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June 13 2025
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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June 12 2025
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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June 11 2025
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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June 10 2025
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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June 9 2025
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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June 8 2025
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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June 7 2025
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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June 6 2025
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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June 5 2025
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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June 4 2025
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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June 3 2025
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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June 2 2025
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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June 1 2025
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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Meet the 2025 Group Leaders
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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New Resource: Following God after Greystone
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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June 21 2024
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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June 20 2024
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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June 19 2024
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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June 18 2024
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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June 17 2024
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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June 16, 2024
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...
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June 15 2024
At Breakfast Club this morning, we talked about what we (and others) look like. This subject is a big deal for many (most) people and it has been a bi...
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June 14 2024
Writing a daily update is a lot of fun during the summer. It forces us to distill a thousand moments of joy and inspiration into a theme for the day. ...
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June 13 2024
Today is the Birthday Ball! We make sure birthday girls feel special on their actual birthday day, today is an extra occasion to remember. On the actu...
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June 12 2024
Tonight is Carnival and the girls are FIRED UP. From the first day of camp, everyone has been talking about it… wondering if we will get shirts this y...
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June 11, 2024
What does EVERY camper hope to do at camp? We think about this question all the time and plan each session in such a way that it connects deeply acros...
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June 10 2024
Yesterday afternoon, I was struck by two moments of delight and inspiration. I read an email from the Creative Writing counselor (yes, we have a creat...
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June 8 2024
Our Opening Vespers was not just a success, it was a testament to the spirit of our camp. Having Catherine on stage was a highlight, and her prayer an...
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June 7 2024
Dr. Sevier, Gigi, and Libby (Greystone’s directors through the years) taught us to be intentional about the details at camp. Our mission is to “Deligh...
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June 6, 2024
Last night everyone from Bungalow 3 to Cabin 12 performed with their cabin on the big stage. It was a fun show… great choreography, fun costumes, and ...
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