Camp offers a taste of joy to a sorrowful and exhausted world, through being silly with each other and running around playing and singing funny songs with gusto; it offers a depth of intentionality to a busy and distracted world, from considering food waste to land acknowledgements to how even bugs might be part of the beloved community…
Reflection from High School Camp
Brenda Sawatzky Paetkau is part of the pastoral team at Eighth Street Mennonite Church (Goshen, IN) and served as camp pastor during High School Camp, June 11-16. She shared the…
Indigenous Perspectives on Land Care
Hearing these stories from Indigenous groups did not mean that we could claim them as our own, but would hopefully inspire us to return to our own spiritualities with fresh eyes.
Let’s talk about bats – by Titus King, Volunteer
Camp Friedenswald has added an additional bat house, this time a rocket style house constructed and donated by former camp staff Penny Yarman.