by Jared Rendell | Nov 23, 2021 | Podcast
Did you make it to the UMCRM or LOM Annual Confererences? The Sacred Playgrounds team did, and in addition to hearing valuable things from conference presenters and conversations, we paid some attention to the spirit of camp leaders right now, and how important it was...
by Jared Rendell | Nov 9, 2021 | Podcast
Meet Jessica Gamache, Director of the United Method Camp and Retreat Ministries Association, an organization connecting more than 180 camp and retreat ministries across the country. Jessica has been leading this association since 2019, and in addition to hearing her...
by Jared Rendell | Oct 26, 2021 | Podcast
Camp has the power to help heal society. That’s powerful. The research says bullying has increased in prevalence in the past few years, with a breakdown in positive public discourse, online pathways to saying what shouldn’t be said, and a pandemic that...
by Jared Rendell | Oct 12, 2021 | Podcast
We’ve always FELT like there was a connection between camp experiences and leadership development. Let’s take a look at some data to see if we were right. The Camp and Church Leadership Project explored being a camper and/or a camp staff member, along with...
by Jared Rendell | Oct 5, 2021 | Podcast
If you’re a camp person, you’d love to pick camp up and take it on the road with you wherever you go. That’s effectively what we get to do in traveling day camps, a way for the camp experience to go on the road and, in partnership with churches and...
by Jared Rendell | Sep 30, 2021 | Podcast
Good news. The glass is way more than half full for outdoor ministry. We’re talking Covid-19 and the effect this pandemic has had on outdoor ministry. What changed, how were camps able to operate safely, and what did we learn? This episode, you’ll find us...
