From Insights to Impact
Camps are sacred playgrounds, where people explore their way to lives of lasting, difference-making faith. Together, we're gathering the stories and stats that power outdoor ministries forward through effective organizations and intrepid leaders. SHOW ME HOWWe generate insights, equip leaders, and connect partners to help camp ministries thrive.
What could happen if you had access to the resources and research, stories and stats, tools and training to fully maximize your camp or connected ministry? Let’s find out.
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Insights. Ideas. Answers.
Maybe you’re getting ready for staff training, or wondering about connections between camp and church leaders. Maybe you’re planning next summer’s program and are looking for innovative ideas based on current culture. Whatever you’re looking for, this ever-growing body of research projects, articles, and resources is designed to lead you there.
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The Sacred Playgrounds Podcast
Behind the mic. Behind the research.Founder and Lead Researcher for Sacred Playgrounds, Jake Sorenson PhD, is joined by host and camp enthusiast Jared Rendell for insightful conversations about camp, why it matters, and how to help it thrive based on the latest research and insights from across the Christian camp landscape. Each episode, we explore one big thing that’s making a difference right now in outdoor ministry.
The Latest Episodes
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Grownups Need Camp Too
It's true. Adults are a deeply important audience for your camp in one way or another - or more likely, in many ways. Not just as a donor, parent, or partner, but as one who can have personal, meaningful experiences at your camp. On this episode, we're talking about...
The 5 Fundamentals: Unplugged from Home
Our Plugged-In World The world moves at a frenetic pace. We all feel it, and social scientists rush to define it. It is a loneliness epidemic. An anxious generation. A lack of grit. A surreal state of being “alone together.” A nature deficit disorder. We are more...
Breaking Down Breakdowns in the Camp Model
Camp is perfect, right? Right? At least, my camp is... You've thought it. So have we, and so has every camp enthusiast since the beginning of camp-time. And yet, we know that sometimes people have an experience that is less positive than we planned and prepared for....
