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June 25 2025
Have you ever considered the impact of a smile? Not a “socially acceptable” slight smile, but one of those GREAT BIG EAR TO EAR SMILES? It is a gravit...
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Have you ever considered the impact of a smile? Not a “socially acceptable” slight smile, but one of those GREAT BIG EAR TO EAR SMILES? It is a gravit...
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I love learning new things, it is an integral part of life (which is why we include “Mental Growth” as a pillar of the Four-Fold-Philosophy). So imagi...
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Every year, we feel overwhelming gratitude for what we think is the best camp we have ever experienced. This is likely the impact of the Great Day Att...
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Tonight, we will celebrate our last night together with a Banquet, an event keenly anticipated by the campers from their first days at camp, often ran...
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Last night’s Play Production was wonderful. Two and a half weeks of focused rehearsals and hard work memorizing lines during rest hour paid off. Even...
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I understand why the play production is so popular because I was a “thespian” in the day. Hendersonville High had a fantastic Drama program led by a f...
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We have entered our final week, a week that is guaranteed to resonate with everyone at camp. Every moment will be celebrated by campers and counselors...
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It’s a busy day, I am behind schedule, so I’m going to “reprint” my Father’s Day post from 2023. With the way this day is going, I’m afraid if I don’...
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Last night’s Birthday Ball and Talent Show was a huge hit with the girls. Hosting 41 girls for a party at our house provided Margaret and me a distrac...
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Today is the Birthday Ball! We make sure birthday girls feel special on their actual birthday, but today is an extra occasion to remember. On her actu...
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Camp is a surprisingly busy place, as I am sure you can imagine. We are, in some ways, hosting the biggest sleepover ever (and you know how hard those...
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The highlight of Council Fire was the “Passing of the Pennants” ceremony. This is a new tradition for campers who have been attending for three years ...
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It was the perfect plan… A new way of doing Team Meetings that many people worked very hard to plan and implement. It would begin in the usual way (te...
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Today, at Breakfast Club, I asked what I thought would be a compelling question… one that I thought would result in hundreds of hands raised in respon...
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Our camp is Christ-centered in every expression of its mission “to glorify God”. This has always been the way we “do camp” and it has been our privleg...
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Our Opening Vespers was pretty special. Having Catherine and Peter on stage was a highlight for me, Cat’s prayer and introduction combined with Peter’...
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At camp, we learn how to do hard things. Things like waking up early with a good attitude, doing chores without being asked, climbing tall walls, jump...
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Last night, everyone from Bungalow 3 to Cabin 12 performed with their cabin on the big stage. It was a fun show… outstanding choreography, fun costume...
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Breakfast Club this week will focus on social growth (making friends and being friends). Everyone wants to make friends, but it is often hard to make ...
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My summer talks with the campers began this morning with Breakfast Club and Morning Assembly. Breakfast Club is designed to be fun with a purpose. The...
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Whew… that was fun! I just got back to the office after cheering non-stop for three hours. Cheerleading was never my “thing,” and I never assumed that...
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It is hard to believe that June Camp opens tomorrow. Our first session of 2025 was marked by an unexpected combination of circumstances that led to a ...
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We’ve been introducing you to our full-summer staff, Junior Camp staff, and nurses all spring long, and today we finally get to brag on our 2025 Group...
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Our camp ministers and their families are favorite members of our community each summer, and our 2024 pastors were some of the best! Stewart Swain fro...
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Another perfect day, but this time you parents will be able to judge for yourself! Our weather is never of great importance, but this years perfection...
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Tonight, we will celebrate our last night together with a Banquet, an event keenly anticipated by the campers from their first days at camp, often ran...
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What a show! Countless hours were invested by the 108 campers who comprised this year’s cast and crew. The directors spent long nights and early morni...
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Raise the curtain and start the show! These familiar words elicit a physical response every time I hear them. They bring back memories of my brief tim...
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So many things to write about, but I don’t have much time (a common problem during the last week of camp) so I will just hit the highlights. Age limit...
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Today I’m going to do a “reprint” of my Fathers Day post from last summer. I have NOT lost my inspiration, but I am running late. Taking Stumblers pho...