Bethel Camp News April 29, 2009

Bethel Camp News
article by Justin Kurtz
The past several weeks at Bethel Camp have been pretty busy, and it doesn’t look like we’ll be slowing down anytime soon, as we are beginning to make final preparations for this years summer camps. Most recently we hosted a large group from Guilford, Connecticut called “Pilgrims Fellowship”. [...]

You are the Trailer, He is the movie! March 17, 2009

Tuesday March 17, 2009
Read: Luke 10:1 “You’re the trailer he’s the Movie”
My family loves to watch movies together. One thing I enjoy is the movie trailers giving a taste of a really great movie that is almost out. We’ll sit through trailers saying to each other “ooh we gotta see that one!” Or in many [...]

Delusions of Convenience March 16, 2009

Monday March 16, 2009
Read Luke: 9:57-62 “Disappointing our Delusions”
When Jesus calls us to follow him he often begins by disappointing our delusions. Here we see this clearly. In three instances we see the Lord crushing the same delusion in three would-be followers. All three came with the delusion that following Christ could be made convenient, [...]

Seek and Destroy? Or Seek and Save? March 14, 2009

Saturday, March 14, 2009
Read Like 9:51-56 “Seek and Destroy or Seek and Save?”
It’s hard to hear from God when you lose sight of his redeeming love. Jesus and his disciples came to a village in Samaria but the people would not allow them to come. Like so many today they rejected God’s offer of redeeming [...]

Friday Devotion March 13, 2009

Friday March 13, 2009
Read Luke 9:49-50 “Is the kingdom bigger than my church pew”
Sometimes we are unable to hear what the Lord is saying to us because our vision of his kingdom is too narrow. Here we see John informing the Lord. “Master we saw someone casting out demons in your name and we forbade [...]

Hey Everybody March 13, 2009

March 2009 Ministry Update for Team Driskill
This has truly been a season of transition in weather, activities and schedules! We’ve had snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain, sun and lots of wind—all in the same few weeks. Despite cancelling several “regular” services, we continue to see God moving in our various ministry efforts.
Emmanuel Fellowship: [...]

Shaun & Wendy May 23, 2008

 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 [...]

Spring Retreat April 15, 2008

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 [...]

in the spring, people work. March 30, 2008

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 [...]

Fall Happenings November 16, 2007

 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 [...]