by Jared Rendell | Jun 26, 2025 | Camp Staff, Podcast
Bonus episode of the Sacred Playgrounds podcast! Summer camp staff, this one’s specifically for you! It’s mid-summer for many camps, or will be soon, so we’re taking a few minutes to offer 3 things specifically for summer camp staff to encourage,...
by Jared Rendell | May 20, 2025 | Camp Programs, Camp Research, Camp Staff
A Blessing for the Summer Ahead These are good ways to practice rejoicingto notice Christ in the mud on your feetand on the face of friends with flashlightsand the steady buzz or a bug in your ear. This life is a gift. This faith is an adventure.Blessed are you, who...
by Jared Rendell | Apr 29, 2025 | Camp Research, Podcast
Some things are up, some things are down, some are holding steady, and it all has meaning and impact for how we can make informed decisions and tell impactful stories for this summer and in the months ahead. We’ve pulled out seven key insights from the 2024-2025...
by Jared Rendell | Apr 22, 2025 | Camp and Church Leadership
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, camp is a critical part of the ecosystem of faith formation. We learned that in the Camp & Church Leadership Project and Episcopal Church Leadership Project. We continue to learn that through Effective Camp....
by Jared Rendell | Apr 15, 2025 | Camp and Culture, Camp Staff, Parenting, Podcast
The more things change, the more they stay the same? The only constant is change? If you’re not riding the wave of change, you’ll find yourself underneath it? Whatever your cliché du jour, the truth is, things aren’t the same as they were a quarter century ago,...