by Jody Oates | Oct 15, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
Camp’s Role in Faith Formation As leaders within the community, faith-based camps have always played a significant role in the spiritual life of our youth. Summer programming is often a place where children can feel connected to their spirituality and others who...
by Jody Oates | Sep 2, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
The state of camps in 2022 Celebrations and Challenges Summer camp has wrapped up and, as always, there are things that we have observed and learned about the state of camps in 2022 from another summer in the water, woods and cabins! We believe that observation is...
by Jody Oates | Jun 22, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
From Zero to Sixty After two quiet years due to COVID, camp operations are back and in full swing! Unfortunately, staffing shortages have caused many employees to feel overworked and worn thin, especially after going from zero to sixty so quickly. The summer is even...
by Jody Oates | Apr 25, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
How One Camp and Retreat Center Embraces Hospitality Over the past years, Pilgrim Firs in Port Orchard, Washington, has worked hard to be seen and understood as a place of Christian ministry. For a long time, when groups came, they only saw the place as a physical...
by Jody Oates | Mar 14, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
A board of directors provides leadership for an organization. So naturally, we would assume that a board of directors would be populated with people who understand, participate in, and appreciate the organization’s mission, right? How are you doing in this...
by Jody Oates | Feb 28, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
ACA Conference 2022 Recap First, before I get into all of the ACA Conference 2022 recap and the amazing things I learned and experienced, I want to thank the Conference Planning Team and ACA staff for putting together an excellent conference. It was so very...
