Tag: summer staff
by Grant Wilkie
“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
Camp Culture | Inside the Cove
by Anna Birch
Camp names are supposed to embody the staffer’s personality while typically putting a smile on the face of anyone who hears it. Some names are just so memorable, we can’t stop talking about them! We thought since the weather is getting cooler, leaves are on the ground, and pumpkin spice everything is in the air, […]
Tags: camp names, fall, name game, seriously fun, summer staff, thanksgiving
Inside the Cove | Summer Staff
by Anna Birch
It’s an annual tradition that never fails to draw a crowd. Every fall, Pine Cove hosts tailgates at some of our largest staff-represented universities! Each tailgate weekend is an opportunity for current staff to connect with friends at different schools, hang out around campus, and bring friends who are interested in applying for summer 2020. […]
Tags: a&m, baylor, college students, football, recruiting, summer staff, tailgate
Inside the Cove | Summer Staff
by Anna Birch
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
Staff often walk away from their summer at Pine Cove and wonder, “How do I get community like that in real life?” Because one of the most valuable, lasting treasures from a summer at Pine Cove is the community. Relationships are built with people who uphold you when you’re weak, challenge you when you’re coasting, […]
Tags: college, community, summer staff
If you’ve worked at Pine Cove this summer, you are likely heading back to college soon. For the past several weeks and months, you jumped as high as twelve phonebooks. You clapped to countless Birthday Raps. You strove to win Pit-n-Palace on a daily basis, and you mastered a dance to every song on the […]
Tags: encouragement, gospel, summer, summer staff
With 162 Pine Cove staff members currently serving the Lord at camps throughout Latin America, there is no shortage of awesome stories to share! Thankfully we are able to keep up with all of these mission trips on each of their blogs, and you can follow along too! Here is just a taste of some […]
Tags: commission camping, global, latin america, missions, story, summer staff, testimony, trip
Editor’s Note: The following post was written by Michelle Tanzola, a mom who sent her daughter to the overnight youth camp at Pine Cove for the first time this summer! Last year her daughter experienced Camp in the City for the first time. Read about that experience here. If the Olympics gave medals for summer camps, Pine […]
Tags: app, CampLife, counselor, cq, olympics, parent, parenting, parents, staff, summer staff, youth camp
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
With 164 Pine Cove staff members currently serving the Lord at camps throughout Latin America, there is no shortage of awesome stories to share! Thankfully we are able to keep up with all of these mission trips on each of their blogs, and you can follow along too! Here is just a taste of some […]
Tags: commission camping, global, latin america, missions, story, summer staff, testimony, trip