Near the end of our winter retreat season here at Barakel, we have two weekends when we have a combined Junior and Senior High teen retreat on both sides of camp. On those weekends we bus campers from camp’s west side to the east side for three of four chapel sessions. Our retreats are really […]
Time with teens
Greetings Friends, Carolyn here. I work in the trading post during retreats. The trading post carries various gifts, t-shirts, sweatshirts, snacks, and soft drinks. It also carries good Christian books and Bibles. I also have the privilege of ordering and stocking those books. Since I love to read I enjoy this. At the end of […]
“Thank you!!!!!”
What a powerful way to say goodbye. One of the many fun parts of being the chapel leader for a senior high retreat is saying goodbye in the road as cars, vans and buses leave Barakel after a full weekend. On Sunday as I stepped onto the bus headed back to Immanuel Baptist in Saginaw […]
All I do and say
This weekend will be special for me. I’ll be leading Senior High Retreat chapel sessions. My older brother Ken will be preaching. My younger brother Nathan will lead the music. With Nathan will be his daughter, Grace and our two youngest sons, Zachary and Josiah. We don’t often get to serve together. But when we […]
When It Snows
I had the privilege of leading chapel last weekend for the teen retreat on Camp’s west side. It also snowed. A lot. Which means I needed to shovel and plow a lot of snow. It takes all of our staff men and seasonal staff, and even retired staff and volunteers to keep up with the […]
Pray For Snow and Prepare For Guests
We’re headed for our third winter retreat weekend of 2020. Most people don’t pray for snow, unless they’re hoping for a snow day from school. But this time of year the Barakel staff all pray for snow and we’re happy when it comes. Today the forecast called for a “dusting” of snow. By supper time […]