Hanging Rock Christian Camp November Email Newsletter 2022 |
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From the Camp Director,
“And don’t forget to thank Him” (Philippians 4:6).
In my daily devotional one day, the words of the song Count Your Blessings, Name Them One by One was included. I haven’t sung that song for a long time – the words are tremendous:
Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear? Count your many blessings, ev’ry doubt will fly, And you will be singing as the days go by.
What a wonderful reminder to take the time to think about what God is doing for us. Too often we focus just on the horrid things – the evil, the hurricanes, the floods and devastation and famine.
But take time every day to verbalize or write all you are thankful for. Doing so will revitalize your soul.
As we approach Thanksgiving this month, it is a time for all of us to just stop and as the Psalmist says, Psalm 100:4
“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.”
Thank Him for His patience and forgiveness.
Thank Him for the privilege of coming into His presence.
Thank Him for what He has done in and through your life in the last year.
List What He Has Done Take time to list what God has done for you. Be specific. Think through every area of your life.
Become Still Before the Lord. (Psalm 46:10)
Consider who God is. (Psalm 103)
Praise Him for His attributes. (Psalm 145)
Rejoice in your fellowship with Him and that He delights in you. (Proverbs 15:8)
Lord I thank You for the beauty of this season. Thank You for so many people who walk beside us here at Hanging Rock who support and love this ministry.
Gary Baker, Executive Director
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Even though our banquet is sold out, that does not mean that you can't help us with our matching donation challenge of $25,000. Please know we still need you to partner with us to meet our goal. If you are coming to this banquet, know this will be a 2 hour banquet, please arrive 10-15 minutes before 6:00 p.m.. We will try our best to have you out by 8:00 p.m. Most importantly, remember this is a fundraiser banquet with a great message from Tommy and John Thomas Oaks.
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The camp committee and the board have been working on some changes for Summer Camp 2023 and wanted to start preparing you for these changes and updates:
1. Camp Fees: We will be increasing our camp fees. With all of the increases in staffing, food, fuel, electricity, waste treatment plant and much more. We really need to raise the cost of camp. We are raising fees $30.00 for camp sessions that are 4 days and more and we are rasing camp fees $10.00 for camp days of 3 days and less.
2. Check-Out Time: We are going to a 4:00 p.m. check out time. With having more camp sessions back to back the staff needs more time to make sure facilites are prepared for the new campers. This means that if your child is getting baptized we will invite you and your family to come at 3:00 p.m. so that all campers can be a part of that celebration then we will have all of the campers return to the gym for check out.
3. More staff: We will be hiring more staff this year. We increased our summer program staff to 12 last year to give camp sessions some of the staff for faculty. This was good, but then left our staff short for recreation and cleaning. Sothe plan for this year, is for every dorm to have 2 dorm RA's giving us 16 summer program staff. We still need volunteers to help as faculty and for kitchen and facilities.
4. Theme: The Great Expectation, Romans 8:28 - Let God Define the Good.
We are really excited about this theme. We know our kids are coming to camp with more burdens and anxiety about life. We want to help them see that because we love God, He will work all things for the good of those who love him. Some key words/phrases: weakness, search our hearts, called, conformed, God works for the good.
We will look at: Moses, Joseph, Job, Paul, Peter, Jesus - guys who had to wait to see Romans 8:28 We will try to answer some of the “Why?” - Why should I believe? - Why bother with the church? - Why did Jesus do it? - Why should I serve? - Why should I trust the Bible? - Why pray? - Why should I love my enemies? - Why should I trust you?
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From the Associate Director:
Not to alarm you, but we are 50 some days away from Christmas! Eek! That also means we are only 219 days away from Celebrate Good Times here at Camp. I know that sounds like a lot of time, but it will go by quickly. We are always planning for the future and looking ahead to what is to come. This week, our staff devotion focused on James 4:14b “What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Our lives here on earth are short and what we focused on in staff meeting was being able to enjoy the moment and ministry here at Hanging Rock.
We, as a staff, want to enjoy everything Hanging Rock has to offer. Gary challenged us to really enjoy what we have here at Camp. Enjoy the pond, enjoy the fireplace, enjoy the hiking trails, enjoy the moments we have here. Yes, it is important to have a plan and be prepared, but it is also important to enjoy the moment and not get so caught up in the planning process that we forget to enjoy the things around us.
That is our hope around here at Camp, that when you come here you feel us at peace, and be able to find rest and enjoy the things Hanging Rock has to offer.
Todd Blair, Associate Director
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Great is thy Faithfulness Update: |
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We are only a couple of months away from the end of our Great is Thy Faithfulness Campaign. We have a great opportunity to match $25,000 to help with this campaign. We have raised $11,000 so far. We have until December 6th to get the rest of the $14,000 for the match. Let's Do This!
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| Save the Date:
January 13-14, 2023 - MS Retreat (grades 6-8)
January 20-21, 2023 - Winterfest - (grades 3-5)
February 3-4, 2023 - Ladies Overnight Retreat
February 10-12, 2023 - HS Retreat (grades 9-12)
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| From Jon:
Will you be a Hanging Rock 413er?
We are looking for some volunteers!
If The Lord has uniquely positioned you to be available (with or without a skill set, Phillipians 4:13 says “all things”) on Thursday November 10th from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (we will even provide lunch)
Will you consider becoming a Hanging Rock 413er?
Reach out, I’d love to hear from you!
My email is joncollins@hangingrock.org
My phone is 765-585-2264
Jon Collins, Maintenance Director
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Staff:
Gary Baker, Executive Director - garybaker@hangingrock.org
Todd Blair, Associate Director - toddblair@hangingrock.org
Jon Collins, Maintenance Director - joncollins@hangingrock.org
Jennifer Baker, Office Manager - jenniferbaker@hangingrock.org
Casey Isdell, Builidng & Grounds Coordinator - caseyisdell@hangingrock.org
Kirsten Massey, Facilities
Josiah Collins, Facilities
Jessica Chadwell, Equestrian Staff
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| Hanging Rock Christian Camp
6988 South State Rd. 263
P.O. Box 218
West Lebanon, Indiana 47991
765-893-4581
Office Hours: M-F 8:30-4:00 p.m.
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