Tag: summer
by Anna Birch
You know that feeling of entering the camp store and trying to decide which t-shirt to buy along with your Dibs and Dr. Pepper? Yep, it’s a pretty fun feeling. Well, you can still experience that as you grab some new gear while sitting on your couch! We love seeing campers and staff all over […]
Tags: accessories, apparel, camp store, gear, spring, summer
by Anna Birch
What’s better than one week of camp? Well, TWO weeks of camp, of course! Several of our youth camps offer two-week programs for campers who want to stay a little longer. But why send your camper to a two-week program? Let us tell you… there are great benefits in the extra week! We all know […]
Tags: amplify, elevate, overflow, Ridge, shores, summer, timbers, two week camping, youth camp
by Pine Cove
Christ-centered. Others-focused. Seriously fun. These are Pine Cove’s core values. From crazy skits to deep conversations to high energy times of worship, everything we do gets filtered through those three principles. They help to ensure that Pine Cove stays true to who God has created us to be, so that no matter the changes we […]
Tags: activities, Core Values, family, parenting, summer
I can recall, as a high school camper at the Shores, watching the worship leader up on stage and thinking they must be the coolest person at camp. This past summer, we got together with a couple of staffers who have had the privilege of being worship leaders to see what the job was really […]
Tags: staff roles, stories, summer, summer staff, worship, worship leader
by Pine Cove
The Enneagram personality types are a great tool to learn the “why” behind your own actions as well as a way to better communicate with and serve those around you. The nine types focus on motivation, which reveals a lot about a person! If you haven’t learned your number yet, there are some resources that […]
Tags: enneagram, personality types, summer
by Anna Birch
Our camp nurses are incredible! Bonnie “Nurse BOO BOO” Murphy is from Henderson, Texas and has served faithfully at the Towers every summer for the past nine years. She and her family LOVE camp, as you can tell by the fun photos! Learn more about her passion for helping kids at camp and how she […]
Tags: adoption, foster parent, nurses, parenting, stories, summer, towers, youth camp
by Jesse Garner
After Joshua finished his final summer at the Shores, he was inspired to write a letter to us about his experiences! We loved it so much we wanted to share it with you in video form. Want to read Joshua’s letter instead? Check it out below! Dear Pine Cove, I started coming to Pine Cove […]
Tags: letter, ministry, story, summer, thank you
Inside the Cove | Summer Staff
by Anna Birch
We. Love. Our. Staff! God uses them every summer to help transform the lives of thousands of campers each year. It also pumps us up to hear how, in the process of pouring out their lives at camp, they are impacted as well! For countless college staff, their experience over the summer is life-changing. They […]
Tags: college students, counselor, gospel, impact, life change, stories, summer, summer staff
We’ll say this for our summer staffers: they love to cannonball straight into an awesome new look and stick with it all summer long. Campers, too, gravitate to certain toys, shoes, and clothes, and we’re here to tell you about it all! Just remember: fashion is cyclical. So if your jaw drops because you can’t […]
Tags: Birkenstock, cowboy hat, Crocs, hair tinsel, Jibbitz, scrunchies, summer, trends
One of our favorite parts of the day at overnight youth camp is cabin Bible study time. The time of day this happens varies from camp to camp, but the idea remains consistent. Every camper gets a Bible study booklet written by camp staff, and the cabin discusses the day’s passage and group questions together. […]
Tags: bible study, summer, youth camp