July 25-29: Older Elementary, OHA

Today was our last full day of activities for our older elementary group! We also welcomed back our OHA group from their river trip. Last night, we had a great time camping either under the stars or under the roof of the Emmaus Chapel.

Tonight, we will having communion and worship at the Maynard Worship Center, which is always a special and treasured time for all.

Tomorrow, pick up is at 2pm-- don't forget to bring $10 cash or check for your picture CD/DVD!

July 25-29: Older Elementary, OHA

We're halfway through the week here at camp! This is the second day of activities for our older elementary campers, and we said goodbye to our OHA groups this morning when they left for their river trip! We won't see them again until Thursday night. We also said goodbye to our first Taste of Camp group this morning, and welcome another group in this afternoon.

Last night, we had a busy evening with tons of fun activities! Older Elementary campers participated in a fun adventure game before going to the chapel for dancing. Then, we went to the fire circle for s'mores and campfire songs! Tonight, we're having a campout where campers can choose to sleep in the upper field or in the Chapel.

July 25-29: Older Elementary, OHA

We got started with another great week for CL this morning! We have a wide range of age groups joining us this week for camp. Older Elementary campers (including several horseback groups) are picking their activities for the week this morning, and two groups of OHA (Outdoor High Adventure) campers begin their activities this afternoon. We also have a Taste of Camp group that is here until Wednesday.

Watch this space for more updates as the week continues!

July 18-22: Younger Elementary, Day Camp, Taste of Camp, and Wrangler Camp

We got off to another great week here at camp this morning! We welcomed Younger Elementary campers (including those in the horseback sampler group), Day Camp Adventurers, our first set of Taste of Campers (affectionately known as "Tastees") and Wrangler Campers (a high school aged group!).

Today, campers have signed up for their weekly activities and participated in group building activities.

July 11-15: Jr. High Week, Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday and Thursday were both great days for activities, although we did have some thunderstorms in the afternoon. Thursday's storms were enough to keep kids out of the pool for the afternoon!

On Thursday night, we had our traditional service of communion at the Maynard Worship Center, as the rain managed to hold off for just long enough. Our celebration afterwards was relocated indoors, however.

Today is the last day for your kids at camp! I hope that they come home full of good stories and excitement. Closing is at 2pm in the Chapel, and we will be selling a 2-CD/1-DVD set of pictures for the week for $10!

July 11-15: Jr. High Week, Tuesday

Tuesday was an eventful day here at camp! We had our first activity sessions, including a river trip, horseback riding, and a caving trip. We also had our very first group try out the climbing wall! A great time was had by everyone.

Tuesday afternoon brought some thunder--but no storms-- which delayed a few of the activities. However, everything got started in time for some major fun!

Because of a power outage Monday night, we had to swap Team Night and Dancing in the Chapel. Tuesday night became our dancing night, and we did a lot of CL favorites, such as Arches and Oslow's Waltz.

This morning, we had a polar bear swim, where everyone at camp meets at the pool at 7am for a morning dip. You may not believe this, but this activity was added by camper request! We don't normally do a polar bear swim for this age group, but the kids were all really excited about adding it (even if they weren't so excited this morning).

Tonight, we look forward to a camp out in the upper field!

July 11-15: Jr. High Week, Monday

We are off to another great week at camp as we welcomed a group of junior high campers! We also welcomed Randy Pasqua, our Holston Conference Camping Exective Director, as our guest for the week. This morning, the climbing wall was perfected and a zip line was added to the top!

We also welcome our day campers!

Jr. Highs will sign up for activities this afternoon, and tonight's activity is dancing and mixers in the Chapel!

July 11-15: Jr. High Week

We are excited for another week here at camp after a week off for 4th of July! This week, we welcome Jr. High age campers (around 50) and Day Campers (around 25). Campers will be participating in exciting activities such as horseback riding, whitewater rafting, low ropes/bouldering wall adventure, and mountain biking.

We are also excited to announce that the climbing wall is open for business once again! We will be perfecting it as the summer goes on, but it will be open this week for activities.