"We Are Camp" Awareness Campaign

Articles, poems, and stories will be added here throughout the “We Are Camp” campaign. If you have something you’d like to post here, please see contact info below.

2010 Camping Sunday Service

The final Sunday in April (April 25, 2010) is the ideal opportunity to host a Camping Sunday service in your local congregation and raise awareness of camping ministry. Begin your planning now, aided by the We Are Camp campaign resources.

Stories of Partnerships & Support

A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Jesus called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had.”

Mark 12:42–44

Every contribution—little and big—to United Church Camps helps to keep our camps healthy and better prepared to serve the thousands of people of all ages and stages of life who attend. Read about how United Church congregations and other church ministries are actively supporting our camps across the country:

• A Humble Story for Humble Times [PDF: 1 p/23 KB]
  Clearwater United Church in British Columbia supports Camp MacKenzie.
• I Am Camp [PDF: 2 pp/100 KB]
  In the spring of 2009 a voice began to swell from within London Conference camps.
• Kensington United Church in Prince Edward Island has held a Youth Talent Show for the last several years, and most of the proceeds have gone to Camp Abegweit.

From The Observer

• Generations column, by Brian Platt (The Observer, June 2009): United Church camps attract those with little or no interest in faith. And that's a good thing.

For more information, please contact

• Jordan Sullivan
  Coordinator, Camping Ministry
  Tel: 416-231-7680 ext. 4151
  Toll-free: 1-800-268-3781 ext. 4151
  E-mail: Jordan Sullivan