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Camp Lone Star Update
June 10, 2025
Hello, Everyone,
We’re having a wonderful time here at Camp Lone Star, near College Station, Texas. Camp kicked off on Sunday with 122 campers and 96 staff members.
Going in, we were keeping a close eye on the forecast, with concerns about both high heat and probable rain. Aside from a brief, but powerful early morning storm on Monday, the weather has cooperated. It’s been hot, but...
Sunshine at Camp Harmony
June 10, 2025
Greetings, Everyone,
As is usual, and as we appeal to our Almighty God, Camp Harmony began with sunshine and mild temperatures, which was not the forecast last week. The area had been saturated in the previous weeks, and some rain came in early on Friday. But when a few of us arrived on Saturday evening, the skies were clear.
We had a beautiful Sunday to get things organized and to get the staff...
Winter Camp Running
December 29, 2024
Winter Camp is off to a great start! We have 40 excited campers and 24 great staff members. Here in Montello they had several inches of snow on the ground when we got here, so we were able to have sledding, which the campers really enjoyed. We usually have tubing, but the camp is under new management this year and they don’t know what has happened to all the tubes. So we used sleds. The weather warmed up on...
Camp Arrowhead 2024 Update
August 6, 2024
Arrowhead has started off very strong. We’ve had good weather and great attitudes. The Weather Channel app keeps threatening rain or storms, yet we’ve had only sunny weather. I’ve had good feedback about the Christian Living classes. The activities have been successful; the campers are energetic and polite; and the staff is outstanding. This year the facility has a new cook, who has been feeding...
CYC-Athens Teen Camp Update
July 30, 2024
Greetings from Camp Athens!
A total of 69 campers and 55 staff are enjoying excellent weather conditions for camp at a beautiful facility in the piney woods of East Texas. Our oldest boys’ and girls’ dorms spent an afternoon tubing, skiing and kayaking at Lake Athens yesterday.
Our kitchen staff has already treated us to tasty and plentiful meals—with more to come! The...
Camp Long Off to a Wonderful Start
July 23, 2024
Camp Long is off to a wonderful start. While the forecast has called for rain and thunderstorms every day, we have had great weather! We’ve had a few showers late at night, but no need to cancel any activities. Of course, we have been dealing with some warm weather and high humidity, but it’s been manageable.
The new location—beautiful rustic scenery nestled in some of the South Carolina...
Camp Sequoia-Teen 2024
July 17, 2024
We have been through two days of staff training, had all campers arrive safely, and are now into our first full day of activities. The weather was HOT before we came up, and even at the beginning of staff training. But it’s now supposed to be in the mid-80s during the day and around 62 degrees each night. Beautiful weather! The forecast for the camp after us is back to being hot again. What a blessing God...
Camp Sequoia Preteen 2024
July 16, 2024
It’s been just wonderful here in the Sierra Nevada mountains as the preteen Camp Sequoia began. We have 39 enthusiastic campers and staff enjoying warm days in the 90s and cool evenings in the 60s.
All of the activities are going extremely well, with no injuries to speak of. The biggest hit for the campers is the water slide bounce house. We have 100 percent sunshine, so the need to hydrate and put...
Camp Harmony Is Running
July 2, 2024
Unlike previous years where the ministerial and kitchen staff could access our facility on Saturday evening, we began our “journey” at Camp Harmony in Maryville, Tennessee, at approximately 9 a.m. on Sunday morning. With a new facility, we found a few challenges, but we were able to adjust and have everything prepared for the camper check-in at 3 p.m.
The day was quite hot and unusually humid...
Midwest Preteen Camp Starts
July 2, 2024
Activities are off to a great start at the Midwest Preteen Camp! The staff and campers are thoroughly enjoying the new camp facility with air-conditioned cabins, hotel rooms, cottages and dorms (most with bathrooms and showers inside too)! The feedback regarding the new camp facility has been overwhelmingly positive—they all seem to love it!
The weather was extremely nice for camper and staff...