Tag: timbers
Spiritual | Stories | Summer Staff
Caroline and Ashlen had a lot in common. They both were college students—Caroline (or “Chip,” as she’s known at Pine Cove) at the University of Texas, and Ashlen (aka “T-Feels”) at Ole Miss—who had been serving for several summers at the Pine Cove Timbers. Both were thriving in their roles, seeking after the Lord, and […]
Tags: 2023, gospel, jesus, life change, life transformation, ministry, summer, summer staff, timbers
Spiritual | Stories | Summer Staff
Kelsey was unsure of what to expect as she prepared to meet her Amplify campers in the summer of 2015. Two weeks with a cabin full of thirteen to fourteen year old girls was going to be a high-energy adventure. But she never could have anticipated the work of grace that God would do through […]
Tags: camper, counselor, life transformation, spiritual impact, story, summer staff, timbers, youth camp
by Anna Birch
Camp is seriously fun, but more than that, it is all about Jesus, and the best part of each day is Bible study time! Here is a look at what our youth camps will be learning in their individual Bible studies this summer. We can’t wait for campers to dive into these! Towers: Total transformation! […]
Tags: 2020, bible study, outback, preview, ranch, Ridge, shores, silverado, sneak peek, summer, timbers, towers, youth camp
by Anna Birch
What’s better than one week of camp? Well, TWO weeks of camp, of course! Several of our youth camps offer two-week programs for campers who want to stay a little longer. But why send your camper to a two-week program? Let us tell you… there are great benefits in the extra week! We all know […]
Tags: amplify, elevate, overflow, Ridge, shores, summer, timbers, two week camping, youth camp
Spiritual | Stories | Summer Staff
by Pine Cove
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
If you’re a newcomer to Pine Cove, you might not understand the title of this post. However, our hope is that through the explanation of the gauntlet, you would come to better understand our reasoning behind why we do what we do here at Pine Cove. To start things off, the gauntlet is the avenue […]
Tags: gauntlet, opening day, summer staff, timbers, welcome to camp
You might be thinking to yourself, “Self… What does one do when it rains at camp?!” Well moms, dads, and anyone wondering, there is a variety of answers to that question and our very own Pine Cove Timbers has done an incredible job of finding that out for us! For example, Monday of Week 2 […]
Tags: dancing, fun, liquid sunshine, rain, skit, timbers
We had the privilege of having a foreign exchange student as a camper at the Timbers during week 3! She is from Mexico and has been in the U.S. (Houston) for six months and will be returning back to Mexico on Monday. She and her counselor talked about her family life and how it has […]
Tags: counselor, gospel, international, jesus, lessons, mexico, prayer, salvation, timbers
In December every year, we have a weekend called Winterfest, which is basically a mini-week of camp during the winter. It’s a blast. The weekend is similar to a normal summer week at camp. Campers get counselors, we have skits, and we do a lot of activity classes, not to mention an awesome concert for […]
Tags: camper, counselor, jesus, life change, salvation, senior counselor, summer, timbers, transformation
At Pine Cove, we have a wide variety of campers from many different of backgrounds. Sometimes that is a camper who waits for Pine Cove year round and loves it more than anything, and other times it’s campers who have never been before and didn’t want to come, have disciplinary problems, have hard home lives, […]
Tags: counselor, discipline, faith, gospel, hebrews, lessons, life change, prayer, salvation, savior, timbers