All Things New: Look What God is Doing!
Beginning with the summer of 2013, we are excited to share the new summer camp curriculum developed by the Committee on Outdoor Ministry of the National Council of Churches in partnership with Chalice Press.
In 2013 the focus is on God the Creator, titled "All Things New: Look at What God is Doing!"
See a sample of the curriculum
Check out the video to learn all about this new project
PDA partnership with Camp and Conference Centers moves forward
Great progress has been made in partnering in new and expanded ways with other ministries of the church. Expanding the understanding of our centers to be resources—centers for mission and ministry, if you will—presents an opportunity to better serve our denomination and congregations.
After years of planning, our partnership with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is coming to fruition. A disaster-response truck and trailer has been delivered to Bethelwoods, making it the first regional response training site in South Carolina.
Why Presbyterian Centers?
Camping ministry
Presbyterian camping offers faith-filled encounters with Christ in a spiritually safe environment. True to our denominational Reformed tradition, campers get to experience the saving grace of God in a spirit-filled Christian community. By living their faith, campers get an opportunity to more fully integrate their faith into their daily lives.
Conference and retreat ministry
Presbyterian Conference Centers offer hospitality and welcome to all God’s children in locations surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation. Time away from our busy lives to reflect on our faith, to formulate new mission and vision and to build trusting relationships with others reminds us to keep our faith central to all we do. Presbyterian Conference Centers are also great places to bring meetings, schools and family reunions!
Featuring our staff
Behind the Scenes Can Really Be Out Front
Ben Salazar
Leaning back in his chair in the dining hall, looking not at all unlike the great Buddha himself, Ben Salazar said with a sigh, "Ghost Ranch has been good to me and my family." Ben Salazar, head of the kitchen staff, has been good for Ghost Ranch as well. For the past ten years he has worked his way up from being a part-time kitchen helper which he said is "75 percent cleaning and 25 percent food preparation" to supervising 12 people in the summer and eight in the winter.
Discover Stony Point
Featured Presbyterian center
Stony Point Center, an ecumenical and interfaith conference and retreat center of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), welcomes people of all faiths and nations to discern, discover, learn and lead.
Located just 34 miles north of New York City, the center offers overnight accommodations for up to 160 with more than a dozen indoor and outdoor meeting spaces for 10 to 200 people. Most of our rooms are fully accessible for people with disabilities and have wireless Internet access. Audiovisual equipment, teleconferencing, photocopying and fax are also available.
Because of Camp ...™
Watch this short video, courtesy of the American Camp Association, in which notable people share how their lives have changed Because of Camp ... ™.
Featured camp staff testimonials
For more than 100 years, camp and conference ministries have been changing the lives of campers, staff and adults through faithful programming and spaces to retreat. Below are testimonies submitted by some of those whose lives have been impacted by our Presbyterian camp and conference centers.
Jennifer Parkhurst
Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center
After I had been at Highlands for a while, I began to feel an inner peace that I’d been lacking for so long."
Daniel Howie
Camp Hopewell
"Hopewell takes you in and carves out a little section of your heart where it will stay forever."
Mary Tyler
Camp Hopewell
"Camp Hopewell is just the kind of place where you know that everything is going to be okay."
100 Years of Sacred Space: Called by Name to Reflect God's Grace
100 Years of Sacred Space: Called by Name to Reflect God's Grace was created for the celebration of 100 years of Presbyterian camping ministry by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in 2008.
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