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A Backstage Pass
Projects for Hume in 2017 Last year I had the opportunity to join several other Christian camp directors and attend a performance of Cirque du Soleil. We were able to spend several hours on a “behind the scenes” tour of all the moving parts that made the performance shine. It was amazing! We met professional […]
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Winter Camp 2017
That’s It! Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor […]
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Getting the Biggest “Bang” for Your Buck
Avoid Tax on Your IRA Distributions This past December, several Hume friends took advantage of a law that allows you to avoid taxation of your IRA distributions when given to a charity. This provision, called the “IRA Charitable Rollover,” allows you to avoid the income tax while making available up to 100% of those IRA […]
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Republica Dominicana
JWI Serves in the Dominican Republic Estamos en la Republica Dominicana! Well…not anymore… The Joshua Wilderness Institute just returned from a remarkable experience on the island of Hispaniola—3,124 miles (as the crow flies) from Los Angeles, California. With seven staff, and 49 students in tow, we embarked on our 14-day journey to the eastern side […]
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Dead Trees & Volunteer Opportunities
We Need Your Help! On behalf of Hume Lake Christian Camps, THANK YOU! We are so thankful for all your help and support last year with the daunting task of managing the volume of dead trees here at camp. We accomplished a TON with the 200 volunteers who worked during our volunteer clean-up weekends and […]
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‘Firsts’ at Hume New England
Written by John & Lisa Szablowski One of the great joys of working at Hume New England is the pleasure and privilege of experiencing many ‘firsts.’ As the camp gains momentum and grows, our staff is creating, participating in, and witnessing these ‘firsts.’ Some are long in planning and anticipated, some are monumental and even […]
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Behind the Scenes: Medical Response
Ready To Help Those in Need Due to our remote location and subsequent distance to the nearest emergency room, Hume Lake Christian Camps developed an emergency medical services team years ago to tend to the well-being of our guests. Originally, this involved one or two EMTs and a couple of first responders. Today, these services […]
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A Life-Changing Place: Remembering Tim LaHaye
Last year Hume Lake Christian Camps lost a special friend in the passing of Tim LaHaye. Tim and Beverly have had a longtime connection with this ministry and we are the better for it. I had the privilege, along with hundreds of others, to celebrate Tim’s life at his memorial service last August. More recently, […]
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Join Us in Hawaii
Since 2009 Hume has been running camp in Hawaii and we have seen God work in powerful ways. This summer we will be running camp for over 200 kids on the north shore of Oahu as well as the island of Kauai. We are looking to assemble a dedicated team to help us run camp. The […]
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Hume – Beyond the Lake
Ministry Around the World At Hume Lake Christian Camps, we have a chance to do ministry far beyond the shores of the beautiful lake in the mountains of the Sequoia National Forest. These days it is common for our guests to be sitting under a palm tree, ponderosa pine, maple tree, or even a cactus […]