by Matt Murphy
True or false. 1. Wakeboarding is awesome… TRUE. 2. If you don’t have a boat to pull you, then you are out of luck… FALSE! Last summer, we installed our very own Wake Park at Pine Cove, shared between campers at Crier Creek and Outback, and it was a huge hit! Campers can grab a […]
Tags: activities, crier creek, outback, ranch, shaun murrary, summer, timbers, wake park
As some of you may or may not know, each year Pine Cove has the incredible opportunity to send out hundreds of our staffers to Latin America. We are able to partner with CCI, or Christian Camping International, to put on Campamentos de Impacto, or “Impact Camps”. It is an awesome time of training Latin […]
Tags: commission camping, gospel, international, latin america, lessons, missions, peru, prayer
by Shawn Welch
If I were to ask you, “Who do you know?”, what people would you list? Would you talk about family, friends, or just mere acquaintances? As we go down our list, we begin to realize that there are different levels of knowing people. For some people, we just know their name and maybe a few […]
Tags: bible, bible study, jesus, know, savior, summer, theme, timbers, truth
by Kyle Gore
“The Dock stinkin’ rocks my socks off!!!” Of all of the camp cheers and sayings we have here at the Shores, this has to be in my top five favorites! “The Dock stinkin’ rocks my socks off”! I didn’t know that someone could be able to put into words how I feel about this awesome […]
Tags: activities, banana boats, boats, club, dock rock, free time, shores, spikeball, summer
by Pat Preston
A few months ago I was sitting in a coffee shop here in Columbus, Texas working on some things for Outback. I sat back at one point and just started listening to the people around me. One of the conversations I heard was between one of the coffee shop baristas and a gentleman. The gentleman […]
Tags: bible, bible study, faith, outback, reality, savior, scripture, sin, theme, truth
Have you ever felt inadequate? Truly unprepared or unable to accomplish a goal or a task? How about in elementary school when you went toe-to-toe in a spelling bee with the top speller in the class? In middle school when you only skimmed the assigned reading material and then was asked to share your synopsis […]
Tags: faith, fears, gospel, matthew, story
In preparation for my first summer working at Pine Cove, I had absolutely no idea how much I needed to pack or what I needed to pack. They sent out a packing list and list of theme nights, but even then it was hard to figure out how much I should bring to each item […]
Tags: counselor, packing, summer, summer prep, summer staff
by Shawn Welch
I asked my friend Luke to make a guest post one week, and since Luke and I worked at Pine Cove Shores together I asked him to share how working at summer camp prepared him for life today. Another summer is fast approaching and whether you have just come off of your last summer or […]
Tags: alumni, career, college, future, job, leadership, summer staff, work
Twas the night before Winterfest, when all through the camp The Timbers staff was working; bumping the lamp The Christmas lights were hung on the cabins with care, In hopes that the campers soon would be there; The summer staff were driving from near and afar, Recovering from finals by blasting Tedashii in their car; […]
Tags: poetry, staff, tedashi, timbers, winterfest
by Shawn Welch
I was recently asked to share some of the highlights from my time working here at Pine Cove. Her rationale for me sharing was that I am an “experienced” PC staffer. Basically, she is saying that I am old! I guess camping years are a lot like dog years. One year in the camping world […]
Tags: memories, skits, summer staff