Tag: winter camp
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A Perfect Weekend Redefined
By: Becca Tilley – Volunteer Youth Staff, Grace Community Church of Visalia The perfect weekend for me usually consists of a few things: being somewhere free from distractions, my phone either silenced or out of range, time in God’s Word, and quality moments with my husband. But a few weekends ago, my idea of the…
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Introducing Agapolis: Winter Camp 2025 Theme
By: Analisa Cooper, Hume Lake Winter Camp Director This winter, we are excited for our theme for Hume’s Winter Camp: Agapolis. Through an Ancient Greek-inspired animation, we will tell the story of biblical love. God, the author of love, demonstrated His perfect, sacrificial, and unconditional love—known as agape—through the death and resurrection of Jesus. In…
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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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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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5 Ways to Pray for Hume this January…
We spoke with some of the Winter Camp Directors and here are 5 specific ways you can pray for Hume this month:
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A Behind the Scenes Look at Preparing for Winter Camp 2024
By: Jeff Brannan The Fall at Hume Lake is an exciting and unique time of year. As soon as our Summer camp season comes to a close in mid-August, our Fall season begins. This Fall, in addition to running our Spiritual Emphasis and Outdoor Education programs (which are our Christian School youth camps), our Adult…
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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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New Creation
By: Harrison Wise This year’s theme passage at Winter Camp at Hume is 2 Corinthians 5:17-21. It says: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in…