Author: Taylor Jervis
Executive Vice President
Taylor “Fish Face” Jervis was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He worked four summers at the Pine Cove Ranch before joining the full–time Bluffs staff in 2011. Two years later, Taylor accepted the role of Men's Director at the Shores. He served as the Shores Camp Director from 2015 to 2024, and is now Pine Cove's Executive Vice President. He and his wife, Lacey, have two daughters and a son.
David & the Secret Place: A Journey into Deeper Presence DAY 1: The Field—Obscurity Is Not Absence Read: 1 Samuel 16:11–13, Psalm 23 Journal any thoughts. Before David held a crown or a sword, he held a harp—in a field no one noticed. There, surrounded by sheep and silence, he learned the sound of […]
The Secret Place is an Inner Operating System What is said and received in the Secret Place is never meant to stay secret. The real goal is to become someone who lives from it. Jesus didn’t just meet with the Father on a mountain—He walked with the Father through cities, in storms, around crowds, and […]
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The Secret Place is a Physical Environment I was 20 years old my first summer working at camp as a counselor. I got the summer job in Texas before I “had to get an internship the following year.” I wanted a fun getaway. It turned into a life-altering few months. About 5 weeks into being […]
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A Hidden Life With the Father I’ve heard it said about many men that they had “two separate lives.” It’s typically not a good thing. One family here—and another overt here. Or maybe he was one version of himself at work and another with his friends and another with his family. The thing about these […]
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You’ve probably heard the saying “Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.” Of course, this saying goes beyond just fishing. I think there’s a problem in our Christian culture. Young believers aren’t spending time with Jesus in their daily lives. Whether it’s […]
Tags: #makethetime, bible, bible study, faith, faithworks, shores spiritual summer
I was in my sophomore year of college at the University of Tennessee in early 2008, sitting at my little apartment desk. The past two summers I had gone to work for my parents, who had moved to Destin, Florida the week after I graduated high school. It was a great job, running errands around […]
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13 There are fewer things more powerful than listening to a room of a few hundred men singing in unison and laughing together. On the weekend of January 24-26, over 450 men from multiple churches, small groups, families, and communities gathered […]
Tags: men, men's weekend, Pine Cove weekend, shores, speaker talks, weekend
When I was a kid, I went to as many church retreats and weekend camps as I could. I would jump at the opportunity to spend time with my friends away from home, hang out with the older guys who lead our group, and play sports and games with kids my age. It was a […]
Tags: fun, Pine Cove weekend, winterfest
As a ministry, it is always a blessing to partner with like-minded organizations. For the second year in a row, the Shores and Bluffs camps partnered with FamilyLife’s MomLife Today on April 12-14 to host one of Pine Cove’s most unique events, MomLife Weekend! Since 2008, MomLife Today’s mission has been to “live MomLife together, […]
Tags: bluffs, momlife, moms, shores, speaker talks, weekend
