Author: 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.
Inside the Cove | Prep for Camp
Last month’s Spring Preview Days at Pine Cove Silverado and Towers did not disappoint! Families gathered in Columbus and Tyler, Texas to get a taste of camp life, meet our awesome staffers, and jump straight into the fun. Seeing Pine Cove come alive in the spring never gets old—it just makes summer feel that much […]
Tags: inside the cove, preview days, recap, silverado, towers
There’s just something about a good children’s book and the way that its colors, characters, and plot can stick with you—even into adulthood! The rhythm of the words, the turn of a page, the voice of someone you love bringing the story to life… it all has a way of shaping us long after story […]
Tags: books, inside the cove, kids books, staff favorites
Whether your family celebrates Easter by hopping over to a local egg hunt, with worship at a sunrise service, digging into some Easter bunny candy, or gathering around the table for a feast fit for a king, we’ve got the perfect list of camp names to match the season. Spring has sprung, the Easter Bunny […]
Tags: camp names, inside the cove
God of open skies and whispering pines, Lord of still waters and the hands that serve, Father of joy and every good gift— I come to You in this place. At Pine Cove— throughout the woods, across the hills and lakes, the stained glass of host churches— I am surrounded by beauty, I remember that […]
Tags: inside the cove, liturgy
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 […]
Tags: inside the cove, staff profile
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 […]
Tags: alumni, songs, throwback
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 […]
Tags: city, fun, pine cove city, summer, summer staff
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. […]
Tags: hangtimes, staff favorites, staff favs
Inside the Cove | Staff Profile
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! […]
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 […]
Tags: staff favorites
