{"id":2945,"date":"2024-09-15T15:15:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T20:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=2945"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:20:33","slug":"forever-god-is-faithful","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/forever-god-is-faithful\/","title":{"rendered":"Forever God is Faithful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Forever God is Faithful<\/strong>: The Story of <a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/camp-deerpark\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Camp Deerpark, officially Camp Deerpark Inc., also known as CDP, and Camp, is a four-season camp and retreat center serving youth, families, and churches in the New York City region in a Christian Camping environment. Camp offers retreats to churches, youth groups, and ministries year round in a lodge, cabins, and motels and hosts 5 weeks of Summer Camp in July and August. The Camp is located on Grounds composed of 395 acres with spacious lawns and mountain forest outside the village of Westbrookville in the Town of Deerpark in the Shawangunk Mountains in Orange County NY. Camp is a&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Camp Deerpark<\/a> is an anthology-style <a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/history\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"History collects the story of Camp. There is a History category on KB, Camps knowledge base, and entries can also use the history tag. Current news items, which are about to be history, are published as posts on the Smoke Signals Blog, often in the Happenings category. Documents, Books, and Collections Forever God is Faithful : The Story of Camp Deerpark is the 50th Anniversary book published in 2019. It's an anthology-style history with first-person accounts of the history since the 1968 scouting of the property until the 50th celebration. 2020 Essays on Race and Diversity was a 4-essay series&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">History<\/a> book published in 2019 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Camp Deerpark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bookcover-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bookcover-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bookcover-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bookcover-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bookcover-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bookcover-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bookcover-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The book is currently being added to the KB knowledge base on this Website starting on this page (<a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/table-of-contents\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Information (Misc) Policies Expectations of Staff&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Staff Conduct Agreement Staff Evaluation Form Corrective Behavior Procedure Transportation Gator Use Sexual Harassment Electronics Dress code Counseling Resources General Supervision Discipline Camper Behavioral Correction Guideline Activities Pool Swimming Test Buddy System Diving board and slide Conditions for closing the pool Communication Equipment Supervision Ratios Challenge Trail Out of Camp Trips Safety information Lightning Safety Fire Safety Food Safety Medical Plan Medical Procedures Misc. Tour of Camp Lost Camper Plan Chain of Command Job Descriptions Staff Evaluation Report Orientation Documentation\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Table of Contents<\/a> below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/5wmn1q91bgrk1k8untpuf\/ForeverGodIsFaithful_high-resolution.pdf?rlkey=8n7tzm5io1i4wo7sogsmy7fi4&amp;st=cwg9ijo1&amp;dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High-Res PDF (125 MB)<\/a><\/strong>: via DropBox link; best edition for printing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ForeverGodIsFaithful_i-xx1-240_D5.pdf\">Lo-Res PDF (6 MB):<\/a><\/strong> best edition for phones and e-readers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Forever-God-Faithful-Story-Deerpark-ebook\/dp\/B07PPDCD3G\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SKTDA9246ZGN&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1UVP1kAUW6h15T-GG2e2Hg.kkUGFhiHhUsdw-v37wKshnUG95jGA2UZK_uygvvv1Lc&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=forever+god+is+faithful%3A+the+story+of+camp+deerpark&amp;qid=1726429408&amp;sprefix=forever+god+is+faithful+the+story+of+camp+deerpark%2Caps%2C144&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindle e-Reader Edition:<\/a><\/strong> via Amazon, best for Kindle readers and phones with Kindle app.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>KB entries related to this book use the <a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/tag\/fgf\/\"><em>FGF<\/em><\/a> tag and are saved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/kb\/category\/forever-god-is-faithful\/\">Forever God is Faithful<\/a> category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/3xyikjq53f0go2ogltlwi\/Final-numbered-Collection-of-Photos.zip?rlkey=9u44n6w57l7ynfzamjtpyfqgk&amp;st=1k07g5jf&amp;dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Temp Link to Photos Zip<\/a> (via DropBox).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of Contents<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Forever God is Faithful Cover<br><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/fgf-inside-cover\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Forever Godis Faithful The Story of Camp Deerpark In celebration of fifty years of Camp Deerparkand the lives touched by its land and its mission 1969&ndash;2019\" class=\"encyclopedia\">FGF Inside Cover<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/fgf-publishers-page\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Published by Camp Deerpark Inc. PO Box 394 Westbrookville, NY 12785 info@campdeerpark.org Copyright &copy; 2019 Camp Deerpark, Westbrookville, New York Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version&reg;, NIV&reg;. Copyright &copy; 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.&trade; Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.&nbsp;www.zondervan.com&nbsp; The &ldquo;NIV&rdquo; and &ldquo;New International Version&rdquo; are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.&trade; Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright&copy;1983 by The&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">FGF Publishers Page<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/fgf-acknowledgments\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"History Book Committee Members: Jim Baer, Ken Bontrager, Veronica Dingwall, Lowell Jantzi, and Donna Stoltzfus. Contributing writers and editors: Lorna Blake-Weaver, Deborah Bon-trager, Ken Bontrager, Malachi Bontrager, Elvin &ldquo;Bo&rdquo; Bowman, Tim Buckwalter, Jesus Cruz, Marian Sauder Egli, Jackie Fernandez, Richard Frey, Terri Glick, Dillon Hershey, Zac Hummel, Lowell Jantzi, Jerry and Leonor Kennell, Laura Kruse, Vincent and Jeanette Kruse, Krista LaRuffa, Toby Leaman, Joshua Martinez, Lanny Millette, Greta Neufeld, Helena Neufeld, Thomas Neufeld, Celmali Jaime Okonji, Annabelle Perri, Dr. Chuck Peters, Dr. Tiffany Powell, Delma Escobar Ramos, Hyacinth Stevens, Dale Stoltzfus, Donna Stoltzfus, Duane Stoltzfus, Kate Stoltzfus, Kirsten Wenger, Ruth&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">FGF Acknowledgments<\/a> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/no-other-foundation\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.&mdash;I Corinthians 3:11 (NIV) An audience of hundreds of millions of people watched in awe in the summer of 1969 as American astronauts traveled to make history. On July 20, with fuel running low and computer alarms adding to the drama, the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong, the commander of Apollo 11, made the &ldquo;giant leap for mankind&rdquo; when he became the first person to set foot on the moon. The world, 240,000 miles away, would never be the same.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">No Other Foundation<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter 1: The Early Years<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/the-early-years\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Five decades later, early memories of Camp Deerpark remain vivid for many of those who experienced the ministry&rsquo;s first year. Wes Newswanger, one of the first camp pastors, remembers the unbridled enthusiasm of New York City children arriving at camp and bee-lining it down the front lawn for the swings and other playground equipment. Doris Stoltzfus, one of the earliest hosts for camp events, recalls that &ldquo;I had to learn to clean really fast&rdquo; and to &ldquo;become a cook for a large group.&rdquo; Volunteer Miriam Buckwalter chuckles in recounting her failed experiment of serving lime Jell-O salad with cottage cheese&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">The Early Years<\/a> <em>Tim Buckwalter<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/first-camp-director\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Dale was working for the New York City Department of Social Services as a case worker when the Mennonite city churches began to consider buying land to start a camp. When a property they wanted to purchase was found&mdash;now Camp Deerpark&mdash;they quickly needed to raise money. The desire for a camp for the youth and churches of New York City ran deep, but the finances did not. &ldquo;The asking price was 5,000 and we had ,000,&rdquo; Dale said. &ldquo;I guess we pondered on the biblical story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 people with a few fish and some bread. We&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">First Camp Director<\/a> <em>Dale Stoltzfus<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/buying-the-land\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Fifty years ago, in late 1968, Dan Glick, Don Gunden, Paul Smucker andHenry Martin Jr. drove up to see the land that is now Camp Deerpark.They were asked to make a judgment as to whether the property was agood investment for a camp. Don remembers, &ldquo;Somebody from my mis-sion committee asked me to go from Akron Mennonite Church. The Men-nonite Board had asked for assistance. My dad had a couple of farms andthey thought I might know how much a farm was worth. &ldquo;I got to go because of John Smucker, who I knew,&rdquo; Dan said. &ldquo;John was pastor at&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Buying the Land<\/a> <em>Dan Glick and Don Gunden<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/we-loved-it-since-day-one\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Ray and Annie sit at picnic tables beside the main house. It is an overcast day. As we talk, passersby casually interrupt to greet them. They are all members of the Torres family, who host yearly family reunions at Camp Deerpark. Ray and Annie live in Puerto Rico now, but in the late &rsquo;60s, as newlyweds, they were completely immersed in New York City life. &ldquo;We were members of Primera Iglesia Menonita (First Mennonite Church) in Brooklyn,&rdquo; Ray remembers. &ldquo;Our Pastor, Guillermo Torres, saw that I was young and full of energy; and, most importantly, bilingual. So first, he had&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">We Loved it Since Day One<\/a> <em>Ray and Annie Pacheco<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/served-on-the-first-board\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"1974 Board Members (left to right) John Buckwalter, Ray Pacheco, Gene Shelly, Caeser Richards, Dale Stoltzfus, Camp Administrator; Demaris Lugo, and Carl Metzler. On a Sunday afternoon in the early spring of 1969, Glenn and Florence Zeager took Mim and I to Westbrookville, New York to see the camp property. We traveled in the 1948 Packard that Glenn had recently bought from our neighbor, Mr. Davis. I was very excited about the plan to buy camp. I thought it was a beautiful setting with a nice amount of open grass space and plenty of woodland. Having been a country club,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Served on the First Board<\/a> <em>John Buckwalter<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/it-had-become-our-nest\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"I am a nature-lover. Better yet, a wildlife enthusiast. One summer, outside of my window in the room I stayed in at Camp Deerpark, I watched a bird begin to build her nest, twig by twig. Then a few days later, I watched her lay her eggs in that very same nest. Later I witnessed those eggs hatch into small hungry miracles. Eventually, each one of her birds learned to fly. I watched the nest become empty again. This is the story of how Camp Deerpark impacted my life, the youth I worked with, and the lives of my children.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">It Had Become our Nest<\/a> <em>Richard Pannell<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/in-the-kitchen\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&ldquo;My first impression of camp was that it seemed huge and like a lot of work,&rdquo; said Doris Stoltzfus, who was the head cook for the first two years of camp. &ldquo;Just to look at it seemed a bit overwhelming.&rdquo; &ldquo;We cleaned and cleaned to get the facilities ready to open for the first event at camp&mdash;not just the kitchen but the bedrooms, bathrooms and living room area as well. I had to learn to clean really fast. For every retreat we had to set the dining room, clean dishes, sweep, empty garbage cans, vacuum, everything. We would drive up&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">In the Kitchen<\/a> <em>Doris Stoltzfus, Dale Stoltzfus, and Miriam Buckwalter<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/a-whole-lot-of-faith\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"John Smucker, originally from Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, had been pastoring a Mennonite church plant in New York City for about 10 years when he first heard talk about the possibility of the New York City Mennonite churches buying and operating their own camp. His other pastor friends, Paul Burkholder, Glenn Zeager and John Freed, were looking at a piece of land about 80 miles away from the city. John said he decided to go look at the land and see if he wanted to jump on board. &ldquo;The first time, it was me and Dale Stoltzfus and Glenn Zeager and a&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">A Whole Lot of Faith<\/a> <em>John I. Smucker<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/starlit-nights\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"In September 1968, I continued my voluntary service under Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions in New York City following a summer at Camp Hebron, where I was the assistant director. Pastors of the Mennonite churches had begun to dream about a camp for city children and families. I believe it was in 1969 that the first summer camps were organized. A committee consisting of Lucy Vance, director of the Seventh Avenue Mennonite Church Head Start program; Norma Brenner, director of the Bible Club program at Good Shepherd Mennonite Church; Dale Stoltzfus, overseer of the Lancaster Conference Mennonite Churches; and I&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Starlit Nights<\/a> <em>Richard Frey<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/sign-up-for-camp-deerpark\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Wes Newswanger was a member at Good Shepherd Mennonite Church in New York City when he heard rumors about the Mennonite leaders in the city wanting to buy some property for a camp. When Camp Deerpark opened in 1969, Wes was one of the first persons to work with the children&rsquo;s summer programming. He also helped out with maintenance and the general flow of the camp. &ldquo;The kids could be quite a handful sometimes,&rdquo; Wes said with a chuckle. &ldquo;I remember going after one of the kids who took a rocking chair from the porch and was running after somebody&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Sign Up for Camp Deerpark<\/a> <em>Wes Newswanger<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/gods-presence-in-nature\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"My first memory is of going to Camp Deerpark (at that time it was Brandt&rsquo;s Pleasant View) in Glenn Zeager&rsquo;s Packard in the evening after a day of work. I traveled with Dale Stoltzfus and, I believe, John Buckwalter. I remember a neighbor coming to investigate who the intruders were at this time of night. I think the trip was mostly about introducing me and others to the idea of owning a camp to provide more sustainability for our children&rsquo;s camping programs. Everyone in the car was excited about the potential of owning this property for a camp. To be&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">God&rsquo;s Presence in Nature<\/a> <em>Eugene Shelly<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/a-beautiful-scene\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Last fall I went with my dad to the annual Camp Deerpark homecoming. It was his third trip to camp in a month&mdash;he had already attended a pastors&rsquo; retreat and a two-day meeting of the New York City Council of Mennonite Churches (NYCCMC) Executive Committee. We were approaching the chapel when he commented that the experience of driving up Brandt Road had changed since the early days. How so? &ldquo;It&rsquo;s paved! The ride is so much less bumpy and dusty than it was in the beginning!&rdquo; Very soon we were experiencing two aspects of arriving at camp that have remained&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">A Beautiful Scene<\/a> <em>Monroe Yoder<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter 2: Children&rsquo;s Camp<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/childrens-camp\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"One of the main reasons for purchasing Camp Deerpark was to offer a Christian camping experience to children and youth associated with the New York City Mennonite churches. In July of 1969, only two months after the purchase of camp, the first week of children&rsquo;s summer camp was held. Two one-week camps were offered for children. The first week was for ages 8&ndash;9 and the second for ages 10&ndash;11. In 1970, the program expanded and additional summer camping options were added. Eventually camps ran for 10-day sessions. The sessions continued to be offered for specific ages, with the first camp&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Children&rsquo;s Camp<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/beloved-camp-deerpark\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"What can I say about my beloved Camp Deerpark? Well, how about I begin by saying that this is where my walk with Jesus began. I will never forget that one day in the wooden-floored chapel down the hill from the main house, where I first invited Jesus into my life at the tender age of 8 years old (now I did it again the next summer because I wasn&rsquo;t sure that it worked the first time.) I learned more about the love of God and sang songs that are forever etched in my heart. Songs like &ldquo;King Jesus is&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Beloved Camp Deerpark<\/a> <em>Tiffany Powell, Ph.D.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/the-cost-of-a-sacrifice\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"I don&rsquo;t remember the year. All I remember is that my former camper, Moriah, was back after many summers gone. This time around though, she was different. She was older, of course, but she had also come back as a gang member. The little-girl innocence had disappeared; and so had her smile. Every day that summer, she was clad in a red bandana, committed to representing her new-found identity. Nothing would make her give it up. She was tough now, and I doubted whether I, or even God, could get through to her. The session finally came to a close,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">The Cost of a Sacrifice<\/a> <em>Celmali Jaime Okonji<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/being-a-counselor\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The first time I went to Camp Deerpark was for a church retreat in the winter of 1969. I attended Fox Street Mennonite Church in the Bronx. I had never been to a camp before. I fell in love with Deerpark when I first laid eyes on it. To me it was a little bit of paradise that was just outside of New York City. No concrete jungle, lots of grass, a pool. Although the buildings were old, they were quaint, and somehow seemed frozen in time. I was never a camper at Deerpark, but in the summers of 1977&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Being a Counselor<\/a> <em>Lorna Blake-Weaver<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/a-special-creation-of-god\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"James was a 9-year-old foster child from Brooklyn. He came to Camp Deerpark with his little brother, although they were not in the same foster family. Someone had instructed James to watch out for his brother while they were at camp. James took that charge very seriously and became overly protective. In the process he was involved in many conflicts that the counselors had to defuse. Although James was a spirited camper who often required much attention, he soon became a favorite among the staff because of his soft and loving heart. He was always the first to volunteer a&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">A Special Creation of God<\/a> <em>Hyacinth Stevens and James<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/his-entire-stipend\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"It&rsquo;s always unfortunate when children have to pay for mistakes their parents committed. This was one of those situations: Two campers sat on the porch. Their bags were packed and heads hung low. They were being sent home early. No, not because of a fight. Not because they were sick or ill-behaved. Unfortunately their mom couldn&rsquo;t afford their stay. She had gone about getting them to camp in a deceitful way; and, so, the summer camp administrative staff (of which I was a part) came to the conclusion that the boys must be sent home. As they waited for their&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">His Entire Stipend<\/a> <em>Carson Washington<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/a-conscious-decision\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"It all began in the summer of 1998 when my mother enrolled me into summer camp without my permission, or willing consent, if you will. &ldquo;But mom,&rdquo; I cried, &ldquo;I told you I wanted to go to the Fresh Air Fund, not Christian camp; it&rsquo;s going to be so boring!&rdquo; And to that my mother responded, &ldquo;Devonne, if you think you&rsquo;re going to be &lsquo;ripping and running&rsquo; the streets all summer long while I&rsquo;m at work, you have another thing coming!&rdquo; You see, back then I was only 13 years old and my aging grandmother, who had suddenly become ill&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">A Conscious Decision<\/a> <em>Devonne Lila McMorris<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/fruits-of-the-spirit\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Emanie Colon spent 15 summers at Camp Deerpark, both as a camper and a staff member. She also attended camp for weekend retreats with her church, United Revival Mennonite Church. Emanie was a camper when summer camp transitioned from the 10-day camps for specific age groups to the rolling one-week camps open to all ages, and she was ecstatic. She recalls being asked for input about the switch. &ldquo;My parents sent me for every week of the five weeks,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I could come for all summer and I loved it!&rdquo; One of her first memories of camp was when&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Fruits of the Spirit<\/a> <em>Emanie Colon<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/a-place-on-the-hill\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"I began my journey with Camp Deerpark as a camper at 9 years old. My church was Burnside Mennonite Church, now called King of Glory Tabernacle. Camp Deerpark was one of the church&rsquo;s outreach programs of the late &rsquo;70s. I remember I didn&rsquo;t particularly enjoy camp in my early days, but as a teen camper it became a motivational place, a place that meant transformation and symbolized victory. Because of my experience as a camper, I became an adult leader who is very intentional about creating safe spaces where God dwells. At the age of 14, I was one of&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">A Place on the Hill<\/a> <em>Hyacinth Stevens<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/camper-quotes\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Camp is fun and you can make a lot of friends and at the same time you get to learn a lot about God, and when you go home you can share that with other people.&nbsp;&mdash;Ariel, 10 I like that we get to go to the pool every day and hang out with our friends.&mdash;Sanaa, 10 It&rsquo;s a good place to make friends and it&rsquo;s nice to go to the pool every day. I also like campfire, and the teachers are really fun.&mdash;Aisha, 11 I like camp because I like field games and the different activities they put up for&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Camper Quotes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter 3: Retreats<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/retreats\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Since camp was first purchased, weekend retreats have been a constant source of enjoyment for congregations from New York City. The first retreat at camp was held in May of 1969. Camp hosted the youth groups from the city churches, with about 70 youth attending. Glad Tidings Mennonite Church held the first church retreat in July 1969. Retreats allow congregations to slow down from the busyness of their normal New York City schedule and take the time to deepen their relationships. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s different than when you see people each week. You can slowdown and go deeper,&rdquo; was a comment from&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Retreats<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/camp-is-about-family-coming-together\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"My family was involved with camp from the beginning. Camp was purchased when I was 7 years old, and I remember my family helped to clean it out and prepare for the first summer camp. The chapel was originally a bar, and my family and the Torres family had to help clean out the bottles and grime and turn it into the chapel. My uncle, who was a chef, was one of the first cooks. Because we were among the first to go to camp from our church, First Mennonite Church of Brooklyn, I remember the original house, before the&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Camp is About Family Coming Together<\/a> <em>Nancy Lopez<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/baked-oatmeal\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&ldquo;I was born in Jamaica and moved to New York as a child,&rdquo; Natica said. &ldquo;My parents sent us to church, but they were too busy with work and life to go with us. Although I participated in church activities, I never surrendered to Jesus as Lord. As I moved into adulthood I experienced strong feelings of abandonment because of my relationship with my father. I became angry and bitter and made some bad decisions in my life. My childhood friend, Michanne, always invited me to hang out with her. During my college years she kept reaching out to me,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Baked Oatmeal<\/a> <em>Natica Apau<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/labor-day-weekend-at-camp-deerpark\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Immanuel Community Church has enjoyed its annual retreat on Labor Day weekend through all its phases of existence (Redeemer Church, Elim-Redeemer and Immanuel Community Church) for 25 years. For a few years it was a two-night, two-day retreat till we realized that we had no labor to go to on Monday. Camp was available and so were we. There was no going back after that. Labor Day weekend was our coveted time and we made sure we paid our dues and submitted our deposit on time so we would not lose our claim to that weekend. At one point, quietly,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Labor Day Weekend at Camp Deerpark<\/a><strong> <\/strong><em>Annabelle Perri<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/garifuna-baptism\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"It&rsquo;s the year 2000. I am 16. I&rsquo;m so nervous. The concrete around the Camp Deerpark pool scorches the bottoms of my feet as I stand in line, waiting my turn for the plunge. I hear drums in the background, thundering to the rhythm of my heartbeat. The women are singing in high-pitched voices. I tiptoe into the water and reach for my father&rsquo;s hand. He baptizes me, en el Nombre del Padre, del Hijo, y del Espiritu Santo ... Amen! As I am sub-merged, all I can think is . . . this water is so cold. Our culture&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Garifuna Baptism<\/a> <em>Celmali Jaime Okonji<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/we-go-up-that-mountain-expecting-miracles-to-happen\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Her name was Valerie. She was fighting two major life battles and was really close to losing them both. One was against cancer; she had lost all her hair and a lot of her weight. Her strength had gone and her body was plenty evidence of that. The other battle was against Santeria, an Afro-Latin religious practice rooted in witchcraft. Her boyfriend, Edward, was a Santero (Santeria priest), and had been strongly recruiting for her to be initiated. She was slightly involved and just beginning to dabble in it, but he wanted a full commitment. Her soul was at stake.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">We Go Up That Mountain Expecting Miracles to Happen<\/a> <em>Raymond Ramos<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/retreat-quotes\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Bob Fell was a friend of Camp Hebron who worked in the field of marketing, and he enjoyed doing volunteer work for other camps as well. He did market research for Camp Deerpark in 2010, making several trips to camp and to New York City to meet with the board and pastors of the Mennonite churches. &ldquo;His work was extremely helpful to camp,&rdquo; Ken Bontrager said.&ldquo;He helped pull us out of a pretty rough time.&rdquo; Below are some quotes he compiled when he asked people how they saw or experienced Camp Deerpark. &ldquo;I love that first moment when I see&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Retreat Quotes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter 4: Events<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/events\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Pastor Michael Banks once said, &ldquo;The greatest miracle is still when a person encounters the grace of Christ.&rdquo; Maybe the greatest events at Camp Deerpark have happened on a quiet walk on the yellow trail, a conversation on the swing set or around a campfire at night. However, there have also been gatherings, natural disasters and construction projects that have marked God&rsquo;s grace to this ministry. When Don Gunden, Dan Glick, Henry Martin and Paul Smucker visited camp in the fall of 1968, they probably had no idea how significant their recommendation to buy the property would be. But when&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Events<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/auctions\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"In the fall of 1970 the first auction&mdash;a small affair&mdash;was held in Harleysville, Pennsylvania, to raise funds for Camp Deerpark. Dale remembers driving to Gid and Betty Miller&rsquo;s house in New Jersey to pick up a crank phonograph to sell at the sale, one you had to wind up for it to play. Alvin Horning, Doris Stoltzfus&rsquo; brother, was a young professional auctioneer who worked at the Harleysville Auction House. Alvin agreed to be the auctioneer for the first benefit sale. He didn&rsquo;t know how popular the annual Camp Deerpark auction would become, or how many times he would be&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Auctions<\/a> <em>Alvin Horning, Ruth and Lowell Jantzi, Annie and Ray Pacheco, Donald Stoltzfus, Ken Bontrager, and Dale Stoltzfus<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/banquets\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Banquets have long been associated with Camp Deerpark, from special evening banquets during summer camps to fundraising banquets in New York City and Pennsylvania. Many people connected to Camp Deerpark have a banquet memory, including some combination of tasty food, good friends, special music and sharing of the latest camp news. A tradition during the summer is having a banquet on the last evening of a summer camp. Campers might dress up a bit and enjoy a spruced up dining room. A special menu is planned. The evening has been a favorite activity of campers for many years. &ldquo;I started&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Banquets<\/a> <em>Melody Pannell and Dan Glick<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/romance-and-weddings\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Camp Deerpark is where I met the love of my life in the fall of 1969. We&rsquo;ve been married for over 39 years. I came to New York City as a brand new VSer in the fall of 1969. The VS unit was housed on 19th Street in Manhattan at the time. One night at the dinner table the unit leader said that Brooklyn Spanish Mennonite Church wanted to use the VS van for their church retreat at Camp Deerpark. For insurance reasons that meant a VSer had to drive the van. One of the older VSers poked me in&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Romance and Weddings<\/a> <em>Lowell and Ruth Villanueva Jantzi, Orville and Marian Sauder Egli, Elvin &ldquo;Bo&rdquo; and Connie Inesta Bowman, Ken and Deborah Sharp Bontrager, William and Delma Escobar Ramos, Joshua and Sara Santiago Martinez<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/the-barn-raising\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"In the early 1980s Jim Baer and Dale Stoltzfus began talking about how beneficial it would be for campers to have the chance to interact with a variety of animals at camp. Jim specifically wanted to have cows. &ldquo;A goal was to have the summer program oriented toward nature,&rdquo; Dale said, &ldquo;and we began to dream about building a barn.&rdquo; Dale knew a barn would need to be built on a very limited budget. &ldquo;I asked my dad how we could do it,&rdquo; Dale said. &ldquo;He suggested I go to my uncle Christian Diener Kennel II&mdash;my mother&rsquo;s brother. He was&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">The Barn Raising<\/a> <em>Jim Baer, Jesus Cruz, Miriam Cruz, Frank Freeman, Chris Kennel III, Dale Stoltzfus, Doris Stoltzfus, Rebecca Stoltzfus<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/reflections-on-first-mennonite-gathering-at-camp-after-9-11\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The September 2001 convention of New York City Mennonite churches at Camp Deerpark happened less than two weeks after the 9\/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. As we drove up the long hill to camp, we saw the familiar greens and golds and reds of changing leaves emerging from the fog, which had obscured the mountains for much of our trip. The big tent off to the left of the driveway above the chapel held promises of a day of intergenerational, multilingual singing, praying, preaching and catching up with dear sisters and brothers from across our 16 congregations. The&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Reflections on First Mennonite Gathering at Camp after 9\/11<\/a><em> Michael Banks and Ruth Wenger<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/future\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"In response to the events of September 11, 2001 Camp Deerpark, in partner-ship with the Restoring Hope Project, formed a drama group to help young adults from New York City share their stories with their peers and the larger church community. Following are reflections from that experience. The Making of a Drama Group For me, camp has always been a place to discover, develop, and display the gifts that God has given me. The coffee house at this year&rsquo;s youth retreat was another venue for expressing the gifts God has given me and other young people in the Mennonite churches.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Future<\/a> <em>Richie Bernardez, Jackie Fernandez, Nixon Fernandez, Celmali Jaime, Hanna Misir, Devonne McMorris, Ashley Smith, Kirsten Wenger, and Marin Wenger<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/flood\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Camp Deerpark Newsletter Fall 2004 &ldquo;An Act of God, the Acts of God&rsquo;s People&rdquo; Front drive of Camp Deerpark the day after the flood. Remarkably camp was only closed for one weekend. The following are excerpts from the Times Herald Record from Tuesday, August 31 through September 5, 2004: &ldquo;Local flash flood worst in 49 years&rdquo; &ldquo;Homes evacuated, roads closed, people rescued in heavy flooding&rdquo; &ldquo;Driving rain turned tame streams into torrents&rdquo; &ldquo;By late morning in Westbrookville and Deerpark, county, state and town trucks were lining up to dump loads of rock and soil to fill areas where massive chunks&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Flood<\/a> <em>Jackie Fernandez<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter 5: Local Community<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/local-community\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"As Anabaptists, we take seriously Jesus&rsquo; teachings from the Sermon on the Mount about being the salt of the earth and the light of the world. One of our stated core values at Camp Deerpark is to express the love of Jesus by having integrity in all dealings with our vendors, our neighbors on Brandt Road, the larger community and the government authorities. Walter Mehr often related that, as director, Jim Baer would always plow the neighbors&rsquo; snowy driveways before he plowed the camp driveway. In the late 1990s, a traveling Mennonite high school choir shared a concert at the&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Local Community<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/acknowledging-the-lenni-lenape-native-americans\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Camp Deerpark is nestled in the Shawangunk Mountains on the land that was once the home of the Lenape (len-AH-pay) or Lenni-Lenape Native American peoples. The Munsee, a subtribe of the Lenape, lived along the upper portion of the Delaware River. Shawangunk is a Dutch translation of the indigenous Munsee name &ldquo;schawank,&rdquo; meaning &ldquo;that which is smoky air.&rdquo; The Shawangunk area can be noted for the heavy humidity and atmosphere caused by the mountain ridge running southwest to northeast partially blocking the prevailing west to east wind. Camp Deerpark staff and guests have long appreciated the breathtaking view when driving&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Acknowledging the Lenni-Lenape Native Americans<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/remembering-george-and-lillian-brandt\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"George and Lillian Brandt, along with their seven-year-old son Bob moved to Old Homestead Farm Resort in 1936. George had been a milk and butter salesman in Ridgewood, Queens, just a few blocks from where United Revival Mennonite Church is today, making 0 per week. With no opportunity for advancement in the dairy business, the Brandts were looking for an existing business that they could own and operate as a family. They enrolled their son Bob in the Port Orange School at the bottom of the road. If you look closely you can still see the front steps and foundation&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Remembering George and Lillian Brandt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/remembering-otto-skinner\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"One of camp&rsquo;s neighbors during the earlier years was Otto Skinner. His property bordered the northwest side of camp. Otto guessed he was related to the Skinner clan who in the 1800s lived on the property that is now Camp Deerpark, though he couldn&rsquo;t tell you the direct lineage. Otto passed away several years ago, but folks from camp who interacted with Otto remember him as a colorful character. He was a farmer and ran a saw mill. &ldquo;Otto kept pigs,&rdquo; said Dale. &ldquo;I remember he would drive about 20 miles to an Entenmann&rsquo;s outlet to buy their baked goods.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Remembering Otto Skinner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/our-close-neighbor\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"When the owner of a house on Brandt Road discovered his new neighbors were running a summer camp for children from New York City, he put his house on the market. The prospective buyers, Walter and Jacqueline Mehr, drove from New York City to see the property around Labor Day in 1969. They drove past people enjoying their first weekend retreat at the newly purchased Camp Deerpark, to look at a rambling, stone house built in 1810. &ldquo;As soon as I saw it I fell in love with it,&rdquo; Walter said. &ldquo;Before we left after that first visit, I said&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Our Close Neighbor<\/a> <em>Walter and Jacqueline Russ Mehr<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/in-memory-of-jacqueline-mehr\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Walter and Jacqueline Mehr showed gracious and generous hospitality to Orv and me. I came to Camp Deerpark in 1990, and Orv came in 1993. It was wonderful to have welcoming neighbors when moving to a new home. And they introduced us to their friends as they were happy to know us. One friend became my hairdresser. Jacqueline&rsquo;s spirit and liveliness kept people around her on the move. While I was raised to have a more retiring personality, I&rsquo;ve always been drawn to women like her who &ldquo;let out&rdquo; their thoughts and passions. I enjoyed delicious food prepared and presented&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">In Memory of Jacqueline Mehr<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/at-freedom-farm-community\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The first time Ann Rader-Hayes and her husband, Edgar Hayes, visited Camp Deerpark was for a church retreat in the year 2000. They were living at Menno House in Manhattan and attended Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship. In 2004, Ann and Edgar, along with Ann&rsquo;s brother and sister-in-law, Benand Elka Rader, and parents, Bill and Clara Rader, purchased a piece of land in Orange County, New York, and began a farm. They named it Freedom Farm Community. In keeping with a vision they had when they were young, the goal of Freedom Farm Community was to combine youth education in peace and&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">At Freedom Farm Community<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter 6: Land and Buildings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/land-and-buildings\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Camp Deerpark sits on 277 acres in the Catskill mountains in Westbrookville, New York. The farm that would eventually become the site of Camp Deerpark was settled in the early 1800s. Around 1935 the owners began taking in guests, mostly city folks wanting to experience country life. Such &ldquo;farm resorts&rdquo; were common in the area, and as they gained in popularity, the farmers transformed more of their buildings into guest rooms: first the buggy shed, then the chicken barn. By the 1950s the future home of camp had become less &ldquo;farm&rdquo; and more &ldquo;resort&rdquo;; at one point, 10 acres were&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Land and Buildings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/the-old-flow-thru-pool\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&ldquo;The first swimming pool was a flow-through pool,&rdquo; Dale said. &ldquo;We would drain the pool early in spring to clean it out before summer camps began, and the water was ice cold. It would be full of leaves and dirt. Everything came running into it and would accumulate at the bottom. &ldquo;The pool was about 6-feet deep. When you hit the water, it was so ice cold you couldn&rsquo;t breathe. There was a wide, wooden plug. At the end was a handle. You would have to dive down and pull it out. Sometimes the handle had a chain on it,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">The Old Flow-Through Pool<\/a> <em>Jesus Cruz, Frank and Barb Freeman, Lowell Jantzi, Dale Stoltzfus, and Duane Stoltzfus<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/fun-in-the-sun-playground\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"When camp was purchased, there was a nine-hole, par 3 golf course, a horseshoe pit, a small basketball court, a see saw and a small swing set (the one that is still there). Eventually the horseshoe pit and the holes in the golf course were filled in and the golf course came to look like the rest of the expansive lawn. In the early 1970s, Peifer Welding, a company in Pennsylvania with ties to Mellinger Mennonite Church, traveled to camp and built the large swing set. Offering to help on a volunteer basis, they welded the pipes and built a&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Fun in the Sun&mdash;Playground<\/a> <em>Nicolas Angustia and Joshua Stevens<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/the-even-arm-settle\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&ldquo;It is unique and pleasing because of its striking simplicity, its lack of effected ornamentation, its strength and durability, and above all, because it is comfortable.&rdquo; The above sentence could be describing the new Promise Woods cabins or the Adirondack chairs on the front lawn at Camp Deerpark. In fact, it is a quote from the 1905 Limbert catalog, describing Arts and Crafts furniture like the &ldquo;even arm settle&rdquo; on the front porch of Spruce Lodge. For fifty years Camp Deerpark campers, guests and staff have been sitting on this old green seat on the porch enjoying the view of&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">The Even Arm Settle<\/a> <em>A Favorite Spot for Aquilina and Angelo Torres<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/hopes-and-dreams\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"From when camp was purchased until the present time, many people have dreamed of new camping facilities. The vision included new cabins and a separate dining hall for children&rsquo;s camps and converting existing buildings, such as Spruce Lodge, into an area solely for congregational retreats and family vacations. When the Brandt Road property was purchased, it was a turnkey operation that allowed the city churches to open camp within a month of purchase. The main lodge and other buildings were in good enough shape to allow children&rsquo;s camps to begin in the summer of 1969. However, there was always a&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Hopes and Dreams<\/a> <em>Ken Bontrager, Richard Frey, Eugene Shelly, and Dale Stoltzfu<\/em>s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/forestry-stewardship-history\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Forest History Camp Deerpark was founded in 1969 when the New York City Mennonite churches purchased the Winkler&rsquo;s Country Club, which was previously owned by the George Brandt family. In the mid 1970s some logging was done at Camp Deerpark in the Orange Trail area on the south side of Brandt Road. Unfortunately, at that time the general consensus among the constituency was that the logging was far too aggressive and that it had left the forest with unacceptable damage. The idea of logging at Camp Deerpark was again raised in the summer of 1996 when Dennis Sharp, the father-in-law&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Forestry Stewardship History<\/a> <em>Dr. Chuck Peters<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/the-beginnings-of-promise-woods\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"After volunteering at camp for a year and a half in 2007&ndash;2008, Kenton Baer returned as construction supervisor to take on a much larger project: building the first cabin in the area that would become known as Promise Woods. &ldquo;The decision to go back to camp in 2012 was quite simple,&rdquo; Kenton said. &ldquo;It was just perfect timing in my life to do a project like this. The motivation came from falling in love with camp and all that camp stands for in my previous stay.&rdquo;&nbsp; When Jim Baer&mdash;Kenton&rsquo;s father&mdash;lived at camp, he was part of a group that had&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">The Beginnings of Promise Woods<\/a> <em>Kenton Baer<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/restoring-the-small-graveyard\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&ldquo;When camp was being purchased,&rdquo; Dale said, &ldquo;there were two things we were told we wouldn&rsquo;t own: Brandt Road, the road off of 209 that brings you to camp, and the cemetery. Both of these were owned by the township.&rdquo; The Camp Deerpark land was a farm in the 1800s that belonged to the Skinner family. You can still see evidence of their labor at camp in the stone fences they built for farm animals. Their barn eventually became a garage and workspace at camp. There was also a family graveyard, which is located just down the road from what&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Restoring the Small Graveyard<\/a> <em>Kenton Baer, Thomas Neufeld, Dale and Doris Stoltzfus<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/skinner-family-visit\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"One afternoon in the summer of 2008 I found a strange car parked along Brandt Road and saw a young couple walking in the cemetery. Of course I made it my business to find out what they were up to. It turned out that they were descendants of the Skinner family who had traveled from their home in Missouri to the Northeast on a family heritage tour. They told us several other family cemeteries had been in such bad repair that they couldn&rsquo;t even find the grave markers. They were so impressed with the care that had been given to&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Skinner Family Visit<\/a> <em>Ken Bontrager<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/50-years-of-camp-deerpark-buildings\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Spruce Lodge: built in 1842. Locust Haven: built, c. 1915 and removed 2015. Twin Birch Motels: converted from chicken house, c. 1960. Mountain Laurel cabins: built in 1975&ndash;76 and converted to staff housing in 2008. Garage: first building project undertaken by Camp Deerpark wasconstructed with salvage materials from barn removal. Chapel: second building project at Camp Deerpark was to jack up chapel building and dig a foundation and basement, 1972. Chapel with basement and porch. Chapel porch receives a roof, 1984. Chapel Sunroom created by enclosing chapel porch in 2003. 1984 cabin addition to staff housing trailer where the facilities&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">50 Years of Camp Deerpark Buildings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter 7: Staff and Volunteers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/staff-and-volunteers\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Camp Deerpark has benefited greatly from hardworking staff and volunteers since New York City church leaders first visited the property in1968. Belief in the mission of camp has inspired many people to go above and beyond what is asked of them by contributing gifts of labor, vision, knowledge and expertise, donations of equipment and materials, and faithful prayer. From the annual camp clean-up day, when church groups from New York City come to camp for a weekend to get the facilities ready for summer campers, to work projects taken on by congregations from Pennsylvania, volunteers have played a crucial and&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Staff and Volunteers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/50-years-of-camp-deerpark-directors\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Dale Stoltzfus 1969&ndash;1977 &ldquo;As the first director I always wanted other leaders to emerge. When Jerry and Leonor Kennell came to camp in 1975 they had the gifts needed to provide leadership. Since I was involved in some other activities in the city, I recommended to the board of directors that the Kennells begin to move toward directing the camp program.&nbsp; &ldquo;A challenge was to have the congregations in New York City grow into their awareness of their ownership of the camp and the camp program.&nbsp;A large majority of the campers came from the Mennonite congregations and about half of&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">50 Years of Camp Deerpark Directors<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/board-service-three-perspectives-over-50-years\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Gene Shelly Board Member 1969&ndash;1984 Founding Board Member I served on the Camp Deerpark board for many years. This board was a hands-on board, very active in physically taking care of the camp. For the first 10 years, I would frequently help with work projects on Fridays and Saturdays. Gene Shelly discusses the spring pool clean upwith his father, Paul. Some of the early work projects I remember are: digging out under the chapel so we could create the basement and laying cement block in the basement mowing the grass on the old tractor dishwashing after meals cleaning out the&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Board Service&mdash;Three Perspectives over 50 Years<\/a> <em>Gene Shelly, Jesus Cruz, and Krista LaRuffa<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/how-do-we-love-thee-let-us-count-the-ways\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"We joined the Camp Deerpark staff as co-assistant directors in late April 1975. Perhaps the most memorable staff times were living with Lowell Jantzi, Isaac Grable, Frank Freeman and Maynard Shirk. Those were years of growth for camp, with 10-day summer camps, often with up to 80 campers, punctuated by weekend church retreats. We remember LONG days, ENDLESS WEEKS, shopping for hundreds of people at ShopRite, flipping pancakes on the griddle early in the morning with fresh cream for the coffee from the tops of the local dairy&rsquo;s milk bottles. Crafts, nature, lunch, mowing and fixing, dinner, campfire, snack shop,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">How Do We Love Thee? Let us Count the Ways . . .<\/a><em>Jerry and Leonor Kennell<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/camp-deerpark-will-always-be-my-safe-place\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"In all honesty, it has been a true challenge reflecting on what story I want to share about Camp Deerpark. Not because I am unable to think of a memory, but because I have had so many important, valuable and life-changing memories here. How can I sum up in a few words just how amazing and transformative Camp Deerpark has been to me? How do I share, in short, how I would absolutely not be the woman I am today without all of the love and confidence that Camp Deerpark has poured into my life? Do I share the story&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Camp Deerpark Will Always Be My Safe Place<\/a> <em>Talibah Aquil<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/breaking-down-barriers\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Lanny Millette first heard about Camp Deerpark through Eastern Mennonite University (then called Eastern Mennonite College), when he took a class called Urban Seminar in 1973. The summer class, held in New York City, was taught by Dale Stoltzfus. Lanny lived with Wes and Marian Newswanger in the Bronx. &ldquo;Both Wes and Marian were very involved with a relatively new venture called Camp Deerpark,&rdquo; Lanny said. &ldquo;They spent as much time as they could up there. I was intrigued by the idea of a camp owned and operated by city churches.&rdquo; Lanny had no idea then that he would end&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Breaking Down Barriers<\/a> <em>Lanny Millette<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/what-can-i-say-about-camp-deerpark\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"What can I say about Camp Deerpark? Camp Deerpark is the place where I got to meet the Savior, in a place that is so peaceful and wholesome. The many people I met there have become a part of who I am today. I have so much love for former campers and staff. Campers like Tiffany Powell, who has grown up to have a successful career with a Ph.D. in education. Counselors like Lanny Millette, who was the guy who taught me how to row a boat and truly study the Word of God. Frank and Barb Freeman, Isaac Grable,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">What Can I Say About Camp Deerpark<\/a> <em>John Brock Jr.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/one-familys-memories\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"I loved being at camp. It was a magical place for me. I loved going to camp-fires and going for walks. As a country girl living in New York City for 22 years, camp made it easier for me to stay in the city. Without camp to go to, I would have struggled more. It helped me survive the Bronx. The first time I went to camp was with Dale on September 4, 1969. I was 18 years old and had just arrived in New York City to serve a term with Mennonite Voluntary Service. It was my first weekend&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">One Family&rsquo;s Memories<\/a> <em>Jesus, Miriam, and Christina Cruz<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/we-had-a-special-program\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The first year that I was on staff at camp was 1990. I had been coming to camp on retreats and for summer camp since I was a young child, but I didn&rsquo;t work on staff until I was 19. Camp didn&rsquo;t have the counselor-in-training program yet when I was in my late teens. I remember a crucial point in my teenage years when I was a camper. There was a really intense campfire in the basement of the chapel. I don&rsquo;t know how this happened, but people started telling stories and two of my good friends opened up and&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">We Had a Special Program<\/a> <em>Melody Pannell<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/cross-cultural-appreciation\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Maynard Shirk was born into a traditionally Mennonite family. For him, that meant he could trace his roots to Shirks in France and Germany almost10 generations back. He grew up learning Pennsylvania Dutch and English at the same time and he knew almost everyone who lived around him. When he went to college, he was able to expand his horizons and make friends who looked and thought differently than he did, but that wasn&rsquo;t enough for Maynard. He went to Vietnam through the Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and volunteered through Mennonite Disaster Service in Honduras. He found out about&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Cross-Cultural Appreciation<\/a> <em>Maynard Shirk<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/we-came-through-mennonite-voluntary-service\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"When Ken and Jan Kurtz came to Camp Deerpark, camp had only been running for two summers. They came through the Mennonite Voluntary Service unit, a program that emphasized service ministry in communities and was located in New York City. &ldquo;We were there from April of 1971 to April of 1973, and we had just gotten married,&rdquo; Ken said. &ldquo;We were actually a part of the unit in New York City, but we lived at camp.&rdquo; For the two years that they were at camp, they were the only full-time staff. They were involved with maintaining buildings and the grounds.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">We Came Through Mennonite Voluntary Service<\/a> <em>Ken and Jan Kurtz<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/how-could-you-not-like-it\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Jim Baer was 18 years old and working at Agway, a vegetable seed packaging company in Pennsylvania, when he was briefly laid off. At the urging of his former high school shop teacher, Wes Newswanger, Jim went to Camp Deerpark for three weeks in June of 1977 to help build the new pool. &ldquo;After my short stint at camp, I went back to Agway and became a foreman,&rdquo; Jim said. &ldquo;But I couldn&rsquo;t get Camp Deerpark out of my mind. So I quit my job and returned to camp in the fall of &rsquo;77 as a volunteer for one year.&rdquo;&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">How Could You Not Like It?<\/a> <em>Jim Baer<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/the-impact-of-camp\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Barb grew up in rural Pennsylvania. She wanted to make a change in her life so she decided to do Mennonite Voluntary Service (VS) in New York City. Barb first came to Camp Deerpark in 1975 when she was working with the VS unit. Barb remembers, &ldquo;It was kind of a long ride, but I would come up once in a while and help in the kitchen and with some cleaning.&rdquo; Her VS unit was remotely run by Leonor and Jerry Kennell, who were also the directors of Camp Deerpark at the time. Barb Kauffman, 1977. In 1982 Barb married&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">The Impact of Camp<\/a> <em>Barbara Freeman<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/forest-hills-mennonite-church-work-groups\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"While I was one of the original four from Pennsylvania who went to look at the property prior to the purchase of Camp Deerpark in 1968, and continued to support it financially over the years, it wasn&rsquo;t until around 2000 that I became aware of how much repair work was needed on the buildings. I think it was 2000 when I was able to get a group of workers from my church&mdash;Forest Hills Mennonite Church&mdash;to spend a few days at camp doing some repairs. This group became very interested in camp after that first visit, and from that time on&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Forest Hills Mennonite Church Work Groups<\/a> <em>Dan Glick, Toby Leaman, Zac Hummel, and Terri Glick<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/tomatoes-and-sweet-corn\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Reuben and Dorothy Stoltzfus never came to Camp Deerpark empty-handed. In what became a summer tradition, they would drive to camp from their home in Pennsylvania in a car loaded with tomatoes, sweet corn and other fresh food&mdash;enough for all of the campers and staff members. Everyone especially enjoyed the corn-on-the-cob, often served at an outdoor picnic. Reuben and Dorothy were deeply committed to the Christian ministry of camp, and enjoyed its wonderful social opportunities as well. They first visited the camp during the summer of 1969, remembered by many in New York as the Mets&rsquo; pennant year. Reuben, though,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Tomatoes and Sweet Corn<\/a> <em>Reuben and Dorothy Stoltzfus<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/camp-deerpark-and-i\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"As an 11-year-old farm girl from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, I was enthralled riding over the awesome and expansive George Washington Bridge into Harlem, in New York City, in 1956&ndash;58. That bridge has remained a landmark in my soul until this day. We visited our sister and her husband, Grace and Jacob Good, who lived in the tiny apartment behind the Seventh Avenue Mennonite Church. Jacob was serving in 1-W service as his alternative to serving in the military. After Grace and Jacob moved to Reading, Pennsylvania, I kept attuned to urban ministry in Reading and in New York City. I&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Camp Deerpark and I<\/a> <em>Marian Sauder Egli<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/volunteering-at-camp\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Charlie and Joyce Martin first learned about Camp Deerpark through their daughter, who volunteered as part of a Sunday School group from Sandy Hill Church when she was about 14 years old. This was in 1969, shortly after camp was purchased. But it wasn&rsquo;t until several years later, around 1978, when Charlie and Joyce became youth sponsors at Conestoga Mennonite Church in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, that they thought of their daughter&rsquo;s experience at the camp and decided to take the youth group for a work weekend. Hopewell Mennonite, Conestoga Mennonite, Bowmansville Mennonite andMercersburg Mennonite churches have sent youth groups for more&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Volunteering at Camp<\/a> <em>Charlie and Joyce Martin<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/reflecting-on-the-past-and-vision-for-the-future\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"As the Camp Deerpark board and leadership looks toward the next fifty years of ministry we will hold precious the collection of stories compiled in the previous pages. We will not forget where and how God has led us to this point. We will look back to learn and look forward with renewed faith. We will work toward keeping our eyes and hearts open to a vision for the future while maintaining a realistic expectation for today. Working in the present, while also developing ideas and plans for the future, is one of the executive director&rsquo;s biggest challenges. If directors&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Reflecting on the Past and Vision for the Future<\/a> <em>Ken Bontrager<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Appendices<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/kb\/mission-and-values\/\" data-type=\"encyclopedia\" data-id=\"2735\">Mission Statement<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/kb\/mission-and-values\/\">Core Values<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/summer-camp-values\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"These values articulated in the fall of 2009 are used as a decision making tool and as a guiding reference point for the summer camp program. They are not in order of importance. 1. Responsibility &bull;Responsibility for one&rsquo;s own self &bull;Responsibility to the family &bull;Responsibility to the community 2. Peacemaking &bull;Resolving conflicts and healing broken relationships with those around us, even if we are the wronged party. 3. Community &bull;Being a part of a close group. In the camp setting this would be the cabin group. 4. Nature Appreciation &bull;Valuing nature because it was created by God and reflects God&rsquo;s&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Summer Camp Values<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/timeline\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"First Mennonite congregation established in NYC&nbsp;(Fox Street) 1949 First organized camping for NYC youth (Camp Tel Hai) 1953 First meeting to discuss purchasing a camp specifically for NYC Mennonites October 1968 Property at Brandt Road, Westbrookville, NY purchased May 6, 1969 Youth Retreat, first program at Camp Deerpark May 30, 1969 First children&rsquo;s camp at Camp Deerpark July 7&ndash;12, 1969 First church retreat July 18&ndash;19,&nbsp;1969 Board of directors formed October 8, 1969 Camp Deerpark Association established for financial support 1969 First fundraising banquet held in Pennsylvania 1970 First voluntary resident staff summer 1970 First NYC area fundraising banquet 1971 Chapel&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Timeline<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/summer-camp-directors\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Camp Deerpark from its inception has been committed to training and developing young adults as leaders. The summer camp program director position has been fertile ground for growing leaders. From 1969 to 1985 the camp administrator was responsible for providing overall direction to the summer camp program while each weekly session had a different director (2009-2013 followed a similar model). Unfortunately, we do not have a comprehensive list of the weekly directors prior to 1986. 2025 Joyse Smith &amp; Kelley Thompson 2024 Joyse Smith 2014&ndash;2023 Kevin Smith 2009&ndash;2013 Zachary Garber 2013 Litza Laboriel 2012 Ben Stevens 2011 Kevin Smith, Talibah&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Summer Camp Directors<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/board-of-directors-2\/\" target=\"_self\" title='Board of Directors, also the \"Camp Board\" or \"The Board\" refers to the council of elected representatives who steward this mission and executive accountability for Camp Deerpark. Current Board Jeryl Zimmerman (2024-; Chair 2025- ) Carmen Lora (2022-) Emmanuel Lindsay (2022-) Karen Angustia (2024-) Anita Castle (2025-) Aurelia Martinez (2021-) Brian Murray (2025-) (previously 2003&ndash;2017) Lowell Jantzi (2025-) (previously 1985&ndash;2003) Jamila Ayala (2020-) Victor Mendez (2018-) Jynnelle Smith (2020-) Past Board Members John Buckwalter 1969&ndash;1977, 1981&ndash;1989 Glenn Zeager 1969&ndash;1975 Carl Metzler 1969&ndash;1982 Gene Shelly 1969&ndash;1985, 1988&ndash;1994 Ronald Collins 1969&ndash;1971 Richard &ldquo;Dick&rdquo; Pannell 1969&ndash;1972, 1995&ndash;1997 Nelson Kauffman 1969&ndash;1970 Aurelio Rodriguez 1970&ndash;1972,&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">Board of Directors<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/fun-facts\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The llamas, Nadora and Bernice, were both born at Camp Deerpark. A few hours after her birth in June 2007 Nadora fell into the old pool. Sean McConaghay observed her mother Ono looking highly upset and ran down to help. Upon arrival he climbed into the water saving Nadora&rsquo;s short life. In Spanish the word for swim is nadar. The name Nadora is derived from the female version of swimmer. Bernice was born July 2008. A few weeks after her birth the right to name her was sold at our Home-coming Auction. In a tightly contested bidding war the five&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Fun Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[178,38],"encyclopedia-category":[177,176],"class_list":["post-2945","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","tag-fgf","tag-history","encyclopedia-category-forever-god-is-faithful","encyclopedia-category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/2945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/2945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5229,"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/2945\/revisions\/5229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2945"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-category?post=2945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}