Tanglewood Tales: Fall 2025
Camp Updates
- Summer Camp had a total of 281 campers. (Most since 2019)
- Both sets of sets of campfire bleachers have been upgraded for safety and longevity.
- A new Gaga Pit was installed.
- New dimmable LED lights were installed in the Chapel.
- New edging was installed around both volleyball courts.
- A new cooler was installed in the snack shack.
- Johnny Menges will be retiring after over 40 years of service to the camp at the end of 2025. If you would like to share a story or video you have about Johny or the camp in those years please email Michael at [email protected]
- Sign up for Mid-Winter in January: Check out the link in the Upcoming Events section below.
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by guest author
I have a picture on my wall that my parents got me many years ago. It’s just a simple picture of horses running through a desert-like field. It’s all drawn in pencil but the detail is quite impressive without any color. However, if you look closer, the picture is covered in scripture references, notes from my parents to me, notes even to the artist’s children. The more you look at it, you see all types of hidden details that were never there at first glance. I have had it for almost twenty years and still find new parts of it when I look at it.
I think the Bible is very similar.
Oftentimes we will attempt to just read over it quickly and not get the complexity that can be hidden inside. Possibly, we even mistake its meaning for something different because we don’t always understand its background, language, and references.
Our summer theme this year was Reveal, and this was the focus: that when we take a moment to dig deeper, some of the mysteries of the Bible are revealed to us. We also focused on understanding that it’s okay that God is a mystery to us and always will be. How Christ’s and our sacrifices can help us see the world in a different way. How His Spirit can guide us to understandings we simply can’t find on our own. As well as how the Church can help to guide and strengthen our beliefs.
My favorite part of the summer was students from each camp coming up and asking for the WiFi password so they could try to find more details about the verses they were reading. This could have been a clever ploy just to get the WiFi password, but I honestly felt that many of them were trying to understand the Bible on their own.
As you spend time in your own studies this fall, I challenge you to dig deeper to find what might be revealed to you.
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