The Need

Over ten years ago, Pine Lake Fellowship Camp association members embarked on a project to add the Lake View Lodge to its facilities. This building helped Pine Lake grow into a year round retreat center, a place where churches, families, and Gulf States Mennonite Conference could go to get away from the busyness of life and into the quiet, peaceful surroundings of Pine Lake where many people have found it easier to feel the presence of God.

This project was a success! People came. People were drawn together into renewal of spirit, soul, and body and into reconciliation with God, creation, and each other.

But over the past few years, there have been more requests to rent the lodge than there are number of weekends. There are larger groups looking for more room than the lodge has to offer. Our conference retreats are often in need of more weatherized rooms and a larger meeting area. Out of these needs was born the idea of Tall Pines Fellowship Center.

The Solution

The Tall Pines Fellowship Center will provide:

• Up to 50 beds in this weatherized building.
• A meeting area for 150 people.
• Break out areas for conference events.
• New office spaces.
• A new kitchen.

What we won’t forget…

As we build the Tall Pines Fellowship Center, we don’t want to forget the more rustic side of camp. We will maintain this area by:

• Roofing and painting all rustic buildings.
• Renovating the bath houses.
• Getting new cabin flaps.
• Improving the kitchen in the pavilion by adding a cooling system, replacing old appliances, and repairing the exhaust fan.