Camp Colorado turns 75! Seventy-five impactful summers of campfires, late-night conversations and worship, and young people going home different than they arrived. Seventy-five years of volunteers giving their weekends, skills, and hearts so that something special can happen in the mountains.
The latest round of grants from the Brethren Faith in Action Fund (BFIA), which provides grants to outreach ministries of Church of the Brethren camps and congregations, are going to eight Church of the Brethren congregations and one camp.
Registration for Song and Story Fest 2026, the 30th annual intergenerational camp to be held under that name, is now open–with a deadline of June 1.
The older adult FaithX trip took place Feb. 22-27 at Camp Ithiel in Gotha, Fla. There was a total of 14 participants alongside Marissa Witkovsky-Eldred and Aly Heckeroth of the FaithX and Brethren Volunteer Service staff, who acted as leaders.
Gene Hollenberg has announced his plan to retire as executive director of Camp Alexander Mack in Milford, Ind., at the end of the year. He has served in the position for almost 10 years, since September 2016. He previously gave 40 years of volunteer leadership.
“Camp Mack is 100 years old!” said Gene Hollenberg, executive director of Camp Alexander Mack in Milford, Ind., greetings hundreds who braved hot weather to attend an evening worship service on Sunday, Aug. 10, in the camp’s Quinter Auditorium. “We are so glad you came to join us for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration!”
The Camp Mack Centennial Celebration is planned for Sunday, Aug. 10, at the camp near Milford, Ind.
Erica Leeds, director of Camp Carmel in North Carolina, received the Staff Member/Camp Director of the Year Award from the Outdoor Ministries Association (OMA) at an annual breakfast event Friday morning at Annual Conference.
This year’s Song and Sory Fest, titled “Blue Ridge: Singin’ the Blues, Searchin’ the Stars!” takes place July 6-12 at Camp Brethren Woods in Keezletown, Va. This annual family camp featuring Church of the Brethren musicians and storytellers and friends is co-sponsored by On Earth Peace.
Tis the season of viriditas. It’s a Latin word that means greenness, but to the 12th-century Christian mystic Hildegard of Bingen, the term went beyond just a color. For her, viriditas was a symbol of the creative spark, the life force that permeates all existence
