Author: Valerie Morby
Senior Content Manager
Valerie is Pine Cove's Senior Content Manager. She has served full time on staff since 2008. She is a graduate of Abilene Christian University where she majored in Integrated Marketing and Communications. She loves social media, the Academy Awards, and musicals. Valerie accepted Jesus as her Savior at a young age, had that relationship strengthened as a camper at the Shores, and is now passionate about seeing others come to Pine Cove to learn more about Christ.
Camp Culture | Inside the Cove
The two teams faced off on the revered grounds of the Crier Creek pickleball courts, surrounded by 160 of their friends and coworkers. On one side: a family camp director and a vice president. On the other: a family camp director… and a president. How did we get here? We’ll need to rewind about 24 […]
Tags: full time staff, ministry, staff retreat
Announcements | Inside the Cove | Prep for Camp
The sun may have set on Summer 2025… but we can already see Summer 2026 on the horizon! Make sure you’re ready for it by checking out a short stack of important dates below—including when you should plan on celebrating a certain delicious dessert… Grab a fork, get ready to scroll, and let’s dig in! […]
Tags: dates, registration, summer, summer prep
Parenting | Spiritual | Stories
“God doesn’t know everything,” seven-year-old Liam told his mom one night. “He doesn’t know how to do a backflip into a pool!” Liam had just spent the day at Pine Cove City, a week-long day camp hosted by a local church. Each day, campers were led through a Bible study by their counselors, learning all […]
Tags: family, life transformation, pine cove city
When parents dream and pray about their children’s future, they often envision the extracurricular activities they’ll participate in, the church youth groups they’ll join, and the universities they’ll eventually attend. Less frequently thought of—though still prevalent—is anxieties they may develop along the way. Anxiety is at an all-time high for the generation born since 1995, […]
Tags: technology, transformed
You may think of Pine Cove as only employing lifeguards, counselors, and camp directors, but believe it or not, we also hire accountants as well! (That fact may not add up, but it’s true!) Get to know the fearless leader of Pine Cove’s accounting department, Rob “Change Up” Harris, who’s been faithfully serving behind the […]
Tags: staff profile
We know the year is zipping by and summer is running straight at us, but wait! We’ve got to stop and smell the roses (plus all of the other flowers) and enjoy the springtime first! So join us as we take a deep breath and check out all of the gorgeous flowers, busy bees, and […]
Tags: camp names, spring
Everyone knows Pine Cove is seriously fun. But did you know that Wednesdays at family camp are seriously funny? During lunchtime halfway through the week, we pass the mic over to some of our littlest campers, who get a chance to share their favorite jokes with the crowd. They don’t always make sense, but they […]
Tags: jokes, seriously fun
With the weather warming up and Spring Break trips on the horizon, we know many of you will soon be piling up in the car to embark on some family road trips! With that in mind, we wanted to compile some seriously fun questions for you to help pass that time in the car! Some […]
Tags: conversation starters, questions, seriously fun
Camp Culture | Inside the Cove
Picture this… you’re at Pine Cove, and you wake up in your bunk bed knowing you have an entire day of excitement ahead of you: incredible activities, hilarious skits, and unforgettable theme nights. And it all starts at Flag. Each youth camp kicks off its day at “Flag,” a time to raise the stars and […]
Tags: flag, seriously fun
With the leaves getting crunchier and mornings growing frostier, we thought it’d be fun to take a dip into our archives to find some fall-inspired camp names! While their “namers” may not have had autumn on their minds when they came up with these seriously fun turns of phrase, we still enjoyed sifting through years’ […]
Tags: 2024, camp names, fall, fun, name game, summer staff
