Camp Ministry – Page 4 – Growing Graceful

by Linda

The Danger in Comparing

Our girls have always sung: all over the house, at church, in the store… it shouldn’t have surprised me. I was the child who clogged through every store my mother took me. I remember our oldest 3 girls singing VBS songs in a grocery store and getting a bit loud, I thought, to serenade […]

One of the Most Valuable Lessons You’ll Ever Learn About Ministry

I will never forget the first Ladies’ Retreat that Camp JIM hosted after our family joined the staff. It was the first time I had ever helped plan a retreat, and to say I learned a lot would be an understatement! Our theme that year was “Beauty for All Seasons,” and our speaker, a pastor’s […]

Loving and Leading, Part 1

“Everyone has a story.” Have you ever wanted to make a difference for Jesus, but you weren’t sure how? Getting to know George Smith, I learned a thing or two about loving and leading. Every Sunday of summer youth camps, for decades, George and his wife Karen would pull into camp with a a van […]