Summer Theme 2011

Campers! We miss you!

We miss you so much, that we've already started to plan for next summer! We can't wait to have you back!

So here's the deal... we want all of your help to decide next summer's theme! What are your ideas?!

Here are a few things to keep in mind...

1. It's our 90th year at Beulah Beach.
2. We want to do something we've never done before.

What do you think?! Either post your ideas as comments on here or on Facebook and after we get a few great ideas, maybe we'll even have a vote!

Let's hear it!

Joel Trainer

Programs Director

P.S. I'll give the winner a free mustache from the Dock!

Opening Day of Extreme and Edge Camp!

Parents,

Your kids have an obnoxious amount of energy... and we love it. It's driving us to new heights here at Beulah Beach and we're so excited about this week.

After a safari, hayride, dinner, and SUNSET, we headed down the MIX. You'll have to ask your campers about Poomba and his journey on becoming a man in his tribe!

Joel Trainer spoke tonight at the MIX and challenged campers to toss out any expectations they have coming into camp. Expectations of what they'll be doing and even expectations of what they think God will do in their life. At Beulah Beach, we don't want what we want to happen at camp - we want what God wants to happen at camp!

Following the service, we all went down the beach and prayed together. Each counselor prayed over all of their campers individually and as a group - that God would unite them in love and that they'd leave here on Friday a different person!

Here we go.... this is going to be a great week!

Parents - please pray for our staff this week as we have a few who are pretty sick.

Thanks so much!

Sr. High Camp Starts today....

Hello Sr. High Campers and Parents,

We are so excited to have you here this week!

This week's speaker, Bart McKelvey, is fired up to be sharing God's word with you all this week, and honestly, the schedule this week is absolutely amazing. We are going to have SO MUCH FUN together!

See you all very soon!

Joel Trainer

Summer Camp Director

Camp is amazing...

The Ministry Explosion campers are in Cleveland right now, but they'll be back soon for their Pool Party tonight. Missionary in residence Ryan Durbin will be sharing with them tonight about being "Live Receivers and Life Givers" and sharing the light of Christ to the world!

Backcountry Camp is BACK! We've been hearing that their trip was amazing and memory-filled and they're actually up at the pool right now enjoying some beautiful weather and chilly water!

I also heard that we had a BELL RINGER in Backcountry Camp! That puts us at 111 people this summer giving their lives to Jesus Christ for the first time!

Can't wait to see all you Parents tomorrow! Ministry Explosion Closing Service will be in the HUT (Youth Tab) and the Backcountry Service will be in Shoreview and both of them will start at 11:30, followed immediately by lunch!

See you tomorrow!

ME and Backcountry!

Ministry Explosion and Backcountry Camps are off to a great start!

After some low ropes and team building events last night, Ministry Explosion beat the Backcountry Camp in a brand new edition of the Serengeti Game Show! It was awesome!

After a worship set from Beulah Beach's own "David and David," Summer Camp Director Joel Trainer gave a message on Matthew 14 and asked the campers the most important question they'll face this week... "Are you going to leave here Friday the same person, or a changed person?"

Many campers came forward and expressed to the Lord that they want to be transformed and I can't wait to see what happens!

Backcountry is on the road and Ministry Explosion is training downstairs!

Beulah Beach

Splash Camp CrossWalk

Hello Splash Parents!

June 13th at Beulah Beach was a very special day that we will all remember for a very long time...

We all woke up and watched our second ReaLife video and had counselor devotions following that. From what I have heard, these videos that are our staff makes have been very effective in bringing up real issues that kids are facing in schools today...

After that, the lake was smooooooth so we enjoyed another amazing morning in all of our Splash Classes. The kneeboarders and waterskiers are doing fantastic!

Then came lunch, a short rest time, another episode of the Serengeti Game Show and some free time where your campers got to go down the zip line and rockwall, along with almost everything else we have to offer here at camp!

The lake was really rough last night --- but at Beulah Beach we always have fun --- so we had a "Who can get your counselor the muddiest?" contest! It was hilarious and everyone LOVED it!

And then came the CrossWalk. Campers met on the hill and then moved into their groups to pray and prepare themselves for the CrossWalk. After a few minutes, the Roman soldiers began dragging Jesus down towards the beach. The Romans beat Jesus right in front of the campers' eyes and then crucified him on the beach. It was a very powerful scene and reminded us all, staff included, of the price Jesus paid for our sins!

Over 20 campers came forward and accepting Jesus into their hearts for the first time last night, and almost everyone else came forward to pray and ask Jesus to forgive their sins! We had a very FREE-ING night last night!

Today, we're looking forward to Kalahari, MAN-NIGHT and Ladies' Night, and then a Safari Parti later!

This camp is amazing. You have incredible kids.

Joel Trainer

SORRY! We're having too much fun!

Hello Splash Parents!

I'm so sorry we haven't posted yet - we haven't had time!

Here's what has happened so far... and if I miss anything, I'm sure your camper will be able to fill you in...

On Sunday afternoon, we had an opening day SAFARI where your campers got to shoot some monkeys out of a tree with paintball markers, learned a tribal dance, played some awesome games on the beach, and then moved into their rooms! After a delicious PIZZA dinner, our campers all got in their groups and came up with their own tribe cheer, which they've been performing every night at SUNSET - a Beulah Beach tradition!

At SUNSET, the MEN cheer against the LADIES and it gets LOUD! A few tribes do their tribe cheer and then we have MEN vs. LADIES TRIVIA... and as of this morning, it is tied 1-1. Thursday night will deem the winner.

Following TRIVIA, our two missionaries in residence Ryan and Lizz Durbin get to share about what God is doing in the country of Senegal. Following their time of sharing, all your campers get on their knees and spend a few minutes just praying for the missionaries in Senegal and God's work there... it's a POWERFUL moment!

And then we go to the MIX - which has been OUT OF CONTROL so far! Not only are your kids having SO MUCH FUN, but God is doing work in the hearts of these kids unlike anything we've seen all summer. On the first night, Summer Camp Director Joel Trainer asked the kids a question. He said, "You get to choose. Do you want to leave here on Friday the same person, or a changed person?" Almost every kid in the HUT came forward and prayed that God would change them this week... and we're seeing it happen. One girl gave her life to Christ last night and rang the bell!!

After a clear, blue, flat lake yesterday, we had some awesome Splash Classes, a great start to our Safari Game Show, and another great MIX last night, where Assistant Programs Director Shea Prisk talked about Faith, and how it's much more than a believe. He challenged them with the question, "What is your faith DOING?" I heard that devotions last night were so good after his message...

The lake is flat again today and now the campers are about to eat some lunch... and tonight is our CROSSWALK, so please pray that God will move in the hearts of these campers!

We'll update soon!

Beulah Beach

P.S. I attached some of my favorite pictures of the last two days... what do you think?