In this episode, Ben Trueblood and John Paul Basham ask the question, is camp still effective?
Ben Trueblood Ben serves as the Director of Student Ministry for Lifeway Christian Resources and has served the local church as a student pastor for fourteen years. In addition to his role ...
Read More
Episode 183: The Camp Effect
In this episode, Ben Trueblood and Mary Margaret West talk with camp staff from FUGE and Student Life about funny stories, personal experiences, and how they have seen God transform students lives through camp.
Ben Trueblood Ben serves as the Director of Student Ministry for Lifeway ...
Read More
Episode 118: Descending from the Mountain Top
In this episode, Ben and Mary Margaret talk about different ways in which student pastors can be help students return home after a mountain top experience such as camp or a DNOW.
About Ben Trueblood
Ben serves as the Director of Student Ministry for Lifeway Christian Resources and has ...
Read More
Episode 59: Philosophy and the Importance of Camp
In this episode Ben and John Paul talk about the philosophy and importance of camp in student ministry.
About Ben Trueblood
Ben serves as the Director of Student Ministry for Lifeway Christian Resources and has served the local church as a student pastor for fourteen years. In addition ...
Read More
3 Reasons to Plan Your Summer Now
This is one of my favorite times of the year. College football is charging hard, college basketball is right around the corner, hunting season is about to open, and we are about to celebrate two of my favorite holidays - Thanksgiving and Christmas. With all of those great things on the forefront who ...
Read More
Big Gains – Part 2: Camp
No matter what your camp attendance is this year, any great student pastor is always trying to grow year over year. This article is going to show you a couple of ways to boost your camp attendance and produce some big gains for next year!
Boosting Volunteer Enlistment
Often one of the hardest ...
Read More
Connecting Camp with Families
Something special takes place over the course of a week at camp when students are taken out of their normal habitat, along with the distractions, and placed into an environment that is clearly focused on Christ. I’ve often heard a week of camp described as a process of “starving the flesh and ...
Read More
Breaking Camp
Camp is one of the most exciting events for student ministries every year! Year after year student pastors see God moving and working in the lives of their kids to save them, free them from sin, and call them into His purpose. Knowing the power of a week-long retreat like this, there must be great ...
Read More
Good Camp to Great Camp
We are right on the heels of Summer Camp this year!! Your summer camp is one of the biggest events that you will offer to your students all year, and done right, it can be one of the most fruitful events that you offer all year. Camp is one of just a few opportunities each year that you have your ...
Read More
Why a Camp Theme Matters
The following post was written by J. Roger Davis, President of Student Life
Would you rather eat an Outback Special or a McDonald’s Happy Meal? For me, there is no thinking twice about this one. While Happy Meals may be fun as a child, hopefully we have graduated from those and prefer to eat good ...
Read More
