Outdoor Ed. Begins!

I'm sitting up in my office checking emails this morning when I hear a very unfamiliar bell clanging. I went outside to see a modified Jeep Wrangler looking like a locomotive pulling a wagon full of school kids. I knew that the outdoor education program was starting today but that was a new element. Well over 2000 school children will flood the grounds here at camp over the next four weeks. Carol and Bob Murr with the the rest of the outdoor ed. committee and volunteers transform the camp grounds into a theme related backdrop. This years theme, "Trees are Terrific", deals with the history and practicality of wood and the products we get from the harvesting of trees. Not to mention the wonderful design God had for the tree to help out in other was. Of course as Christians we know the importance wood played in giving us salvation. It was the material used during the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. May the message be shared and received during the next four weeks!

Recruiting Road Trip

One of the things that I'm really looking forward to doing this fall is taking a recruiting road trip. What is a recruiting road trip you may ask? Well, it takes several people to run a summer camp program and a good percentage of those people are my college aged workers. We have been very fortunate in the past to get some great college kids whose main objective is ministry for the summer. Unfortunately not all of those kids fall into your lap for the summer. So periodically some full time staff from the mission will make contact with those college kids often through the schools they are attending. Many of the schools are christian based and so we are sure to make known that we are interested in people who feel called of God to full time ministry as well. Perhaps you may know of someone who would make a great counselor or is drawn to summer ministry. I would be happy to share with them the opportunities here at Camp Nathanael. I would be remiss in not mentioning the dedicated high school staff that we have as well. It takes a team effort to be able to give kids a memorable week of camp. Thanks to all who have a part.