{"id":2005,"date":"2011-07-24T08:25:37","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T15:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breyeschow\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2012-05-07T08:28:53","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T15:28:53","slug":"church-camps-conferences-montreat-presbyterian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breyeschow\/2011\/07\/24\/church-camps-conferences-montreat-presbyterian\/","title":{"rendered":"I Heart Church Camp: Montreat 2011 Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I heart church camp.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily, Jon, Patrick and Anaclara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From my days growing up attending Zephyr Point Conference Center<\/a>, to gathering for events at Stoney Point<\/a>, Ghost Ranch<\/a>, Westminster Woods<\/a>,\u00a0Mo-Ranch<\/a> and The Heartland Center<\/a>,\u00a0I am so grateful for the history and ministry of Presbyterian-related camps and conferences. The impact that conference centers such as these have had on my own life and the lives of so many people over the years is\u00a0immeasurable\u00a0to say the least. \u00a0Go camps and conferences!*<\/p>\n

For the past two weeks, I have been part of another church camp that has played a\u00a0particularly\u00a0important part in my own spiritual life, Montreat Conference Center<\/a> and the Montreat Youth Conferences. \u00a0Since my wife and I first attended in 1991, we have had the\u00a0privilege\u00a0of being part of planning teams, support staff, leadership and now parents of a conferee<\/a>. \u00a0As odd as it may seem for a family so steeped in San Francisco urbanity, we consider Montreat one of our spiritual homes.<\/p>\n

The Left Bank from across Lake Susan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After nearly two years of planning by staff, directors, planning team members and leadership another year of this amazing ministry of the Presbyterian Church (USA) is unfolding this summer.\u00a0For those of you not familiar with Montreat Youth Conferences: every summer 1,000 young people a week for six weeks join together for fun, worship and study. Content is distinctly Presbyterian and reformed, healthy community is held to a high standard and the exploration of our young people of their Christian faith is held at the center of it all.<\/p>\n

Meg Peery McLaughlin, Co-Keynoter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This year\u2019s them was \u201cSearching for the Signal\u201d and I was the preacher for the week. \u00a0I was also able to hang out with some great folks, snap some pictures and generally dive into the adventure of church camp. \u00a0Below are some links and resources from the conference.<\/p>\n

Available resources that I used during my sermon time:<\/p>\n