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CampBarakel

  1. Families are camping together. How better to kick off the summer season?
  2. The zipline has been inspected, and the staff have been certified to operate it in 2012. Let's go zipping!
  3. @StephenLydia are getting ready to come to Memorial Day Family Camp. It starts in just 8 days!
  4. Interesting infographic about the power of summer camp thepowerofcamp.com/wp-content/upl… #powerofcamp
  5. Spring cleaning time at camp. This week we are working on East Side: removing dust, washing windows, and scrubbing toilets
  6. The ice is completely gone from Shear Lake. Time to get out that fishing pole and sign up for our Spring Men's Retreat! campbarakel.org/cr/spring/mens…
  7. Spring officially arrives at 11:14 this morning. Now we can be legitimately warm.
  8. The Robin has returned. There she was, with head tilted to the side, looking at the earth. She's back five days earlier than last year.
  9. Sunshine today. Snow is melting. What's that smell? Is that the smell of Spring? A group of men come this weekend to cut firewood.
  10. Having trouble phoning the camp office? Try dialing (989) 848-2270. The phone company says the problem should be resolved soon.
  11. Frontier Communication says that camp's phone service should be restored by Friday. That was quite a storm over the weekend!
  12. God's power outage never hinders God's power. #ChapelQuote Kempton Turner
  13. God's weather never interferes with God's work. #ChapelQuote Uncle Johnnie
  14. 1/2 Father in heaven, would you be so pleased to take your regenerate children deeper into who you have already made us through the gospel,
  15. 2 of 2 that we would increasingly live in line with our new identity as followers of the Living Christ!
  16. Kempton Turner joins us as speaker for our final Winter Teen Retreat. We've posted a prayer guide on our home page: CampBarakel.org
  17. Why does Barakel have a Blockhouse? (note our profile picture) It all started in Muskegon in the 1940s. See: mlive.com/news/muskegon/…
  18. This weekend we welcome Landon Teall as speaker for Winter Teen Retreat. facebook.com/landon.teall Every bed in both facilities full. Let's roll!
  19. Ten years ago this month, our founder, Uncle Johnnie, was chosen as Moody Bible Institute's Alumni of the Year moody.edu/edu_MainPage.a…
  20. Don Jackson @PDVFY will speak this weekend to 350 students and leaders. Pray for God's Spirit to do what only God CAN do--change hearts.