Wednesday morning. He led a teaching session entitled “The world is evil, cry for your sins and repent, and have a piece of chocolate”. It was an excellent teaching that was very relevant for the campers (and the staff) and we can’t wait to have him back next year for even more of the good stuff. We have the audio from his teaching, as well as most of the others, and we’ll be able to post them shortly after camp is over. We were very blessed to have him among us … Continue reading

Deacon Joseph Matusiak and his family arrived safely on Wednesday morning. He led a teaching session entitled “The world is evil, cry for your sins and repent, and have a piece of chocolate”. It was an excellent teaching that was very relevant for the campers (and the staff) and we can’t wait to have him back next year for even more of the good stuff. We have the audio from his teaching, as well as most of the others, and we’ll be able to post them shortly after camp is over. We were very blessed to have him among us … Continue reading

Campers took part in our 2007 Camp Olympic Games before heading over to the pool for a Hawaiian-themed luau. Special thanks to Bob Abel and David Becker for driving all the way down, setting up and cleaning up, and in doing so making this an unforgettable week. Here are some more photos from the nighttime festivities as well as some various other activities from Monday night and Tuesday. By the way, thanks so much to Alison Curry and Joshua Coolman for taking all of these wonderful photos! Campers are trying to make these counselors laugh. They get a point for … Continue reading

You’ve seen the staff photo. Now, without further ado, may we present the official 2007 camp photo(s): Note: Due to the limited bandwidth available at our remote location, uploading of hi-res images is unavailable. We will upload higher resolution photos sometime after camp is over.

Beautiful weather, amazing campers, dedicated staff – what more could one ask for? God is truly working in the hearts and minds of everyone here. We have been blessed with the presence of three, count ’em, THREE priests this fine Monday: Fr. Joseph Gibson, Fr. David Rucker, and arriving just this morning, Fr. David Wey. It was a great honor to be singing such finely written songs as A Celtic Prayer in the presence of the person who wrote them, Fr. David Wey. Of course, when publicly acknowledged for his work, Fr. David humbly hid his face and chuckled in … Continue reading

Summer Camp 2007 has officially begun and it couldn’t have started more smoothly. After a day and night of preparation, the staff was more than ready to meet and greet their campers-to-be, some of them familiar and others brand new to beautiful Camp Rivervale. Meet your staff members just before introducing themselves to the campers: And, just like that, camp was off and running. Everyone immediately broke the ice by taking part in, well, ice-breaker games. That’s a picture of a game our junior high boys counselor Josh Clemens so aptly titled the “piggy back try to tear the tape … Continue reading