The last two weeks have been busy. After the youth retreat, Julia’s grandparents, Stan & Arlene Sizemore came to help out for most of the week. Stan used his carpentry skills to help us check off some items that have been hanging around on our to-do lists for a long, long time. He finished up [...]
I love the way spring arrives here in Kentucky. I look forward to each coming “winter” that leaves us with another work of art blooming on the hillsides. It used to drive me crazy to get used to the warm weather and then have to suffer through another week of cold. But it keeps our [...]
One of the pleasures of being a camp director is having the opportunity to work with so many different people. Every week of the summer brings a new group of campers and a new (at least partially) group of staff members. Throughout the rest of the year we meet family groups who come to rent the [...]
This past week Bethel Camp hosted the Bowling Creek Mennonite Church for their annual campout. They had a good turn-out. I think they fed between 35 and 40 people most meals. Kenny Miller, a pastor from Trinity Fellowship in northern Ohio, was the special speaker. Mary Eash said, “There were just so many little blessings [...]
Well, we’ve had a busy weekend here at Bethel Camp. Friday evening 62 campers, 23 staff members, and 7 “camp kids” converged on the campground. Lloyd and Pat Burns (Lloyd is the father of Bill Burns our camp cook) get the award for traveling the farthest. They came from southern Michigan. Duane & Desiree Ramey [...]
Hello again! There have been lots of things happening lately. A church in Ohio (United Bethel) sent a group of about 40 people down to camp for a week to do a bunch of work projects. They painted the chapel, re-shingled and painted Miller Hall, built a really cool addition to the creative playground (my [...]
Well… one day we’re asking ourselves, “How did camp time get here so fast?” and it seems like the very next that we’re saying, “What? Is camp already over with? Where did the last 8 weeks go?!” I don’t know where they went – the same place that every week goes, I guess – but [...]
We’ve been waiting for this weekend for awhile now, and I’m not sure we’re ready for it! But ready or not, we’re celebrating Bethel Camp’s 50th Anniversary over Memorial Day weekend. We’ve got lots of activities planned, good food on the menu, and quite a few people registered who make up some of Bethel Camp’s [...]
Wet. That’s the first adjective that comes to mind when I think of how to describe this youth retreat weekend. The second one, following closely behind, is - cold. When Micah Parkerson stood up to speak during chapel on Saturday, he asked everyone, “How many of you think this is the fall retreat?” It did [...]
We have new (old – but young) friends at camp for awhile! Last Friday, Justin and Julia Kurtz moved up from Asheville, NC to spend 5 weeks helping out while Julia does her nursing clinicals in Hazard. They met for the first time here at Bethel Camp when they were young, then got to know [...]
