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  • More Than Just a Week at Camp

    More Than Just a Week at Camp

    Every summer, students arrive at Hume carrying stories we may never fully know. Behind the smiles, laughter, and excitement of camp can be grief, anxiety, trauma, family struggles, and questions about faith. That’s why one reminder from our staff this week has been especially important: our students have real life going on. At Meadow last…

  • God is already at work this summer!

    God is already at work this summer!

    Summer is officially underway, and God is moving in incredible ways. Across all three Hume campuses this summer, campers are journeying through the Psalms, discovering how God’s Word gives us language for every season of life. Whether in joy, sorrow, celebration, or struggle, the Psalms remind us that we can bring every part of our…

  • Spiritual Aunts and Uncles: Faithful Moments That Matter

    Spiritual Aunts and Uncles: Faithful Moments That Matter

    There are two campers who have been coming from a church in New Jersey for the last couple of years that I’ve been able to spend some time with in the coffee shop while they’re here. During these conversations I’ve been able to get to know what they do for the other 50 weeks of…

  • Summer 2026 Theme Reveal

    Summer 2026 Theme Reveal

    Summer is coming! Across each of our programs, students will dive into the Psalms and discover what it means to have hearts formed, renewed, and lifted in worship. HIGH SCHOOL + JUNIOR HIGH : HART’S MANOR “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 This summer,…

  • Winter Camp 2026 : Lives Changed for Eternity

    Winter Camp 2026 : Lives Changed for Eternity

    Winter Camp 2026 has been a powerful reminder that when students step away from everyday distractions and into intentional time with the Lord, God moves in lasting ways. Through Christ-centered worship, biblical teaching, and intentional community, students don’t just experience a weekend away—they encountered Jesus. For Nathan, a long-time Winter Camp counselor and youth pastor,…

  • Why We Work at Hume

    Why We Work at Hume

    More Than a Job—A Calling with Eternal Impact There are many places someone can choose to work, but Hume Christian Camps is not just a workplace—it is a calling. Behind every campfire, worship set, meal served, and cabin cleaned is a staff member who believes deeply in the eternal significance of what God is doing…

  • Become a Hume Prayer Partner

    Become a Hume Prayer Partner

    Prayer has always been the foundation of Hume Christian Camps. As we move from spring into summer—a season filled with retreats, preparations, and the excitement of welcoming thousands of campers—we invite you to stand with us in prayer, just as Hume’s founders did decades ago. Hume’s story began with a small group of faithful men…

  • April Contest

    April Contest

    Email in a Picture of you with your family, and you Might Win $25 to the Hume Apparel Store! We know so many of you will take family pictures this Easter Sunday, as you will be looking your best! Email us a photo of you and your family (it doesn’t necessarily have to be on…

  • Hume Alumni Spotlight: Erin Boswell

    Hume Alumni Spotlight: Erin Boswell

    This month we hear from Erin Boswell. Erin writes: I grew up loving summers at Hume Lake. From family weeks at a cabin, attending all of the summer camps, working summer of 2006 in the Frozen Sombrero (what is now the Triple P), going as a counselor many times, and now taking my family there.…

  • Merry Christmas from the Boal Family

    Merry Christmas from the Boal Family

    Merry Christmas!  Christmas time always brings moments of reflection and wonderment.  For children it’s a time of toys, singing and presents.  For adults it’s a time of celebration, memories- some good, and some hard, presents, and being with family.   For me personally, Christmas is about music that reminds me of friends, family, and the birth…