Tag: lessons
by Erin Harris Posted Mar 10, 2020
Everything I ever needed to know about parenting, I could have learned from college kids. For the past six years, our family has had the privilege of getting to be a part of the ministry of Pine Cove. Because of that ministry, we frequently get to be around college kids who love Jesus. I cannot […]
Tags: counselors, lessons, parenting, parents
by Valerie Morby Posted Apr 21, 2016
Editor’s Note: The following blog post was written by two of our summer leadership staff members. First up, Jordan James shares about her weekend at the East Texas Leadership weekend that took place April 8-10. “Pine Cove exists to be used by God to transform the lives of people for His purposes and His glory!” […]
Tags: leadership weekend, lessons, staff, summer prep, summer staff
by Mallory Dennis Posted Apr 15, 2015
I found out just days before Pine Cove’s Leadership Weekend that I would get the privilege of being a leader this summer on the media team, and therefore I would be in attendance. Though I was excited, I was a little nervous and overwhelmed by the fact that my first summer working for Pine Cove […]
Tags: leadership, leadership weekend, lessons, staff, summer prep, summer staff
by Meredith Gunn Posted Jul 16, 2014
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18 Ask any counselor, and they will tell you just how nerve-wracking stepping into your cabin on Sunday afternoon for the first time that week can be. Questions like “what if I don’t get along with […]
Tags: lessons, life change, prayer, shores, story
by Colton Venner Posted Jul 11, 2014
The majority of Pine Cove campers could tell you about the amazing life lessons and spiritual truths that they learn each year from their short stay at camp. On the last night of camp each week, Pine Cove has an awesome tradition called “Camper Share” where campers explain to all of camp the valuable things […]
Tags: lessons, mawog, shores, staff, summer staff
by Colton Venner Posted Jun 6, 2014
The summer is here once again and numerous high school students all around the country are preparing to pack their bags to come and spend a week at the Pine Cove Shores. All the while, the counselors have been named, the excitement is high, and the jumping is even higher! Every year there is a […]
Tags: bible, bible study, gospel, jesus, lessons, summer, theme
by Cierra Cooke Posted Apr 11, 2014
“On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands.” Ezekiel 20:6 For the past seven months, the Forge Class of 2014 has been […]
Tags: discipleship program, forge, international, israel, lessons, trip
by Riley Sheehan Posted Apr 9, 2014
Being a leader can be amazingly exciting. Being a leader can also be scary. When I pulled into Tyler for Pine Cove Leadership weekend, I felt an interesting combination of both. I was excited — to see old friends, to bond with new ones, to build community, to be trained, to laugh, to talk, to […]
Tags: leadership, leadership weekend, lessons, staff, summer prep, summer staff
by Chris Sherrod Posted Apr 7, 2014
Fallow is not a word that most people have ever used in a conversation (unless you’re a farmer). So if you don’t know, “fallow ground” is land that has sat unused and become hard and full of weeds. It must be broken up and prepared before it can be useful and planted with seeds. The […]
Tags: bible, bible study, jesus, lessons, summer, summer prep, theme
by Pat Preston Posted Mar 26, 2014
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light […]
Tags: bible, bible study, jesus, lessons, summer, summer prep