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Author: Meredith Gammon

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Meredith Gammon

Content Coordinator

Meredith first began to work at Pine Cove as a summer staffer at the Ranch from 2024–2025. After graduating from Texas A&M University with a degree in Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences, she moved to Austin, Texas, where she serves with a local college ministry and began her role as a Content Coordinator at Pine Cove. Meredith enjoys going on walks, playing games, spending time with friends, and exploring fun spots around Austin.


Staff Profile: Alex “Licks” & Gabby “Proms” Barnholdt

by Meredith Gammon

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Camp has a way of bringing people into your life who tend to stick around. Sometimes it’s a spouse. Sometimes it’s lifelong friendships. For the Barnholdts, it was both! Before they even knew it, God had been weaving Gabby and Alex’s stories together. Somewhere in the stitching, He threaded Pine Cove right through the middle—turning […]

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Alumni: What Song Takes You Back to Camp?

by Meredith Gammon

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Whether it’s the song playing over the loudspeakers as you drove through the gates for the very first time, the ones you scrubbed dish after dish to, your favorite silent disco anthem, or that one Club song that felt like an “Ebenezer” moment—music has a way of sticking with us. We wanted to know what […]

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A Typical Day at Pine Cove City: Transforming Lives

by Meredith Gammon

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If you’ve ever wondered what a typical day at Pine Cove City looks like, imagine your church transforming into a high-energy, joy-filled summer camp before most people have even poured their first cup of coffee! What starts out as typical church parking lots and sanctuaries quickly becomes the campgrounds for the best summer ever. From […]

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Staff Favorites: Check-In Questions

by Meredith Gammon

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Every day at camp brings countless opportunities to learn a whole lot about the people around you. It might happen elbow-deep in the dish pit, mid–media office grind, during small group icebreakers, or in a good old-fashioned hangtime. The truth is, the right question can turn any moment into something meaningful, or at least memorable. […]

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Staff Profile: Sydney “Vibes” Batten

by Meredith Gammon

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Between her home state of Tennessee and her experience in Pine Cove’s East Texas, Central Texas, and Southeast regions, Sydney “Vibes” Batten has kept the roads hot! Her love for Pine Cove City has kept her traveling countless miles for the sake of the Kingdom: learning a lot and building awesome relationships along the way! […]

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Staff Favorites: Road Trip Snacks

by Meredith Gammon

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Road trips are certainly an adventure—maps pulled up, playlists queued, bags packed tight. But every summer, there’s one road trip almost all of us make: the journey to camp! Whether Pine Cove is right down the road or a 14-hour trek across state lines, we all know that having something special to snack on makes […]

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National Fun at Work Day!

by Meredith Gammon

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When you work at Pine Cove, every day feels like National Fun at Work Day! There’s absolutely no denying that when our staff arrives on property in late May, they’re clocking in for a summer of serious fun. From turning the dish pit into a disco to making even the simplest activity class a full-blown […]

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