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At the conclusion of supper tonight, the highly-anticipated “Golden Dust Pan” Awards were handed out.  Today’s winners with the cleanest cabins were girls Cabin 5 and boys Cabin 0, who also won yesterday. For the second consecutive day, boys Cabin 10 was the dirtiest cabin, and girls Cabin 9 (which was yesterday’s “Golden Dust Pan” winner).  Cabins 9 &…

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Tonight was extra special for our last year campers as they dressed up, were honored by their fellow campers, and were treated to a very special Last Year Camper Dinner consisting of:  brisket, pulled pork barbecue, jalapeno cornbread, baked potatoes, baked beans, salad, and apple, peanut butter, and strawberry rhubarb pie for dessert. Our last year campers are: Olivia Barker…

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Director Susan Hall and yearbook staffer Jenny Stout sorted t-shirts this afternoon in preparation of Thursday afternoon and Friday’s Team Day, all while director Todd Hall was doing what he does best–SUPERVISE.  😉  Thanks to Tim & Mary Beth Maudlin of The Ordinary Store for the great job as always for printing our camp shirts. Website: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com Blog Signup: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com/blog…

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Lip synch coordinator and canoeologist Rita Newton continued today’s theme of being a strong leader in the girls Bible class this morning: ———————————- Women of Strength Are you strong enough to be a leader within the church? There ARE restrictions on what women can do in the public worship service and what roles we can fill. I Timothy 3:1-10: …

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Gold team captain Eddie Paden led the boys Bible classes this morning, focusing on our daily theme of being a strong leader: ———————————- Daniel 1:1-8: Nebuchadnezzar wanted God’s people to act and speak as the Chaldeans – he wanted to change their identities. Strong leaders fight. Unfortunately Satan is a strong leader, therefore we must beware not to get…

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This morning, we started learning about our theme of the day, “Be Strong: Leader,” as Purple team captain Lee McGaughey directed our thoughts at the flagpole. Historically, July 1-3, 1863, the battle at Gettysburg was fought. There were over 50,000 casualties as this was the largest cannon fight in United States history. We can learn great lessons from the…

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