Redberry Bible Camp Update

Thank you from Redberry Bible Camp!

At the time of writing this we are about a quarter of the way through the camp season, and I just need to start by saying Thank You!

As a result of your faithful prayers, generous gifts of support, and sending us so many amazing volunteers, we are off to a fabulous start to the summer!

Even before the summer began, we were humbled by the generosity of so many who stepped up to provide for the camp both financially and in volunteer labour. The results being a completely refurbished fence for our lakefront horse pasture and a wonderful new sleeping and cooking shelter for Boys Outback!

Thanks to you and your faithful support we’ve been able to host over 160 kids at the camp so far this summer and each one of them has had the opportunity to hear about and experience the love of Jesus. We have been blessed with some gifted speakers and an excellent team of cabin leaders and support staff who have done an amazing job of expressing that love. I don’t know how many of you have experienced working for a summer at camp but this is my first summer from this vantage point. I am humbled and amazed by the hard working, servant-hearted individuals who consistently give of themselves to show the love of Jesus to these campers. Please continue to pray for our camp staff & volunteers for the health and energy to keep blessing the campers. 

We anticipated that we would have lower camper numbers this year but as we looked at projections in April and May we realized we’d have a bit more room in our camps then we had anticipated. However, because of the lower numbers, along with the tremendous generosity of an individual who started our camper sponsorship fund, we have been able to bless the new immigrant Ukrainian community. Over the course of the summer, we will be hosting nearly 40 Ukrainian kids that otherwise would not have had the opportunity to experience camp! These campers have already been a fun addition to the camp, and we look forward to the many more we will be hosting over the summer!  If you would like to contribute this camper sponsorship fund, you can do so donating on our website or by e-transfer at: accounting@redberrybiblecamp.com and designating the donation to “Camper Sponsorships”.

Please continue to pray for the camp. We are acutely aware of the importance of your continued support and prayers. Here are some of the specific requests we have for you as you think of the camp.

Please Pray for:

• Protection for campers, staff, and the camp.
• Our camp staff, volunteers and speakers: pray for energy to continue the good work.
• The ability to communicate despite the language barrier with several of our Ukrainian campers who do not yet speak English.
• Staffing positions: we have a few positions in the kitchen and cabins that still need to be filled.
• rovision: we have been blessed by so many generous supporters, however, with a significantly lower number of campers this year, we will depend on that generosity to meet our budgets.
• Our Foundations leadership program:  Our first group saw 19 new young leaders but our second program starting in August still has only 4 young leaders signed up.  These are the future leaders of Redberry so we would love to see that number double or even triple.

There truly is so much to be thankful for already and we as a team are blessed everyday by the campers, the staff, and all of you.

Thank you for your deep love and support for Redberry Bible Camp.

Dave Carey

Executive Director,

Redberry Bible Camp