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Nurture in nature a summary of summer's camps
Written: 9/25/2009
Rooms to grow ...

Cool camps for summer:
Written: 7/10/2009
Single Parent's Family Gathering Churches are encouraged to support single-parent families in their midst by providing scholarships for them to attend a new, specialized camp ...

Summer camping season approaches
Written: 5/1/2009
Booklet provides details Learn more online at www.okumcministries.org/camps. ...

Contact March 20, 2009
Written: 3/20/2009
Campus ministry opens its doors A new building was consecrated on Feb. 28 for the Wesley Foundation at Langston University. Director Cecelia Brooks, right, speaks from the baptistry in the sanctuary, and below, Bishop Robert Haye...

Background checks ensure safety at camps, other events
Written: 3/20/2009
Protecting children, youths, and adults through screening event volunteers is a way Conference leaders seek to "do no harm," following Wesley’s rules for holy living. These security measures are part of the Safe Sanctuaries program in Oklah...

The shape of things to come
Written: 2/13/2009
Holliman Lodge gains structure as construction advances at Camp Egan in mid-January. The work is part of a master plan to enhance United Methodist camping ministries at all three campsites in the state, and the lodge is expected to be complete by Fall 2009...

Youths build spiritual path for Camps' future
Written: 2/13/2009
3 specialty camps are new n A weekend getaway for single-parent famil...

Campers break ground for Holliman Lodge
Written: 7/18/2008
Jean and Joe Holliman view Camp Egan from the upper porch of the dining hall. Photo by Diana Northcut C...

Sign up online for summer camps
Written: 5/2/2008
Four members of Mountain View-First UMC helped make repairs after flooding at Canyon Camp in 2007. Shown at left are volunteers Neal Smith, Birdie Hoffman, and Joe Hancock, with Camps employee Joe Taylor. Volunteer Ron King took the photo. The men replaced shingles on a cabin roof. ...

Camping staff extends hospitality
Written: 2/8/2008
Working at Canyon Camp are Doug Hetherington, left, from Egan; and Mike Stephens, from Cross Point. Camps kitchen staff cleared ditches clogged by flooding debris....

Camp update
Written: 11/2/2007
Bishop Hayes accepts a $10,000 check at Tulsa-New Haven UMC on behalf of the United Methodist Camps capital campaign. At right is Shannon Davis, pastor at New Haven. Gift boosts capital campaign One of their children, now grown, benefited in his faith and life journeys because of the time he spe...

Volunteers needed at Canyon Camp
Written: 10/5/2007
Warming hearts - Young campers leave imprints on capital drive Young campers created quilts to help raise funds for the $4 million Oklahoma camps capital campaign. "Piece by Piece" is made of fabric squares decorated by children at summer camps and sewn together and quilted by adult volunteers. ...

Canyon Camp calls for assistance after pond overflows
Written: 9/7/2007
Helpers prepare to muck out a Canyon Camp cabin. From left are Ken Meyer of Stillwater, Francis Sheets of Geronimo, and camp employee Cass Jaques. Wilderness adventure is implied in the term "campground." But flooding made such experiences excessively rough-and-tumble at Canyon and Cross Point ...

Postcards from camp
Written: 7/27/2007
A team of JEM campers learns to work together on the Whale Watch, one of nine challenge course elements at Canyon Camp. JEM Camp is for junior-high students. Prayer for New Day Camp An on-site prayer team was one new component of New Day Camp 1, at Cross Point on Lake Texoma. Gary and Lin...

Cross Point Camp closed all month
Written: 7/11/2007
Flooding has forced United Methodist leaders to close Cross Point Camp for the entire month of July. Possibly, the closure could extend into August. Torrential rains have submerged the only road that provides automobile access to the campground, south of Madill and Kingston, at Lake Texoma. Manager...

Kids' quilts help camps raise funds
Written: 6/29/2007
Photos by Chad Detwiler A quilt square is embellished with a sparkling cross and the words "Remember, the sun always shines in heaven." At Growin’ In Grace Camp, girls personalize more squares. A young adult camper is piecing together an idea to raise funds for Oklahoma United Methodist c...

Changes at Cross Point
Written: 3/23/2007
A remodeled amphitheater beckons campers to worship outdoors at Cross Point Camp, and work is near completion on a public lake access bridge that also provides entry to the United Methodist campground at Lake Texoma near Kingston. For both the seating and stage area of the amphithe...

Camps director reports on 2006 attendance
Written: 1/26/2007
Williams named assistant to Canyon Settling in to Canyon Camp as new assistant director has been a stroll down memory lane for Weegina "Weegi" Williams. Williams’ parents, Weegie and Carol, were formerly counselors at Canyon. She first attended a Canyon event as an official camper in s...

Camps campaign: Leaders describe impact
Written: 12/15/2006
By Holly McCray A capital campaign has reached $1.4 million of its $4 million goal for camping ministries. An outstanding team of Oklahoma United Methodists is leading the funding project to expand and upgrade facilities at all three campgrounds: Canyon, Cross Point, and Egan. The Camps Campaign C...

Worship on the wild side
Written: 11/24/2006
Worship on the wild side Sunday worship is outdoors at Wilderness Camp, a youth experience hosted annually in one of the rustic canyons of United Methodist Canyon Camp, near Hinton. At left, a scene from the 2006 event shows worshippers sitting in a large circle below the en...

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