Tag: life transformation
Camp Culture | Inside the Cove
by Kristen Murphy Posted Aug 13, 2021
“I learned to trust Jesus and the Lord. Before this week I had accepted the Lord but didn’t know how to really trust Him. I finally found out this week what it looks like to really trust Him and accept Him.” — Outback camper “Getting to connect with so many like minded people has been […]
Tags: camp in the city, family camp, fun, inside the cove, life transformation, photos, recap, stories, story, summer recap, youth camp
by Anna Birch Posted Aug 4, 2020
Every single week, our staff prepares for Bible studies, activity classes, and theme nights, but ultimately, the Holy Spirit is preparing the hearts of campers for some serious life-change. Even seeing just a glimpse of what He has done for these kids and families leaves us grateful to be a part of it all! Here […]
Tags: camper, gospel, life transformation, quotes
by Anna Birch Posted Jul 2, 2020
A week (or two!) of camp can be the catalyst for major life change in a camper. God uses everything from Bible study to songs at Club to activity classes and more to soften hearts. One of our favorite things is getting to hear from campers and parents about what they learned during their stay. […]
Tags: 2020, family camp, life transformation, quotes, stories, summer, youth camp
by Jenny Lay Posted May 19, 2020
On the evening of February 3, 2013, Kimberlie Brashear watched the Baltimore Ravens face off against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII. She was snuggled up on the couch, taking in the game with her two kids, Meredith and Christopher, and their father, Bob. They had been divorced for five years, but they […]
Tags: camp for life, family, life transformation, youth camp
by Grant Wilkie Posted Jan 15, 2020
“Spins, will you pray with me to help me accept Jesus?” These eleven words have been seared in my mind since they were spoken to me on July 23rd, 2019, the second Tuesday of Overflow D (Week 9). They have become a part of me, a driving force within my story. This summer, I was […]
Tags: life transformation, salvation, shores, summer staff
Inside the Cove | Summer Staff
by Katelyn Sullins Posted Oct 16, 2019
Their alarm clocks often buzz at 4 am, there’s more dirt under their fingernails than you’d find in a sandbox, and their jeans may or may not be stuck on because of the 100-degree heat, but you’ll rarely find one without a big smile on their face. They’re the Pine Cove wranglers, and they really […]
Tags: horses, life transformation, recruiting, staff roles, stories, summer, summer staff, wrangler
Inside the Cove | Staff Profile
by Tiffany Gilliam Posted Oct 2, 2019
Luke “Patches” Cummings was a good ol’ Georgia boy who wanted to be a blue, crime-fighting Power Ranger… but he battled consistently terrible vision incidents. This young man dreamed of fighting for the good guys. He never gave up, even for a time when he sported double eyepatches! Eventually, Luke healed and didn’t need eyepatches […]
Tags: camp in the city, city, life transformation, Staff Profiles, stories, testimony
by Miranda Lehman Posted Aug 1, 2019
As soon as I experienced the craziness and life-change of Pine Cove for the first time in the seventh grade, I knew I wanted to go back every summer. As I was going into my final year of camp, I decided, for my senior year, I wanted to do the two-week program at the Shores: […]
Tags: life change, life transformation, overflow, shores, story
Spiritual | Stories | Summer Staff
by Pine Cove Posted Jun 24, 2019
Some of our campers just can’t get enough of Pine Cove. And we love it! Our two-week programs offered at Timbers, Shores and Ridge are equipping campers to live for Christ beyond their time in high school. A Timbers Amplify counselor tells us her experience seeing lives transformed after two weeks at camp. As […]
Tags: amplify, counselor, life transformation, salvation, timbers, transformation, two week camping
by Susan Andreone Posted Oct 24, 2015
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” — 2 Corinthians 5:17 Arriving after a long journey from their home in Pennsylvania, they drove through the Pine Cove Woods Family Camp entrance where she witnessed enthusiastic counselors jumping up and down and waving at her […]
Tags: family camp, life transformation, salvation