Camp Aldersgate

The Narrow Gate

This past weekend Camp Aldersgate hosted The Narrow Gate which is a three day retreat for High School Students aged 14-18.

The weekend was amazing fun! We along with 14 high school students spent the weekend hanging out, spending time looking at the Bible (Specifically the Sermon on the Mount) and relaxing with friends. 

We are so thankful to all that attended as without them we would've have not been able to install the insulation in the Dining Hall, which they helped in putting up in during a service project time on Saturday. 

Saturday night, we hosted our first Indoor Boat House Beach Party, which was a ton of fun as well as sharing many many laughs.

It was a great weekend being able to re-connect with old friends, as well as make new ones. We are thankful to the parents of these teens for bringing them down for the weekend and for allowing their teenagers to continue with their Aldersgate journey.

IdentIty

We are pleased to announce IdentIty at Camp Aldersgate!

IdentIty is a 3day retreat for college aged students aged 19-24yrs. The event will be held on December 27^th-29^th.

This event has a very special guest speaker, Matt Elrod who was on CBS’s Survivor: Redemption Island. We are excited to hear Matt speak on remaining true in our identity in Christ and what this looks like.

This 3 days get-away is bound to be an awesome time of fun, time with friends and relaxing over Christmas break.

If you would like any information on this event, please call the camp or go to our website www.campaldersgate.org.

We hope to see you, or someone you know there!

 

The roof is on!

Things are happening here at Camp Aldersgate! We are excited to see the new roof on the new cabin 3 go on in the past week.  We have been waiting patiently as I’m sure many other people have as well, for this roof to come up! We have not been disappointed! The contractors have done a great job and we are thankful to them for getting the job done.  As the roof becomes completed the next steps are putting the windows in and then begin to finish off the last of the cabin in order to begin building bunks and the like. We are very excited as the cabin continues to take shape and is becoming closer to being completed. We thank God for continuing to provide for us and for the amazing provisions that he has shown us over this year.

 

A picture of the roof being put on!

 

New online camp store!

Missing camp? Cold? Would love something new to wear? Then why don’t you head on over to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/campaldersgate) and visit our online camp store! The camp store has come to Facebook and offers all of the same camp goodies, online with free shipping! Now you never have to be without Camp Aldersgate gear.

The new online camp store offers everyone a chance to see what we have in the camp store from the comfort of his or her own home.

With Christmas coming up, it’s a great time to get some quick and affordable presents that everyone is sure to love.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call us at (866) 627-4369 or email us at info@campaldersgate.org

Below is a reminder of somethings that we sell in the camp store.

The Narrow Gate

We are excited to announce a new event being held at Camp Aldersgate. The Narrow Gate is a weekend retreat for Youth in Grades 9 through 12^th. This event will be held December 9^th-11^th and besides having a load of fun, we will also be looking at the passage from Matthew 7:13.

This event also features our first indoors winter beach party! It’s going to be great.

If you know anyone that is in grades 9-12, tell them not to miss out on this awesome new event!

 

For more information, or if your ready to register go to www.campaldersgate.org  and click on year-round events!

 

 

See you there!

 

New donations at camp!

We have been blessed over the past week by two wonderful donations to the camp. A place for us, which is a group that uses the camp as a place of renewal saw a need in two areas that we have and were able to give.

The first donation was in the form of a new refrigerator and freezer for the cottage. This refrigerator is greatly appreciated by us as well as the groups of people that use the cottage.

The next donation was a fireplace gate for use in the Dining Hall. This gate is very useful as it helps to keep users safe whilst enjoying the fire as well as helping to protect the carpet in the Dining Hall.

We are so appreciative of these gifts for the camp, and we know that they will be able to provide use and comfort to many guest groups in the years to come.

Our new fireplace gate, courtesy of A Place For Us.

Fall at Camp Aldersgate

While summer is over, there are still many things that we can look forward to at Camp Aldersgate. With the fall guest groups having meaningful time here, the fireplaces have already been utilized as well as enjoying having the couches in the Dining Hall which make it a comfy and cozy place to sit. Outside we are enjoying the changing weather and the leaves as they begin to change their color and fall.

 Camp Aldersgate takes on a whole new look during the fall, as the days become cooler and the leaves take on their  vibrant colors. If you ever have a day free, come down and enjoy the drive and beauty of the fall down here. We’d love to see you!

 

 

New Archery Pavillion

We're excited to be able to have the new archery pavillion completed and ready for use at camp! This new arhcery pavillion will be able to provide campers and guests have the opportunity to practice their archery skills under a new covered roof that will help keep the glare out of their eyes and provide for some much needed shade.

The new pavillion allows shooters to to stand at the same line but be shooting to different target distances. The new rope barriers allows for safety and allows for the shooters to be able to practice with distance from the other people watching.

We're excited to see the new archery range in action!

CAST Spotlight (First Impressions)

 

Camp Aldersgate has a new tool on our Get Involved page on our website to help you get connected in an area of our ministry in need of volunteers.  We have created the new C.A.S.T. (Camp Aldersgate Service Teams).  We currently have six different teams that need volunteers.  Each team area is explained on our website. 

 

Here is the same form found on our website.  If you already know you'd like to help with First Impressions Team...please fill-in and submit this form.

 

 

Happenings at camp

While Summer camp has ended and the leaves are changing colour there are still many things that are happening here at camp. With the arrival of our fall weekend groups we were also blessed again this year by the volunteer families from Canton Church of the Lakes who came down Labor day weekend and packed up the waterfront. This is a big process as it involves bringing in all of the inflatable toys, the floating docks, ropes and other boats. We are grateful to this group as without them, it would be a much longer process.

Though the waterfront now looks signifcantly different from what it does during the summer; it is still the place of camp fires and moments with God as our fall groups continue to enjoy the stillness and peacefullness that is found there.

We thank all of the families from Church of the Lakes for giving of their time to help us with this project.