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#MBThrowback Drama at Christian Day Camps “We are not interested in erecting buildings, but in calling men and women to Christ and into His service.”—1970 Home Missions Committee letter to…

“I live alone. It’s hard to cook for just one person,” says Lydia Mandau. At Scott Street Church’s weekly lunch event, she has opportunity for “a good meal” and “fellowship.”…

Pray for camp

This is the time of year children’s ministries are busy planning their summer adventures as a way to share the life-transforming gospel with children from all walks of life. Looking for inspiration or motivation?

Stillwood Camp and Conference Centre director Harry Edwards says it’s a dream come true, to watch workers erect a new, 250–300-seat chapel near the camp entrance. He has been waiting 17…

“Camp is better than Disneyland!” One girl’s assessment of her week is not an uncommon sentiment for Camp Evergreen staff to hear. Each week of summer camp is full of crazy wide games, ziplines, horseback riding and more wide games. Include the most amazing food (apart from Mom’s cooking) and unforgettable staff members, and summer camp ranks as, in the words of a camp, “The best week of my life.”

Camp Crossroads celebrates 35 years at its current location in Muskoka, Ont.

Early in 2014, Ron Toews, CCMBC director of leadership development, invited recently retired Merv Boschman to a quarter-time 10-month contract as camping ministries coach…

Faces and fun from MB summer camps across Canada

You can’t get very far into conversation with John Redekop before politics comes up. That, and his even greater passion – Christian camping, especially B.C.’s Stillwood Camp and Conference Centre.…

It was a happy ending to a story of trials and resolution at Camp Likely, the newest BCMB camp near Williams Lake, B.C. Co-director Patrick Hama (left) said, although there were 58 recorded personal commitments…

When we think about camps, most of us think of cabins, canoes, cookouts, and campfires – maybe even ziplines,  climbing walls, and geocaching. Christian camps are fun, but they’re ultimately…