by Jared Rendell | Mar 23, 2023 | Camp Research, Podcast
To know and listen – these is the best gifts we can give our camp community. This applies throughout our ministries, from the connection between a counselor and camper, to how we engage our trusted supporters, and everything in between. Life is loud, input is...
by Jared Rendell | Mar 9, 2023 | Camp Research, Podcast, Stories from Camp
In 2018, after hearing about some of the data from the first Power of Camp Study with Christian Camp and Conference Association ministries, Camp Judson and Executive Director Kevin Saxton decided to join the project. After their first year of data, they were struck...
by Jared Rendell | Jan 10, 2023 | Camp Research, Camp Staff, Podcast
Happy New Year camp friends! It’s here – one of our favorite and most downloaded episodes of season 1 gets a 2023 reboot. These 5 New Year’s resolutions were built directly from what we heard over the last year and see unfolding in the year to come....
by Anna Sorenson | Dec 13, 2022 | Camp Research, Parenting
Who is your primary client? You might say the campers who attend camp during the summer. But who actually registers those campers, pays their registration fees, and often takes time off work to bring them to camp? Yup – the campers’ parents. The parents are the...
by Jared Rendell | Nov 8, 2022 | Camp Research, Parenting, Podcast
Say it louder for the folks in the back! For outdoor ministries focused mostly on kids and families – parents are your primary constituents. Camp is one of the spaces where the final decision makers are not necessarily the ones having the experience, yet their...
by Sacred Playgrounds | Mar 16, 2022 | Camp and Church Leadership, Camp Research, Camp Staff
This summer, thousands of young adults will serve at Christian camps across the United States and around the world. Serving on summer camp staff will be one of the most rewarding and highly impactful experiences of their lives. They will walk away from the experience...