Hey everyone! My name is Emily Bush and this year I served at camp as the Weekend Program Coordinator. This was a really exciting opportunity for me, as the past two summers I have served as the Resource coordinator, and to get to be the first ever Weekend Program Coordinator was an honor. This year, because of Covid, we wanted to make sure that we dedicated resources to help our counselors and staff stay on camp property on the weekends. This meant that I was in charge of figuring out a schedule and food services to help our staff rest, recuperate, and have fun. While I wasn’t doing weekend things, I was busy working with the Program Team to adjust our regular camp program to one that adhered with our Covid restrictions. All in all it was an incredible experience.
More specifically, and going along with our theme for this year, I want to share a couple key Alleluia moments that I had. One of our weekends I hosted a Christmas in July themed weekend (it had to take place during late June due to scheduling issues) and that was just a long series of Alleluia moments for me. Firstly, that weekend was the first time I had ever hiked Christmas Tree Mountain, which is a goal that I have had for myself to do for the last 3 summers. Standing at the geocache at the top, writing in a notebook with a group of people that I had come to love was certainly an Alleluia moment for me. It felt like such a long time coming and it was 100% worth the wait.
Another big Alleluia moment for me was when campers that first week gathered for worship the first night. Not having camp last year was hard, and it felt like so much of my life had been stripped to the bare bones experience. Watching kids sit in their units, tell jokes, and sing songs for the first time in two years was a moment in which I just felt that both camp and my heart were so full.
Yours in love of nights under the stars,
Emily Bush
More specifically, and going along with our theme for this year, I want to share a couple key Alleluia moments that I had. One of our weekends I hosted a Christmas in July themed weekend (it had to take place during late June due to scheduling issues) and that was just a long series of Alleluia moments for me. Firstly, that weekend was the first time I had ever hiked Christmas Tree Mountain, which is a goal that I have had for myself to do for the last 3 summers. Standing at the geocache at the top, writing in a notebook with a group of people that I had come to love was certainly an Alleluia moment for me. It felt like such a long time coming and it was 100% worth the wait.
Another big Alleluia moment for me was when campers that first week gathered for worship the first night. Not having camp last year was hard, and it felt like so much of my life had been stripped to the bare bones experience. Watching kids sit in their units, tell jokes, and sing songs for the first time in two years was a moment in which I just felt that both camp and my heart were so full.
Yours in love of nights under the stars,
Emily Bush
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