Now that a preview of summer weather is upon us, many are spending time outdoors to enjoy the beauty of God’s creation. The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference is blessed with four diverse camps where such beauty can be found in abundance, …
Camps celebrate anniversaries at Open Houses May 18
Three of our four Eastern PA Conference Camp & Retreat Centers will have their annual open houses this Saturday, May 18, welcoming guests to enjoy their scenic grounds, comfortable facilities and just a taste of summer camp fun in wonderful …
Summer camps leave life-changing impact
Summer Camp 2018 offered up to nine weeks of exciting, life-changing adventures for several thousand young minds, bodies and souls at all four of the Eastern PA Conference’s Camp & Retreat Centers. Gretna Glen drew 1,267 campers, while Innabah increased …
Camps fill spring calendar with special events
Innabah Camp & Retreat Center Innabah will make the most of our spectacular spring weather this weekend by hosting its annual Spring 5k Trail Run/Walk on Saturday, April 14 at 9 AM. The course includes dirt trails and gravel roads, along …
Camps offer winter wonders, while preparing for summer
“He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.” — John Burroughs We’re in that season now when our Camp & Retreat Centers may seem like they are …
Camp & Retreat Centers promote fall fun- and fund-raising efforts
After a bustling summer camp season* at our Camp & Retreat Centers (CRCs), even as images and echoes of playful children fade into memory, the fall season has arrived, when retreats and other events fill the calendar. Meanwhile year-round fundraising …
Summer camps enrich, elevate young lives
Teenager Caeli Connolly, of St. Paul’s UMC in Elizabethtown, has been coming to Gretna Glen’s summer camp for 12 years but finds it new and exciting every time. “No two experiences are ever the same, whether you’re boating, hiking, making …
Gretna Glen to host multicultural youth retreat
“Actively Discovering Human Diversity.” With that intriguing title, Gretna Glen Camp & Retreat Center in Lebanon will host two dozen teenagers of different racial-ethnic groups, all in grades 8 to 12, for a weekend retreat March 3-5. Just as the …
Our camps—changing seasons and young lives
It is the darkest, coldest season of the year, but that should not stop us from thinking about the months to come when spring will bring new life, warm sunlight and…CAMP! We are so richly blessed with four fantastic outdoor …
For everything there is a season
… and a time for every matter under heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-22) By John W. Coleman Seasons are a wondrous gift to us all from our Creator. Throughout our lives we witness changing seasons of nature and nurture in everything, for as …