As Director of Gem Lake Wilderness Camp, facing the government mandate that overnight camps are not allowed to operate, my specific area of ministry, looks very different this year from what it has in the last 12 years. In January and February of 2020 life seemed normal when we held our usual five winter camps […]
It has been a very full spring season up at Gem Lake Wilderness Camp, located in Nopiming Provincial Park, 250 km North of Winnipeg (past Lac du Bonnet). I just returned from the second of two work weekends hosting more than 35 volunteers who reshingled one of our largest buildings and helped to get camp […]
Our theme for Mini-Church times this winter at Gem Lake Wilderness Camp was “Not Alone.” We explored God’s reaction to us when we feel alone because we have messed up in life. We also looked at how God can help us when we are feeling alone as a result of bad things that happened in […]
Recently someone asked me what the biggest highlight of summer 2018 was. My answer was: the change that took place in our local leaders. Each week in summer we have 12 to 15 campers come to our island camp. We have three or four cabin groups, with about four campers per cabin. Each cabin has […]
Program Director / Gem Lake Wilderness Camp Inner City Youth Alive | Winnipeg, Man. Home church: Nassau Street Church, Winnipeg, Man. The summer camp program at Gem Lake Wilderness Camp is done for the season. My staff team is back in the city! I am spending some time here on the island by myself recharging […]