by Jared Rendell | Dec 10, 2024 | Camp and Church Leadership, Podcast
Happy Advent and Merry Christmas from our sacred playgrounds to yours! We’re donning Christmas hats and embracing Advent as we prepare for Jesus to come…to camp! This season reminds us that our ministries have audiences of influence – those we serve,...
by Jake Sorenson, PhD | Dec 5, 2024 | Camp and Culture, Theology and Culture
Happy Advent! In this season of expectant waiting, here is a riddle for you: This thing all things devours:Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;Gnaws iron, bites steel;Grinds hard stones to meal;Slays king, ruins town,And beats high mountain down. So spoke Gollum to Bilbo...
by Jared Rendell | Nov 26, 2024 | Camp and Church Leadership, Podcast
Leaders who thrive learn from other leaders. Recently, Jake and Jared got to participate in and lead workshops at annual camp conferences for Lutheran Outdoor Ministries and the Campfire Collective (PCCCA, OMA-UCC, OMI, + more). They had the chance to sit down with 4...
by Kelsey Blinn | Nov 19, 2024 | Family Ministry, Generalities
Tradition! Does anyone else have the song “Tradition” from Fiddler on the Roof jump in their head when you hear that word? It plays in mine…and let’s be real I also start belting it out! Every year this happens and probably drives my husband a little crazy but that is...
by Jared Rendell | Nov 12, 2024 | Camp and Culture, Podcast
Sometimes we love to hang out in our camp bubble, don’t we? Sometimes even so far as to, at least in part, shut out the outside world. It makes sense, because there’s something special about camp being set apart. And yet, we’re part of an ecosystem,...
