Discipleship & Leadership Development
Discipleship & Leadership Development is life-on-life practice to grow believers to be like Jesus and to live advancing the Kingdom by their gifts, so young and old alike are fully empowered to serve Christ at Camp, in the city, and beyond. Discipleship & Leadership Development is one of Camp’s Initiatives: four major area of focus…
Read MoreEmployee Housing Policy
Camp Deerpark may furnish housing for employees in some cases in either a temporary or on-going basis. The following policy applies to all employee housing of any term. Any individual’s presence in housing implies consent to this policy. Camp is interested in following Jesus by providing a safe, pleasant, and peaceful living environment to resident…
Read MoreEncyclopedia PRO
Encyclopedia PRO is a WordPress plugin that powers the Knowledge Base section of the Camp Deerpark website. An “Entry” is created as a WordPress post type. Entries may be categorized and tagged like other posts and searched with the WordPress search tool. Documentation is available on the Encyclopedia PRO developer website. Key Features
Read MoreEvents
Pastor Michael Banks once said, “The greatest miracle is still when a person encounters the grace of Christ.” 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…
Read MoreExpectations of Summer Staff
“Basic Expectations of Staff” (below) is a list of things not to do or a list of ways to loose your job. The following is what you should do. -The obvious answer is to do your job: do what you have been asked to do on time. -A broader answer is to love others and…
Read MoreFGF Acknowledgments
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 “Bo” 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,…
Read MoreFGF Inside Cover
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 1969–2019
Read MoreFGF Publishers Page
Published by Camp Deerpark Inc. PO Box 394 Westbrookville, NY 12785 [email protected] Copyright © 2019 Camp Deerpark, Westbrookville, New York Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and…
Read MoreFirewood
Firewood is used by Camp Deerpark for campfires and heating via the Wood Doctor Outdoor Wood Boiler (OWB). It is sources from Standing Deadwood and TSI Trees (Timber Stand Improvement) found and flagged by Maintenance or Forestry Stewardship Team personnel. Typically, the wood for heating is cut, hauled in, split and stacked by youth &…
Read MoreFirst Camp Director
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—now Camp Deerpark—they quickly needed to raise money. The desire for a camp for the youth and…
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