Currents
Ministry highlights of
Sugar Creek Bible Camp
May 2022
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Anticipation is building throughout Sugar Creek Valley as we wait for winter to shed its hold and for the warm sun to green up the grass and tree buds. In my minds eye, I can already hear the excited voices of campers chattering while enjoying activities with staff and counselors. Needless to say, I can hardly wait for summer programming to start! |
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It's not too late to sign up for the Volunteer Work Weekend at camp this upcoming weekend, May 6-7, 2022. You can stay over Friday night and be ready to go bright and early on Saturday morning. Or arrive on Saturday and share whatever time you have available. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served.
We have jobs for all ages and skill levels. Our to do list offers a wide variety of options to help get camp ready for the summer season.
Can't wait to see al of your bright, shiny happy faces working away to prepare for summer campers!
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ENROLL FOR SUMMER CAMP 2022! |
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Can you believe that summer camp starts next month! It seems that spring has barely shown its blossoms and now summer is peaking around the corner. There is still time and space available to register for camp. Take a look at all the summer programs Sugar Creek has to offer for all age groups; from Kindergarten to Seniors-Explorers to Riverboaters. There are so many wonderful and exciting program options. Find a new way to experience Christ through camp or stick with an old favorite.
So excited to have everyone back at Sugar Creek again this summer!
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Ark Encounter and Nashville Bus Trip |
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Join Sugar Creek Bible Camp on this exciting journey August 26 through September 1, 2022.
There are many stops along the way. The Ark Encounter in Williamstown, KY will awe you with a full size ark. You will enjoy a tour of the Lexington, KY area with it's many horse farms. Opryland Hotel will be your home base in Nashville. While there you will see the Country Music Hall of Fame, Legends, Lunch & Lyrics, a guided tour that will take you down Music Row, the Capitol and Parthenon. A backstage tour of the Grand Ole Opry and the General Jackson Showboat Luncheon Cruise will cap off your stay. On the bus ride home you will stop in Springfield, IL to visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum as well as Lincoln's Home.
Register soon!
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Easter Brunch and Egg Hunt |
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The pictures above are from our Easter event. It was a day full of family, friends and fun. Everyone enjoyed Easter themed games, egg painting, pony rides, delicious food, and an epic Easter egg hunt as we gathered to celebrate our Risen Lord. |
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FIRESIDE DINNER THEATER PRESENTS
White Christmas
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Join Sugar Creek for their annual Christmas bus trip to the Fireside Theater Wednesday, November 16, 2022.
Enjoy friends and fellowship, a gourmet meal provided by the chef at the Fireside and a Broadway worthy performance of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas."
Bus will pick up in La Crosse, Coon Valley, Westby, Viroqua and Richland Center.
Call Sheila at (608)734-3113 to sign up. Limited space available. Link
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Register for Family Camp!
Space is still available!
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Sugar Creek is offering three sections of Family Camp this summer: July 5-8, August 7-10 and August 11-14. Housing options include: Koinonia Lodge, Modern Log Cabins, Retreat Center, Manna Center, Wagons, Seeker or Frontier Town Villages. Or you can bring your own camper or tent. Take part in campfire worship, horse riding, bible study, creek stomping and so much more. |
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Sugar Creek is hiring a full-time, year round Wrangler and Hospitality Coordinator. If you or someone you know has this unique skill set please take a look and share the attached job description . God may be calling you to Sugar Creek Bible Camp. |
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Did you know that great blue herons are a common visitor at Sugar Creek. The picture below, of the crane in water, was taken by Executive Director, Jesse Klosterboer, last summer.
Great blue herons have a wingspan of 6 feet! If you’ve ever seen them fly you know they are quite impressive with their neck in an S-shape and their long legs streaming out behind them. When standing they are about 3 feet tall, though they can stretch to 4 feet.
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Even though Great Blue Herons seem like a big bird, they weigh only 5-6 pounds. Like other birds, their bones are hollow. Great Blue Herons are the largest of the North American herons. They can be found in both freshwater and saltwater habitats. Both parents take turns incubating the eggs for 4 weeks. The young can first fly at about 60 days old.
Maybe you will see one at Sugar Creek this summer!
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Grateful! Thankful! Blessed! |
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Memorials and Honorariums...
are one of many ways to support Sugar Creek. Thank you to all of you who remembered or honored friends and loved ones with a gift to this Bible Camp ministry.
Donors and Sustaining Givers...
Sugar Creek Bible Camp is blessed to have monthly supporters, known as Sustaining Givers, as well as regular Congregational Supporters (benevolence) and Individual Donors.
These gifts were received in April, 2022.
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In Memory of Given by
Ron Brudos Margie Grimsled
Doug Malliet Wayne & Marilyn Kile
Bonnie Peterson Edward Peterson
Alice Thorson Margie Grimsled, Wayne & Marilyn Kile
Ralph "Junior" Torgerson Mary Heath
Grant Turner Jane Benson, Rhonda Kimmel, Chuck & Jill Montoure, Ronald Schultz, Verna Wallace
In Honor of Given by
Bishop Jim Arends Pastor Meg and Robert Hoversten
Congregational Donors
Evangelical Lutheran Church - Mt. Horeb
Freeman Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church - Darlington
Grace Lutheran Church - Dodgeville
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church- LaCrosse
Our Savior's LC - West Salem
St. John's Lutheran Church - Boscobel
St. John's Lutheran Church - Oregon
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W-ELCA Donors
St. Peter's Lutheran Church - Loganville
Individual Donors
Peter & Joan Allen
Dustin Anderson
Kevin & Betty Baird
Jennifer Bjorklund
Trevor Boettcher
Elizabeth Davis
Michael Douglass II
Pastor Donald & Elizabeth Fox
Duane & Ruby Granger
N. Bryce & Katie Griffin
Carl & Ardith Hansen
Meredith Hink
Shirley Hummel
Kyle Jaeger & Laura Mackey
Gregg & Pastor Lori Kleppe
Pastor Steve & Stacey Meyer
Charles & Tiana Montgomery
Kate Moody
Alice Olson
Duane Olson
John & Nancy Solberg
Roger & Karen Swenson
Lavonne Swiggum
Ronald & Jane Thein
Pastor Eric & Megan Thiele
Gene & Karalee Turk
Verna Wallace
Gifts in Kind
2 Wooden Benches - Jeanne Hesselberg
Microwave - anonymous
Vinyl Windows - Mike Frommelt
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Sugar Creek Bible Camp | 13141 Sugar Creek Bible Camp Rd, Ferryville, WI 54628 |
| 608.734.3113 | www.sugarcreekbiblecamp.org
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