Greetings from Hanging Rock,

I trust you are doing well and staying safe during this time.

As you know, we have experienced a different summer than origanlly planned with COVID-19. While this is no doubt disappointing to many young people, we are trusting that we can soon get back to some semblance of “normal.”

On July 4th Govenor Holcomb gave us the green light to start running some overnight camps. The leadership of Hanging Rock thought it would be best to not run any of our programs but let churches come and run their own programs. I'm very happy with the amount of Churches that have participated in July. I just want to thank these Churches! It means so much that you helped us during these times. It felt so good to have kids back on our property even if we did things differently the Camp was used to the Glory of God! 

I wanted to take this opportunity also to let you know how much we appreciate your support, prayers, and patience during this unprecedented time. Our Church support is up and our individual support is up. We would not be able to offer any opportunities for these churches if it was not for you! Thank You!  Thank you Lebanon Christian & North Salem Christian Church for providing us cereal for the summer as well. 

While we may have some challenges ahead, I believe with all my heart that we are up to the task because as believers, we can be filled with grace.

Romans 12:10 (NKJV) 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;

We want this time to be a tremendous witness to the world of how things can be accomplished while seasoned with the grace God gives to the believers.

Blessings in Christ,
Gary Baker, Executive Director 
garybaker@hangingrock.org

Summer has flown by!  What a wild ride it has been here at Hanging Rock.  For the month of June our summer staff were consumed with mowing grass, weed eating, trimming trees, clearing trails, revamping the paintball area, cleaning, painting, opening the pool, etc…  It was one week of orientation followed by three weeks of service projects.  They did a great job even though it was not what they had signed on for back in the Winter and Spring.  Thank you Summer Staff!  I pray you all have a great year at School or at Work when you leave Hanging Rock. 

Thank you to all the volunteers who have been here this summer.  Terry Evans has been working hard cleaning up trees at the pond.  Pat Childress has been working on the flowers around the buildings and they are beautiful.  Greg and Bev Hall have been over in July helping in many different ways here at camp.  Thank you for all your hard work! 

Thank you to the Mickle Family for donating an old barn to the camp.  Our summer staff and Terry Evans went and tore it down and brought the lumber and metal back to the camp.  We will be able to use that for various projects.  Thank you!

This Fall looks like it will be a little slower, but we will still need help mowing and we will need help when the leaves start to fall, mulching and running the leaf vacs!  If you are interested in helping out, please give me a call!  We’d love to have you here at camp.   

All For Him,
Ben Hannum, Maintenance Director 

ben hannum@hangingrock.org