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Tall Pines Fellowship Center is Complete!

With the help of our Winter Service volunteers December through February, the gym walls were prepared for the final step for interior finishes.  In late March, a local contractor finished installing the wall carpet! Following many years of donor support and volunteer and skilled labor, Tall Pines Fellowship Center is “officially” complete. Praise God! We give Him all the glory and are grateful for his provision in this journey.   We look forward to the next group who will enjoy Tall Pines Fellowship Center!

 

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This post was part of PLFC’s April 2020 newsletter update.  Check it out!

May 2020 Newsletter

Summer Camp 2020 Suspended

Summer Camp 2020 Suspended

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It’s with great sadness and a heavy heart that I inform you that the Pine Lake Fellowship Camp Board of Directors along with our year-round staff have made the decision to suspend Pine Lake Fellowship Camp summer camp programs in 2020.   Our strong commitment to the health and safety of campers, families, staff, and volunteers will prevent us from being together due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  It is clear summer camp cannot be the nurturing and encouraging environment we know and love with physical distancing and other difficulties.   This decision is our best effort to care for and prevent an outbreak in each of our camper and staff communities.  This decision includes overnight and day camp programs.

I know that this comes as a disappointment to each of you.  It is to each of us as well.   Since last Fall, countless hours of time and energy have been invested in preparing for another amazing summer of ministry!

  • Most summer staff were hired.
  • Facilities received facelifts with the help of many volunteers.
  • New and exciting features and activities were prepared.
  • We have all been praying for campers and staff

It pains us to think of Pine Lake’s rolling campus to sit empty this summer.  To know that each evening, no campfire will burn on the Island, that instead of campers and staff singing worship songs to God under the stars, they’ll be at home.  The challenge course, where campers in cabin unity, friendship, and self-confidence will instead serve as lonely platforms and old telephone poles in the woods. There will be no staff meeting where a summer staffer joyously shares that they prayed with his/her camper who decided to follow Christ at campfire the previous evening.  To think about these not happening breaks each of our hearts.

While we can’t gather with one another in person, we can come together in prayer. Please join us in praying for the following:

Campers and their families:  We realize this is yet another loss in a series of losses this spring.   While there is no summer camp to look forward to, we know that God is present everywhere, not just at Pine Lake.   Pray for God to be at work in the activities, lessons, and relationships they experience this summer.  May they lead to a deeper faith in Christ.

Summer Staff: These servant-hearted young people have been anticipating and preparing to serve and nurture campers this summer. Pray for God to use their energy to nurture young believers and grow in their faith this summer.

Year-Round Staff:  After months of preparation for summer camp 2020, we now pivot to re-imagine how the mission of Pine Lake can be carried out in the new circumstances we all face. May God continue to use Pine Lake to increase His kingdom.

We trust in God’s promises.  We trust that He is working all things out for his good and that even though it feels like we’re walking in the valley, he is still God. 

We are planning on alternative ways to connect with campers and families this summer.  They cannot replace summer camp, but we hope that they will bring that same camp feel and nostalgia to each of you. 

Thank you for your past and continued support.  We'll see you next summer.

God Bless,

Matt Graybill

Executive Director


ALREADY REGISTERED FOR CAMP?

Parents who have already paid a deposit or any amount over are asked to choose between the following options:

  1. Receive a Full Refund
  2. Donate to Pine Lake Fellowship Camp

Please reply to an email that was sent to you or contact our office with your choice of the above options (info@pinelakecamp.com).

 

YOUNG ADULT RETREAT

Ready for a weekend of rest and fun?

Step away from your obligations for a few days! Young Adult Retreat is a time for all young adults (graduating high school seniors to 30 year olds) to find renewal of spirit and fellowship with other young adults in the presence of God’s creation.

Expect good food, a relaxed schedule with lots of free time, and other young adults looking to hang out and have fun. Lawn games, hiking trails, boats, and board games, are always on hand, but if you feel like sitting in a rocking chair and enjoying the beautiful setting, we’ve got that too.

REGISTER FOR YOUNG ADULT RETREAT

 2024 Pricing:

Lodging Options

  • Commute from Home: $70
  • Onsite Lodging (shared rooms): $105

What’s Included?

  • Meals, activities, spiritual input

Sample Young Adult Retreat Schedule

Friday
  • 7p-8p Arrival/Registration
  • 8:00 Welcome!
  • 9:00 Homemade Ice Cream
  • Free Time- Board Games and beyond!
  • Sleep!
Saturday
  • 8:30 Breakfast
  • 9:30 Session #1
  • 11:15 Field Games or other fun
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 1:30 Horizontal (Nap Time!)
  • 3:30 Optional Activities
  • 6:30 Supper
  • 8:00 Session #2 Campfire!
  • 9:00 Night Ultimate
  • Time for Sleep or Board Games
Sunday
  • 9:00 Sunday Service/Wrap-Up Session
  • 10:00 Brunch
  • 11:15 Clean up and Goodbyes

 

Schedule subject to change


 Want to help help someone in need attend a PLFC Retreat?

Donate to Retreat Scholarships

 

MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT RETREAT

Celebrate and Strengthen!

Your marriage is important, wonderful, and precious. Your spouse is all of these things to you and more! By getting away for a weekend together, you can celebrate what you have, renew your dedication to one another, and maybe even pick up a few new communication tools! Even the strongest marriages benefit from a change of pace and place. Pine Lake’s retreat provides a beautiful, comfortable environment to do just that.

Expect good food, a schedule balanced with content and free time, and other Christian couples to connect with. Whether you want to hike and explore, fish at the lake, play board games with others, or cozy up by the fire together, your weekend away awaits you!

Marriage Enrichment Retreat is not for marriages in crisis. If you and/or your spouse feel your marriage is in jeopardy, this retreat may not be for you. Consider seeking out a licensed marriage counselor or intensive marriage counseling retreat.

 

REGISTER FOR MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT RETREAT

 

Andy and Anita Stoner have been married for over 50 years, and have two daughters, nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Andy has pastored for over 35 years in various settings. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Ohio and has nearly 40 Years of counseling experience.

Together they have led multiple Marriage Enrichment Retreats over the years and will be facilitating a discussion around practices for a healthy marriage as found in the book of Ephesians.

Pricing:

$95.00/couple + lodging:

Lodging Options

  • Commute from Home: $0
  • RV Site: $30
  • Onsite Lodging (private room): $100

What’s Included?

  • Meals, activities, speaker input, curriculum materials

Sample Retreat Schedule

Friday

  • 7:00  – Registration
  • 7:30  – Introductions
  • Session 1

Saturday

  • 8:00 – Breakfast
  • 8:45  – Session 2
  • 12:00 – Lunch
  • 2:30  – Session 3
  • 5:30  – Date Night—on your own

Sunday

  • 8:15  – Coffee & Donuts
  • Session 4
  • 10:00 – Brunch
  • Departure

Schedule subject to change


 Want to help help someone in need attend a PLFC Retreat?

Donate to Retreat Scholarships

10 Reasons to Send Your Child To Summer Camp

10 reasons to send your child to summer camp

10.  A PLACE TO BELONG

Camp has many traditions. From silly songs to funny skits & more are part of the Pine Lake experience.  This is a place for kids to fully delve into the culture of camp and belong to a cabin of peers.

9.  POSITIVE ROLE MODELS

This generation needs young men and women to serve as role models as they develop.  We hire mature, capable staff equipped with a Christ-centered worldview who care about and build relationships with each camper.

8.  NO SCREENS

The electronic type.  A week WITHOUT phones, tablets, or TV is possible.  We’ve done it many, many times.  Your child will not have much time to think about their phone during a programmed week of activities, games, crafts, nature, archery, etc.

 

7.  DEVELOP SOCIAL SKILLS

Our world, especially young people, interact with one another through social media  At camp, we interact and build intentional, face to face relationships with campers.  It is imperative for children to learn how to communicate and express themselves in a positive manner, without the help of an emoji.

summer camp

6.  WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM

Campers participate in many activities where they function as a team.  Whether on the ball field or low ropes course, cabin mates are growing closer together and learning qualities like communication, encouragement, & responsibility. All qualities that help a team function effectively.

5.  DEVELOP A NEW SKILL

Camp is where you learn to throw a Frisbee on our disc golf course, shoot bow and arrow, build a campfire, or paddle a canoe all while having fun.  These new skills can become lifelong passions.

 

4.  EXPLORE NATURE

Some things are better learned OUTSIDE the classroom.  One of those is nature.  Whether learning how to identify trees or ways to care for our environment, campers can touch, feel, smell, see, hear, or even taste nature (Trees should taste gross by the way).

 

3.  GROW MORE INDEPENDENT

Camp is the perfect place where children learn to manage his or her daily choices without parents and teachers but while in a safe environment of supportive summer staff and peers. Independence is the ultimate goal of childhood: we want to raise children to be able to live well on his or her own.  Camp helps to aid in this process.

 

2.  CREATE MEMORIES

I remember the name of each of my counselors from my 5 summers at camp. I learned how to kayak and made a ton of friends. Each year, I counted down the months & days until the next summer.  Camp is where I made memories to last that will last my entire lifetime.

 

1.  A LIFE CHANGED

Camp transforms people from the inside out.  Each camper hears about the need to have a relationship with Jesus Christ and is given an opportunity to respond.  Even if a camper does not make a decision to follow Christ, the benefits of camp are great.  Countless parents share with us about how their son or daughter came from camp different.  They were more polite, willing to help out around the house, and spent the rest of the year singing songs while saying they can’t wait for next summer!!

 

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by Matt Graybill