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Jr. Week Is Getting Ready!!!!

Camp Shakamak is getting ready for all the MSC Jr. Week campers to arrive.  The directors are finalizing last minute details, the team captains have hung their posters, the kitchen staff is already cooking away, the sports staff has already designed all the sports fields, and the craft hall is being prepped.  We have officially reached our limit of…

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And the Winners Are…

Well, a FANTASTIC MSC Sr. Week has come to a close. Although we had to endure some torrential downpours the first couple of days of the week, all the campers were very excited for the resulting mud and a great time was had by all. We had an excellent series of lessons surrounding our theme of “Impossible is Nothing.” …

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Things to Remember…

For the final flagpole devotion, the Cabin 10 boys discussed things to remember as we all head home from camp and go back into the world. Robbie Clair, Nick Hall, Stephen Harris, Caleb Martin, Brandon Perry, and Jacob Stout offered the following words of wisdom: 1. Keep in touch to stay close and connected to one another. Proverbs 17:17…

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Last Year Campers’ Campfire

The last year campers are currently speaking around the campfire on this their last night of MSC.  Here are the last year campers and some of their favorite camp memories: Brooke Bronger is going to miss “meeting amazing Christians, singing, all the fun team events, and the excellent kitchen staff. =)” Brooke Butler says her favorite MSC memory is…

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Lip Sync at the Road Kill Cafe

This year’s lip sync competition was a Ray Stevens Tribute Show at the Road Kill Cafe, hosted by waitress Sadie (aka lip sync coordinator Rita Newton). Sadie’s comedic commentary got the show started with compadres Earl, Eldon, Wanda, Delilah, Bubba, and Junior joining in for comic relief introducing each team’s lip sync. The entire evening was a redneck hoedown…

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The Obstacle Course

Despite the fact that Shakamak State Park does not allow us to make mud anymore, God took care of that this year as the rain earlier in the week created enough mud that last for today’s obstacle course. After changing the course last year to include several stations which teams ran from station to station last year, everyone running…

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Introducing the Teams…

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MSC Team Day

This is what we call Team Day!!!!!!!!!  The pep rally has concluded and the last year campers are currently getting a tour of the obstacle course, which will begin shortly. GO Red, Orange, Navy, Blue, Green, Silver, Lime, Gold, Purple, and Hunter!!!!!!     Website: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com Blog Signup: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com/blog Text Alerts: text “@msc4kids” to “81010” Email: allthingsmsc@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msccamp Instagram:…

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Crafts

This year, Craft Lady Julie Essary and helpers Vinny Price and Melodie Dorn orchestrated some exciting crafts for all the campers. First of all, the team craft was to design a miniature golf course hole which was used during free time on Thursday morning. Each team was given the following supplies to complete this task: cardboard, two rolls of…

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We Miss You, Jordan Warfel

MSC took a moment out of it’s busy schedule today to give a shout out to former camper and longtime sports staff member Jordan Warfel who could not join us at camp this year as he is a Marine who is currently stationed in Afghanistan. We’ve missed you at camp, Jordan, but we thank you for your service to…

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