Tag: Camping
Youth & Young Adult Resource Roundup, JUN 2024
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This summer issue summarizes upcoming events, scholarships, and resources for youth and young adults that churches can promote in their publications.
Youth & Young Adult Resource Roundup, APR 2024
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This spring issue summarizes upcoming events, scholarships, and resources for youth and young adults that churches can promote in their publications.
Grace Outside hires new program director
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Grace Outside, the program ministry of Michigan Area United Methodist Camping, brings Allison Vitale on board to lead programming.
Youth & Young Adult Resource Roundup, FEB 2024
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Beginning this month, MIconnect will publish a bimonthly summary of upcoming events and resources for youth and young adults that churches can promote in their publications.
Places where service and camping intersect
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Lake Louise will host a spring Volunteer Service Weekend, April 26-28, and two new summer camp options that combine the best parts of a mission trip and a camp week.
Remembering a divine grace experience
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Retired pastor Gordon Schleicher remembers a profound experience of God’s grace featuring a monarch butterfly and his trusty 35mm camera.
‘Grace outside creates love inside’
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Michigan Area United Methodist Camping launches a new brand — Grace Outside — and website with hopes of expanding its reach.
Lake Huron hires new director
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Karen Hand was recently hired to lead Lake Huron Retreat Center as their new director beginning January 2024.
Emerson to retire at year’s end
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Deacon Ann Emerson reflects on retiring after serving as Director of the Lake Huron Retreat Center for over two decades.
Wilderness School for Campus Ministries
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Students from around Michigan will gather for our second annual Wilderness School – a retreat to connect with each other and with God’s call in our lives to make the… Continue Reading Wilderness School for Campus Ministries