Camp Chamisall Family Reunion: Recent Episodes
Chet Kennedy
Our camp is full of stories of leadership, history and life change. This podcast exists to celebrate a camp that has been instrumental in the lives of people and churches.
Dave Yang and Grant Sylvester share some of their thoughts on youth ministry, camp ministry, and leadership calling. You will enjoy the laughter and camaraderie of these two friends as they talk about their favourite camp.
Andrew Berg talks about loneliness and trusting God in difficult times during the campfire talk. In our interview he shares about finding love out at Camp Chamisall, pursuing God’s purpose in ministry and partnering with Camp to build a stronger youth ministry.
Les Bon-Bernard shares the story of the men who brought their crippled friend to Jesus. It's a story of friendship, encouragement and sacrifice. During the interview Les talks about his love for Camp Chamisall, his years of being involved and the impact that camp has had on his life and his family. You will be especially encouraged when Les talks about how he sees the partnership between churches and camp.
Aaron Bon-Bernard asks a great question during his campfire talk. As Christians do we smell like God or do we smell like the world? In the interview he shares what it was like growing up at Camp Chamisall and the journey to becoming the Director of week 7.
Sterling talks about his experiences at Camp Chamisall. He started his journey as a camper and has been everything from maintenance, to campfire speaker to head cook. During the campfire talk he speaks about the power of God to change lives if we are willing to listen to His call.
David Quapp shares the story of Tom, Matt and Jay and their amazing adventures. During the interview he speaks of his family’s involvement in the early years of Camp Chamisall. Later he unpacks the way perspective changes the longer you serve out at Camp.
Jeff Marshall talks about his experience of serving at Camp Chamisall as Co-Director for week 5. He shares about a mission trip that had an impact on his life and how camp Chamisall has had a positive effect on his life.
In the campfire story we have a guest appearance from Randy Carter to tell us about a wandering trapper who wants to buy a house.
Randy Carter shares a beautiful camp fire story of love during a spring thaw. During the interview he shares his thoughts on why camp ministry is so instrumental in the lives of campers. He talks about some of his campers who found God during his week and tears up a few times throughout the podcast. If you are a bit of feeler this episode will definitely hit you right in the heart muscle.
Dawn Bon-Barnard tells her testimony and the beautiful story of God's forgiveness lived out in her own life. During the interview she gives us the inside scoop on what Camp Chamisall was like, for her as a camper, in the very beginning. This is a beautiful episode because so much of Dawn's story and even her interview answers focus on the life changing impact of Camp Chamisall.
Kristen Morris tells us a story about two brothers who love hockey. In a world with no hockey even a story about hockey is a great thing. In our interview she shares about the joy of growing up at Camp Chamisall, getting involved in leadership and the beauty of the family of God.
On today's episode Joy Reneker tells us The Strange Story of the Village Pump. During the interview she shares about how she and Bumpkin created names for over 90 Knights for a medieval banquet. She talks about mentoring and being mentored at Camp Chamisall and about how God met her at camp on the night her Dad died.
On today's episode Erik McRitchie shares a campfire story about three knights who go on an epic quest to win the heart of a princess. Then in our interview he compares camp life to the community of faith in the early church. He unpacks leadership, mentoring and discipleship as a natural outcome of serving at camp. He also explains how summer camp can be like a cheat code for youth ministry.
On today's episode Stu Swanson tells some stories about God's providence for his family while growing up in Colombia. He also shares from his heart about the impact that Camp Chamisall has had on his life and on his family. During the interview he describes a beautiful picture of serving at camp as the body of Christ and reflects on the treasure that we have in camp ministry.
On today's episode Carter McPhail talks about his methods for building campfire stories that last all week long. He also shares his insights and experience as the director of week 2.
Jason Dimnik shares about his love for Camp Chamisall and the journey of starting out as a camper and ending up directing Week 1. He also shares a brilliant camp fire talk.
On our very first episode Brad Carter shares the origin of Camp Chamisall. He lets us in on some of his insights into camp ministry and he tells one of his favourite Campfire Stories.
In this episode, Chet Kennedy, the executive Director of Camp Chamisall will give a glimpse into the format for our new Podcast. He also takes some time to through one of his favourite Campfire stories called Skipping Stones.