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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
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