Summer camp is certainly filled with exciting adventures, fun-filled activities, and non-stop interactions. As fantastic as all of that is, that is not all there is to it. There is something more. Like the television commercial, this may be the part we want for the parents only. This is the part when we say “Don’t… [Continue Reading]
Thank you for making such an impact on my son’s life. Your work has blessed him in ways that will bear fruit in the days to come. My son enjoyed being with his camp counselors, and they were awesome role models for him! It is so important for boys to have positive male role models…. [Continue Reading]
Raleigh, North Carolina coffee roaster Larry’s Beans and the North Carolina United Methodist Church have teamed up to send needy children to camp by providing churches, parishioners, and camps with great tasting Fair Trade Organic coffee. Under this program, the conference’s three camps and participating United Methodist churches will be serving Larry’s Beans coffee. Ten… [Continue Reading]
I can still remember the first day I spent at Don Lee. I had brought a youth group in for a retreat, and we had arrived on a Friday evening, and because it had been a school day, it had been a long day. We got in late that night and after a few activities… [Continue Reading]
In a very real sense, my appreciation for camping ministry goes back to the fact that I do not know how to swim. More than sixty years ago, I went to one of the early camp settings sponsored by The Methodist Church. (It was before we had Camp Don Lee, so you know it was… [Continue Reading]
The power of camp and retreat experiences is timeless. Early church leaders in eastern North Carolina had a vision and made the investment which today provides us with three beautiful locations where we can bring our mission to life: “In the Methodist tradition, we invite children, youth and adults to discover, reconnect and celebrate God… [Continue Reading]
North Carolina United Methodist Camp and Retreat Ministries, Inc. is about transforming and nurturing lives. There is nothing more important in this day and age than making sure we are grounded in faith and our priorities are clear. Melissa is a young lady I had the privilege of working with several years ago. Melissa lived… [Continue Reading]
Just east of the center of the Camper Garden stands a fig tree not even two feet high. It produced figs this past summer even at its young age and small stature. It reminds me in some ways of our summer campers, who likewise, appear young and not yet fully mature. Yet, their lives have… [Continue Reading]
By Ben Williams, pastor at St. Marks UMC, Raleigh I remember that my parents thought it was a great idea. I also remember thinking quite the opposite. I was seven years old and fresh out of first grade. I was ready for a summer filled with bike rides, trips to the pool and a week… [Continue Reading]
NC UM Camp & Retreat Ministries, Inc. is related by faith to the North Carolina Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church and is member of the NC Conference Board of Institutions.
Our camps are accredited by the American Camps Association.