News
Virtual Teen Camp
July 4, 2020
All aboard the S.S. Virtual Teen Camp Program! We are pleased to announce that we will start taking applications at 9 a.m. Central time on Sunday, July 5. The link to applications will be available from the top of the camp website home page: camps.cogwa.org/. We welcome applications from any teenager who is interested in embarking on a weeklong virtual expedition (beginning...
Virtual Preteen Camp
June 25, 2020
Anchors away! COGWA’s Virtual Preteen Camp is about to set sail! In place of our in-person preteen camps this summer, we are ready to launch our VPC—Virtual Preteen Camp. Interesting Christian Living classes; fun, do-at-home activities; video connections with friends; songs; dances; art; cooking and more will all be a part of this exciting camp program. On this voyage, which will officially begin on...
June 12,2020-July-August Camps Cancelled
June 12, 2020
The COGWA administration has had ongoing discussions with our CYC camp directors for the last few months, striving to take into consideration all the factors that might affect our ability to effectively run our summer camps. As all are aware, we made the decision earlier to cancel our June camps due to the restrictions that came about from the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the weeks that followed, the camp...
May 3, 2020—June preteen camps cancelled, July-August camps still scheduled as planned
May 4, 2020
For the past several weeks, our camp directors have been monitoring the conditions that might affect our ability to hold our COGWA Youth Camps this summer. On Tuesday the camp directors and Ministerial Services met to evaluate our current situation. Many factors are affecting our ability to host camps this summer, including facility availability, social-distancing requirements, group-size restrictions and...
Camp Application System Opens
March 15, 2020
For the past several months, we have been working toward a new application system for COGWA Youth Camps that will integrate with our database system. We are now happy to announce that the system will open at 10 a.m. Central Daylight Time on Sunday, March 15, at which time you can start applying for our 2020 camps.
You will start at the same place you’ve always gone—the COGWA Portal. When you...
Hello From Winter Camp
January 2, 2020
We are off to a good start here in Montello, Wisconsin. When we arrived to set up, there was rain and several inches of mud in places. It snowed about 5-6 inches on Monday and Monday night. Campers are enjoying the snow. I know of one young man who had never seen snow in real life. He’s very excited!
Several campers opted out just before camp due to sickness, so we have 71 campers present.
...Canp Heritage Update
August 13, 2019
Camp Heritage 2019 is underway. A total of 64 campers and 41 staff members are enjoying time in the mountains, away from the world. Weather has been good so far. A few showers today caused a schedule shift, but everyone is having a very good time.
Thanks to Ken Treybig for paying us a visit the first two days and giving the first Christian Living Class on Monday. Tomorrow, 50 campers and staff will be...
Midweek at Texas Teen Camp
July 31, 2019
We’re at the midweek mark at Texas Teen Camp in Athens, Texas. All 145 of us (89 campers and 56 staff) are enjoying the facilities, which include an indoor, air-conditioned gymnasium and excellent housing. Our kitchen staff is doing a wonderful job feeding us. We’ve experienced excellent messages on discernment in our Compass Checks and Christian Living classes and are anticipating the ones to...
Camp Fort Bluff Started Well
July 30, 2019
Greetings from Camp Fort Bluff!
Camp began this past Saturday evening after sunset with our staff orientation. We have one of our smaller staffs this year, with just 37, but they’ve been one of our more lively groups. On Sunday afternoon 67 campers arrived with eager anticipation to get things started. After our camper orientation, Mr. Winner regaled us all with some mixer games that went over really...
Camp Chattahoochee (Preteen)
June 26, 2019
Greetings from Camp Chattahoochee in the beautiful North Georgia mountains.
The weather has been quite nice for June. There have been some scattered storms in the area—some quite severe, with high winds that have knocked out power—but they have not touched this camp! The partly cloudy skies have been a blessing. We’ve been right around the mid-80s for most of the camp, and it looks like...