Category: Stories from Camp
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Silent Nights and Joyful Noise
By: Olivia Tuttle, Hume New England Registrar Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright. While camp might not be completely silent these December days—with the last guest retreats wrapping up and Winter Camp preparation in full swing—there is still a sense of peace and quietness that accompanies the Advent season. As I…
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Wagon Train Summer Recap
By: Wagon Master Shaka Beloved Reader, Howdy! As I recount what the Lord has done in Wagon Train in the summer of 2024, I am flooded with praise and deep appreciation for “Who” the Lord is. Before the start of this summer, we, the Camp Directors, were impressed to look at the person of Jesus…
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A Journey of Redemption: A Meadow Ranch Student’s Transformation at Hume Lake
By: Harrison Wise, Meadow Ranch Camp Director A few weeks ago, a junior high boy arrived at Hume Lake Christian Camps with no knowledge of Jesus and little interest in learning about Him. This young man was deeply entangled in various sins and was even part of a gang back home. However, his story took…
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Eternity Changed
By: Harrison Wise, Meadow Ranch & Winter Camp Director This winter was an amazing season of camp. We challenged students with the book of Ecclesiastes and had them ask themselves who or what they are living for. We wanted them to evaluate how they are trying to find hope, peace, and satisfaction and how that…
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SoCal Winter Camp
By: Kyle O’Neill, Program Director Hume SoCal We are now officially in the last stretch of winter camp here at Hume SoCal and needless to say it has been a WILD ride! From our first three weekends having little to no snow, to dumping over 2 feet of snow in one weekend, it would seem…
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Stories From Camp: Winter Camp ’24
By: Analisa De Armas, Hume Lake Winter Camp Director As each weekend of Winter Camp has gone by, I have become more and more excited for students to sit under Solomon’s teaching within Ecclesiastes. In exploring this unique, poetic, and wisdom-filled book, the existential questions of teenage students have been brought to the table. Questions…
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A Church’s Perspective
By: Heather Mahoney Hume Lake means more to Crossroads than I can possibly communicate. Our church has had a relationship with Hume for almost forty years. Not only has God used Hume in major ways in my own life as a camper, He continues to move in some pretty special ways throughout our next-gen today.…
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A Look at Outdoor Education
By: Russell Halterman, School Ministries Director As we enter into April, the Outdoor Education camps at Hume prepare to bring the Gospel to over one thousand students, teachers, and administrators. Although the deep snowpack, floods, and road closures have pushed our start date back a few weeks, we are excited to begin camp and thankful…
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Stories from Camp
By: Analisa De Armas, Winter Camp Program Director As we journey through the fourth season of program camp at Hume SoCal, the evidence of transformation is undeniable. Not only has there been growth and newness within Hume SoCal in totality as we have sought to improve each season of camp, but there have also been…
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A Speaker’s Perspective
With Brian Holland Note: Brian has been speaking at Hume for over a decade! We caught up with him and had a few questions to ask so that you could get a speaker’s perspective… Why do you have a heart for speaking at Hume? First, Hume means so much to me. In 1991, I stood…