Category: Inside the Cove
Several months ago, we mentioned that Pine Cove had purchased a new office building in Tyler, Texas, with plans to renovate it to be used as the key office space for our Headquarters. (Remember this?) It’s hard to believe, but after months of planning, designing, and a lot of construction, the new Pine Cove HQ […]
Inside the Cove | Staff Profile
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Rebecca “Redeemer Retriever” Smith went to Auburn University and graduated in 2011 with a degree in psychology and a minor in human development and family studies. She currently works as a regional director for Pine Cove’s Camp in the City (now called Pine Cove City), and loves investing in her staff and campers. As her […]
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The Fourth of July is such a fun holiday, and so quintessentially summer. Also? It pairs extremely well with summer camp! For the lucky campers who come for the week of July 4th (this year it was Week 6), they are in for a treat. Each camp loves make the week extra special for everyone, […]
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It’s 4:50 a.m. and the wranglers are already at the barn, ready to call in the horses and start the day. It’s still dark outside, but the early rays of morning sun are just starting to creep across the sky. “The barn is like our house and we’re inviting campers over everyday, so in order […]
It looked like something you would see in the movies. During his second week as a Camp in the City counselor last summer, Sam “The Kool-aid Slamma Jamma” Sierra stood in the backyard of his host family’s house holding a mason jar. “In New Mexico, there is no such thing as fireflies or lightning bugs,” […]
We are currently in the middle of Week 5, which means our first half staff are all leaving this Saturday! We do have staff that work through the entire summer, but the majority of our staff only work one half. We call this weekend “Halftime,” and all of our second half staff rejoin their camp […]
The Forge is Pine Cove’s leadership development program. Through classes, community, travel, and amazing experiences, the goal of the Forge is to produce leaders with a faith worth following. Recently, the Forge alumni took a trip to Turkey and Greece to follow in the footsteps of Paul’s missionary journeys and to consider the letters of […]
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Working at Pine Cove is a fun, life-changing experience. Staffers spend all week pouring their time and energy into campers. Often we get asked how to bless our hard-working staff during their summer. Here are a few suggestions for the best way to bless a summer staffer. Pray for them! Camp is fun, but it’s […]
Pine Cove has always been seriously fun, and every year the camp directors and program directors work hard to come up with awesome activities and games. After all, one of the things we love about camp is you get to do things you don’t get to do at home! We were looking through some old […]
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Pine Cove skits are legendary at camp. Throughout the years, thousands of skits have been performed during meals with even more skit characters taking the stage to entertain campers. Characters have unique combinations of clothing, put together from the skit closet. Every camp, including Camp in the City teams, have their own skit closet, which […]