Outdoor Education: The Power-Packed Earth🌎 As this newsletter goes out, we are finishing up the last week of Outdoor Education, and there have been over 1000 (we’ll have better numbers at the end) students, teachers, and parents exploring Camp Nathanael. The program runs from September 4th – October 3rd....

Trails to Truth We tried something new this year at Camp Nathanael: Horse Camp. Tess and I were not in charge but got to play a small part in an ever-growing ministry at camp. Our horse people, James and Hannah Bennett, lead the Trails to Truth program throughout the...

Finishing up Summer Camp The beginning of July finished off our summer camp season. It was a good season with salvation decisions made, kids grew in the knowledge of the Word of God, and a good group of summer missionaries (college and High School age) serving faithfully. We are...

We have finished up most of Summer Camp so far but we have 1 more week of camp starting on Sunday. This year’s camp theme is Con”tent” or Discon”tent” with a focus on Philippines 4:11-13. Camper Devotion Books and Chapel sessions focus in on what contentment looks like in...

Our kids finished the school year the first week of May! In the Fall, Jude will be in Preschool and Piper and Jasper will be in 1st grade! Though school is fun, they are so excited to spend the summer at Camp! Work Week (May 12th-16th) Work week 2025...

What happened in March? The first weekend in March was our second ever College Retreat. There were many repeat campers from last years retreat with some new friends as well. Curt Vernon, from Commonwealth City Church in Lexington, returned from last year to speak and sing on Friday and...

April kept us busy! Normal work during the weeks and lots of events happening on the weekends! Men’s Day 🪓 The 1st Saturday of April was our 3rd annual Men’s Day. Camp welcomed in 50+ men, some came with their church, to a morning filled with field events to...

February held more preparation for 2025 events at Camp Nathanael, planning and organizing upcoming events. Some visits to college campuses have happened this month to help recruit workers for the summer and other events and help make the students aware of Camp! Men’s Ministry The Men’s Ministry tried something...

The year always gets off to a slow start. Lots of office work to keep busy with but no events happening to bring people onto campus. January brings a lot of preparation. Preparing for work groups to come in the spring, mens and women’s events to happen, spring overnight...

What happened in December? We were able to get a “new” van (it’s a used van)! We had one of our supporters reach out and help with some of the cost. If you have never asked us about finances before we are pretty adamant about living beneath our means...