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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...
Camp Cherokee 2019 Running
June 25, 2019
Greetings from Camp Cherokee!
We are now into our second day of activities, and things have been going extremely well! Things did start out really soggy—a few arrived late due to the intensity of the weather, and rain was to be the norm for the entirety of camp. But, after drenching rains Sunday night and storms early Monday morning, we awoke to sunny skies, mild temperatures and lower humidity. Our...
Camp Sequoia (Preteen)
June 19, 2019
Greetings from Camp Sequoia preteen camp.
We are off and running and into our second day of activities. The weather is beautiful, with temperatures in the 80s during the day and 59 at night. Very nice! The camp is much greener this year as well, because of early rains this year.
The campers are really taking in the theme of this year, and it is a well-received concept. They are absorbing it like...
Camp Lone Star 2019
June 19, 2019
Greetings from Camp Lone Star!
We are well into the flow of camp now, with 83 campers and 71 staff on site. Camp began on Sunday with some heavy rain during check-in, which later developed into a severe thunderstorm in the area. Around 9 p.m. the camp lost power, and because of the lack of power to the well pump, we soon also lost flowing water! Monday morning the power was still out, so the bucket brigade...
April 2019 CYC Update
April 15, 2019
Due to a number of factors, we were unable to produce the normal camp video following last year’s camps. So this year Mr. Horchak dedicated the April 3 In Accord to be primarily an update on COGWA Youth Camps for 2019. Here’s a link to the video on the COGWA Members website:
Camp Application System Open
March 1, 2019
The camp application system is open and active as of March 1 at 10 a.m. There was a slight makeover of the website, and the camp details for 2019 were made available on the site in mid-February. You may now start applying for the camp(s) of your choice by clicking the “Apply Now” button on that camp’s web page. Alternatively, you may also begin by logging into your Portal account (
Camp Plans for 2019
January 18, 2019
With the beginning of January and the end of Winter Camp, our 2018 camp season came to a close. The last news update about a 2018 camp was posted on the website, and the site was put in “off-season mode.”
Last fall at the camp conference the camp team decided on the theme of “Discernment: Training Your Heart” for 2019. We are still working on a banner for the new...
Winter Camp Update
January 1, 2019
Today we finished another successful Winter Camp. We had 81 campers and 37 staff, coming from 25 different states.
We arrived at camp to find a thin covering of packed, icy snow. Then it rained all day Thursday, the first day of camp. This is very rare, and I don’t recall it happening before. Temperatures were around 40 degrees. It did snow more on Friday. Then on Monday, the last full day of...
Camp Heritage Day 1 in the Books
August 7, 2018
Greetings from the mountains of southern Pennsylvania.
Camp Heritage is underway, and we’re sending cool mountain greetings. We’re 50 happy campers and 38 staff members learning about walking with integrity. Temps in the day are in the 80s, with cool nights.
Special thanks to Cody and Bobbi Kitts for bringing their expertise to the team. We’re excited to be adding rock climbing to...