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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...