Misplaced and Found

Hey everyone, this is Sean writing to you from the beautiful woods of Camp Gray. We have been keeping ourselves busy up here at camp recently with snowshoeing, sledding, teambuilding activities, etc. I hope you are enjoying the second semester of school so far, and I hope you are all thinking about coming back to Camp Gray this summer! On to this week’s Gospel, which comes from the book of Mark.

Mark 1:21-28

Then they came to Capernaum,
and on the sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught.
The people were astonished at his teaching,
for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.
In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit;
he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
Jesus rebuked him and said,
“Quiet! Come out of him!”
The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him.
All were amazed and asked one another,
“What is this?
A new teaching with authority.
He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.”
His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.

This is a pretty intense story that shows how powerful Jesus really was. He walked into that synagogue and talked to the people about Himself and God. Now in these times, people were used to hearing lessons about God from other people who didn’t have the same knowledge or power that Jesus had. When He started talking about Himself as the Son of God, people were amazed.
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By: Sara Knutson

Happy January, everyone! The Christmas holidays snuck up on me, and as a result I’m writing the conclusion to this series later than I had intended. But no worries… it just gave me more time to ruminate on the ministry we do here.

The last two posts focused on the busy routine of our school year, and that has certainly continued. Even this January, a traditionally slower month, has our volunteers facilitating retreats 10 days as well as taking their own annual 2-day retreat. And after Easter we’ll again have retreats nearly every day. So why put in such long hours and so much energy into a nine month stretch that just manages to pay for itself?

Because, simply speaking, it changes lives. (more…)

In our second installment of the Camp Gray Staff Spotlight, we’re honored to present, JOSEPH HEIT!

Joseph has been on staff at Camp Gray for 7 summers!  He’s worked in every capacity from the kitchen crew, to counselor, to even takin’ care of business (TCB) in the Camp Gray office.  Before Joseph began his near decade tenure of service to Camp Gray, he was even a camper here.  He spent 3 summers as a pathfinder, one summer out in the Explorer Village, and then finished things up his last summer with a stint as a LIT (formerly CIT), and then a week long hiking trip in the Porcupine Mountains.  Yes, you could say Joseph has done just about everything here at Camp! 

When the mail has been completely sorted, I dare you to try and keep a smile off of Joseph’s face.