Tag: stories
by Katelyn Sullins Posted Jan 22, 2020
I can recall, as a high school camper at the Shores, watching the worship leader up on stage and thinking they must be the coolest person at camp. This past summer, we got together with a couple of staffers who have had the privilege of being worship leaders to see what the job was really […]
Tags: staff roles, stories, summer, summer staff, worship, worship leader
by Anna Birch Posted Jan 22, 2020
We couldn’t do camp without our nurses! Whitney Cox has been serving as a camp nurse at the Shores for the past three summers. She and her husband, Rusty, have five kids: Paxton (14), Mackey (13), Kirby (10), Shepherd (9), and Neeley (7). They’re all BIG fans of Pine Cove! Read on to learn more […]
Tags: camp nurse, nurses, shores, stories, youth camp
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
by Anna Birch Posted Oct 2, 2019
Our camp nurses are incredible! Bonnie “Nurse BOO BOO” Murphy is from Henderson, Texas and has served faithfully at the Towers every summer for the past nine years. She and her family LOVE camp, as you can tell by the fun photos! Learn more about her passion for helping kids at camp and how she […]
Tags: adoption, foster parent, nurses, stories, summer, towers, youth camp
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, life transformation, Staff Profiles, stories, testimony
Inside the Cove | Summer Staff
by Anna Birch Posted Sep 4, 2019
We. Love. Our. Staff! God uses them every summer to help transform the lives of thousands of campers each year. It also pumps us up to hear how, in the process of pouring out their lives at camp, they are impacted as well! For countless college staff, their experience over the summer is life-changing. They […]
Tags: college students, counselor, gospel, impact, life change, stories, summer, summer staff