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Outback Theme Night Costume Ideas

May 21, 2013

Possible questions that have crossed your mind when thinking about Theme Nights: 1. “What in the world is a ‘Twistery Mystery’ and how do you dress up for that? 2. “Where do you go to get ninja gear? And…is it going to be dangerous….? ☺ 3. “How can I get the PERFECT costume that my son/daughter will actually wear?” These questions, and I’m sure many more, have crossed all our minds when searching for the perfect gear for Pine Cove Outback’s Summer Theme Nights. As funny as some of these sound, the truth is the question still remains, “What do [...]

Friend Requests at Pine Cove

May 17, 2013

Category: Prep for Camp

By: Lea Rittenhouse

Rooming alone at camp can be intimidating. Here at Pine Cove, we’ve prayerfully crafted a cabin mate request policy with the intention of creating the best environment and experience possible for all campers—those coming alone or with friends. We want every camper to have the best week of their year, believing the ultimate camp experience is to connect with Jesus. Our policy is no more than four total campers can request to be in the same cabin. If you have more than four campers, we suggest the group split into two groups so each camper has friends. While we want [...]

Shores Theme Night Costume Ideas

May 16, 2013

Category: Prep for Camp

By: Kyle Gore

Sunday – America’s Pastime Blast Time During this theme night we are going to be out and about. We will be playing baseball themed station games along with a little Home Run Derby. Make sure you wear clothes that you can run around in, because we will definitely be sweating for this theme night! There are a lot of places where you can find cheap baseball hats anywhere from $5-$20. You could go to any Goodwill or Salvation Army to find some sort of jersey as well. Monday – Surfin’ Safari Our Surfin’ Safari night will consist of one [...]

Pine Cove Week on KLTY

May 10, 2013

Category: Announcements

By: Chris Drake

At Pine Cove, we love teaming up with fellow ministries to share the love of Jesus Christ with others. Collaborating with other organizations sparks creativity and opens up new resources and ideas that we might not have had access to before. One such collaborative project is with a radio station in Dallas, Texas. KLTY 94.9 FM has been an advertising partner with Pine Cove for well over a decade. However, it was over a conference call five years ago that the idea of “Pine Cove Week” was born. I remember that call vividly. We had a few open spots left [...]

MomLife Bootcamp

May 9, 2013

Category: Weekends

By: Taylor Jervis

As a ministry, it is always a blessing to partner with like-minded organizations. For the second year in a row, the Shores and Bluffs camps partnered with FamilyLife’s MomLife Today on April 12-14 to host one of Pine Cove’s most unique events, MomLife Weekend! Since 2008, MomLife Today’s mission has been to “live MomLife together, to encourage, equip, and offer help and hope! We don’t have it all figured out, but we know the One who does!” And as we say at Pine Cove, our mission is “to be used by God to transform the lives of people for His [...]

WhatSUP at the Woods?

May 8, 2013

Category: Prep for Camp

By: Jenny Sowers

As I have mentioned, on occasion, there are definitely days at work that I simply cannot believe I get paid to do what I get to do. Recently we definitely had another one of those days. We are in a constant state of planning and dreaming and brainstorming for how to make camp better, and, as a result, there are times when we need to buy cool new things. After several conversations about this, I am pleased to inform everyone that the Woods has added Stand Up Paddleboards (or as the cool kids call them—SUPs) to our lake! And because [...]

God’s Deep, Rich Love

May 3, 2013

Category: Spiritual

By: Chris Boddy

Last week was a crazy week for my family and me. We had one of those weeks where the entire family was sick, but it all started with my youngest son Jet. He could not keep food down and ended up becoming critically dehydrated. My wife took him to the doctor and they told her to go directly to the ER. Now, it is hard to understand what I went through in those moments between my wife calling me to meet her in the ER, and when I actually arrived there unless you are a parent. I completely lost it [...]

Life Lessons from Mud Wrestling

Apr 30, 2013

Category: Spiritual

By: Robbie Jones

There I stand, six inches deep in a giant pit of mud surrounded by 80 other 30 to 40-year-old men. At the instruction of a young man with a bull horn, we all get down on our hands and knees. Though it’s a warm spring day, the mud is cold. Many of the men have already smeared mud on their arms and chests. The man next to me is smearing a handful of mud into his unusually thick beard. Just then 100 elementary school-aged boys with their shirts off crest the hill led by an Indian Chieftain. The bull horn [...]

Work Hard, Play Hard

Apr 26, 2013

Category: Camp Culture

By: Chelsea Hays

Here at Pine Cove, our full-time staff works really hard to provide the best camp experience for those that are on our property every week. But sometimes it’s good for us to get out the office and have a good time being in community with each other! With so many different working parts in our organization, it’s hard to spend time with everyone that is a part of this ministry. So we thought, “What’s the most fun thing we could do on a mid-week morning with the entire Pine Cove staff?” And naturally, our response was, “Bowling!!” Now this wasn’t [...]

Why Two-Week Camping?

Apr 24, 2013

Category: Camp Culture

By: Andrew Bacon

Here at Pine Cove, we have done one-week camping for as long as I can remember. It has become our standard to have campers arrive on Sunday and leave on Saturday. One week is a good amount of time to have fun, connect with a counselor and cabin mates, and most importantly, learn more about the Bible and God’s love. But a few years ago, we started wondering what it would be like to allow campers to come for two weeks (13 days). We started this program at the Shores, the 10th-12th grade camp which I have the privilege to [...]

Older Posts

Outback Theme Night Costume Ideas

Friend Requests at Pine Cove

Shores Theme Night Costume Ideas

Pine Cove Week on KLTY

MomLife Bootcamp

WhatSUP at the Woods?

God’s Deep, Rich Love

Life Lessons from Mud Wrestling

Work Hard, Play Hard

Why Two-Week Camping?

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