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Camp Sequoia (Teen) Begins
July 18, 2022
Greetings from California!
Staff arrived on Friday and prepared for Camp Sequoia 2022. Campers all arrived safely by 5 p.m. yesterday, and camp started with dinner, orientation and a ’50s welcome dance. Although many were tired after traveling nearly all day from the Eastern U.S., participation was great, and the campers filled the dance floor.
Today began our first full day of...
Inaugural Preteen Camp Agape
July 12, 2022
Preteen Camp Agape began with a change in weather—from the hot 90s that the Southeast had been pelted with over the past few weeks to the high 70s and low 80s. Though there was heavy rain around us, we only experienced some light drizzle and were blanketed by an overcast sky, with occasional peeks of the sun, which kept the temperature down.
Since this is a new camp, there were a few minor things...
Camp Sequoia-Preteen
June 21, 2022
Greetings from Camp Sequoia Preteen in the beautiful mountains of California.
We have 15 campers, two mini campers and 24 staff. These are the lowest numbers we’ve had at preteen camp, but everyone is pitching in to make it one of the best years ever. Temperatures have been ranging from the mid-70s to low 80s during the day and low 50s to mid-60s during the evenings. Humidity has been ranging...
Camp Lone Star Off to a Good Start
June 14, 2022
Hello from Camp Lone Star.
A total of 108 campers and 81 staff have gathered for this camp near Bryan, Texas. We are off to a good start, even with unseasonably high temperatures around 100 degrees. We are living out our theme—Courage Under Fire!
Campers are certainly enjoying water activities the most. We’ve adapted our plan to include even more opportunities to get...
2022 Camp Applications
March 25, 2022
We are excited to announce that the application system for our 2022 COGWA Youth Camps is now open! The camps with their dates and descriptions are on the camp website (https://camps.cogwa.org/). You’ll find that the banner at the top of the home page shows this year’s Christian living theme of “Courage Under Fire.” You’ll also see a map...
Updated COVID Protocols for Camp
July 7, 2021
We have now completed five very enjoyable preteen camps. After one camp, we had a number of campers and staff members test positive. We are extremely grateful that most had no or only minor symptoms, and no one needed to be hospitalized. We are now well past the last camp, so it appears the outbreak after one was an anomaly.
However, out of a desire to do our best to encourage safety at our longer teen...
Camp Lone Star 2021
June 11, 2021
Camp Lone Star started on Sunday, June 6, and concluded Wednesday, June 9. There were 49 boys and 43 girls present, for a total of 92 campers. We were thankful for weather that was much better than originally forecasted, with only a little rain and often a nice breeze. The lakefront activities proved a nice way to cool off. They included swimming a zip line, a blob and canoeing/kayaking. During the activities and...
Update to COVID-19 Protocols
April 30, 2021
Keeping campers and staff safe and, at the same time, running normal camps remain the twin goals of the camp team for 2021. We have said we would modify our safety protocols for COVID if things changed in the country, and today we’re making a number of changes. The virus is not gone, and a major part of our plan is to endeavor to keep anyone from bringing the virus to camp to spread to others. Based on...
Camp Applications 2021
April 26, 2021
We have great news for those interested in attending camp this year. The camp application system is now open!
This year we faced a number of challenges in opening the system for applications, including working around complications from COVID as well as a complete overhaul of our waiver documents by an outside expert attorney. The last of the waiver documentation is still not connected to...
2021 Camp COVID Protocols/Applications
April 15, 2021
Greetings from the camp team! We are looking forward to running our camps as normal this year—with a few modifications. We have spent countless hours researching and discussing how we might be able to safely run our camps, and we have modeled our current thinking for requirements on how the American Camp Association described some camps running successfully in person. The approach basically involves testing...