Tag: summer staff
Editor’s Note: This following post was written by Rebecca Ross, Children’s Pastor of North Metro Church in Marietta, Georgia, where our Camp in the City team set up camp for Week 3. East of the Mississippi River, Marietta, Georgia is a suburb of the city of Atlanta. It was here that we first experienced the arrival of a […]
Tags: camp in the city, church, partnership, relationships, staff, summer, summer staff, video
If you’re a newcomer to Pine Cove, you might not understand the title of this post. However, our hope is that through the explanation of the gauntlet, you would come to better understand our reasoning behind why we do what we do here at Pine Cove. To start things off, the gauntlet is the avenue […]
Tags: gauntlet, opening day, summer staff, timbers, welcome to camp
Being a leader can be amazingly exciting. Being a leader can also be scary. When I pulled into Tyler for Pine Cove Leadership weekend, I felt an interesting combination of both. I was excited — to see old friends, to bond with new ones, to build community, to be trained, to laugh, to talk, to […]
Tags: leadership, leadership weekend, lessons, staff, summer prep, summer staff
With 180 Pine Cove staff members serving the Lord at camps throughout Latin America, there is no shortage of awesome stories to share! Thankfully we are able to keep up with all of these mission trips on each of their blogs, and you can follow along too! Here is just a taste of some of […]
Tags: commission camping, global, international, latin america, ministry, missions, relationships, story, summer staff, testimony, trip
I always thought that NOTHING could compare to getting to do camp with my friends and campers in Texas. But that’s where Commission Camping comes in! Commission Camping is a program that enables Pine Cove staff, both full-time and summer staff, to partner with Christian Camping International (CCI) to teach people in Latin America how […]
Tags: commission camping, international, latin america, ministry, missions, summer staff, trip
The first two days of Pine Cove Orientation, or “The Way” as it’s more commonly referred to, are two of my favorite days of the year. An enormous amount of preparation work culminates in an explosion of lights, energy, dancing, learning, cheers, praise and worship, and all of the Pine Cove craziness you’d expect. It […]
Tags: harold darren, orientation, summer prep, summer staff, the way, training, wayz news
In preparation for my first summer working at Pine Cove, I had absolutely no idea how much I needed to pack or what I needed to pack. They sent out a packing list and list of theme nights, but even then it was hard to figure out how much I should bring to each item […]
Tags: counselor, packing, summer, summer prep, summer staff
by Shawn Welch
I asked my friend Luke to make a guest post one week, and since Luke and I worked at Pine Cove Shores together I asked him to share how working at summer camp prepared him for life today. Another summer is fast approaching and whether you have just come off of your last summer or […]
Tags: alumni, career, college, future, job, leadership, summer staff, work
by Shawn Welch
I was recently asked to share some of the highlights from my time working here at Pine Cove. Her rationale for me sharing was that I am an “experienced” PC staffer. Basically, she is saying that I am old! I guess camping years are a lot like dog years. One year in the camping world […]
Tags: memories, skits, summer staff
by Jon Davidson
You know, a lot of people go to college for seven years. Or 6 and a summer in my case. I finished my Bachelor’s of Science in Education in lightning fast speed. Several contributing factors here, not the least of which was just that I didn’t like school and wasn’t very good at it. Ironic […]
Tags: grades, ministry, school, summer staff, work