As we wrap up the 2024 summer program season, we’re excited to announce our lineup of camps for summer 2025. Save the date! Hope to see you next summer.
Highlights of Builders Weekend 2024
On the second weekend of July, over 165 people gathered together for the annual Builders Weekend. It was a celebratory weekend, energy was high, and the stories of the summer helped to inspire and connect people with the joys and the impact of Camp Friedenswald. In a summer that has been marked by high attendance and participation in programs, Builders Weekend was yet another full and lively event!
The Wisdom of Children and Groundhogs
The philosopher Susan Neiman noted, “To care about the fate of the world, you must love at least a piece of it.” If the fate of the world hangs in the balance of what we choose to love, then focusing a child’s innate ability to love is cause for hope. Primary-age campers naturally love animals. It did not take a lot to convince them animals are our kin.
Summer reflection from a camp pastor
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…