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. . .
in a golden year at Camp Stevens in Julian . . .
Camp Stevens will mark its 50th
anniversary this year with a celebration on Saturday, Aug. 24, 11am-4pm, at
the close of its final summer session. The Program Group on Camping and camp
staff invite Episcopalians from the dioceses of Los Angeles and San
Diego—joint owners of Camp Stevens—to attend the event.
The party will
begin with a festival Eucharist featuring anthems sung by the children from
the annual Choir and Drama Camp, which concludes that day. The camp will
offer displays on the camp’s five-decade history, a buffet lunch, walks in
the woods, swimming and games. Festivities will conclude with a program
featuring Bishops Gethin Hughes and Robert Wolterstorff of San Diego and Jon
Bruno of Los Angeles.
Bus transportation
will be available from Anaheim, Corona, Los Angeles and San Diego. For
reservations and more information, contact Camp Stevens at PO Box 2320,
Julian, CA 29036; 760.765.0028 or
info@campstevens.org
Anyone wishing to
contribute a story, photo or memento of Camp Stevens for an anniversary
display is asked to mail or e-mail materials to Lora Allison, 27889 Camino
Del Rio, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675;
lora.allison@smes.org The
camp’s Web site is www.campstevens.org
The present site of
Camp Stevens was purchased in 1952 by veteran priests Jack Lax and C. Boone
Sadler. It soon became the official camp of the Diocese of Los Angeles,
which at that time included what is now the Diocese of San Diego.
Since that time,
Camp Stevens’ programs have expanded from a few weeks of summer camp to a
year-round camp and conference center with sessions for all ages. It is a
Jubilee Center of the National Episcopal Church with an emphasis on
environmental stewardship.
“During this
half-century so many have given so much to sustain and strengthen the
mission and ministry of this ‘place apart’,” says Canon Peter Bergstrom,
camp director. “Please join in celebrating their accomplishments, rejoicing
in what Camp Stevens is, and together committing to continue to build on the
foundations laid by all the others who came before.”
This summer, as
usual, Camp Stevens will offer one-week sessions for young people, ages
8-16, from July 7 through Aug. 24. In addition to usual camp activities such
as swimming, hiking, archery, cooking and camping out, singing, folk dancing
and arts and crafts, Camp Stevens offers cooperative initiative games and a
climbing wall. The camp serves tasty, healthy food, including items from its
own organic garden.
In addition to the
choir and drama camp, special interest sessions are the Odyssey Session
(limited to ages 11-16), and a teen backpack trip in the Sierras.
Camperships
are available through the Blum Fund. For campership information or a summer
camp brochure, call Camp Stevens at 760.765.0028, or download the brochure
insert at www.campstevens.org,
or e-mail the camp staff at
info@campstevens.org
. . . and at
Camp Wrightwood in the Angeles National Forest
Critters that crawl, the adventures of Aslan
the Lion, Christian unity, and the wonders of God’s creation are among the
topics that campers will explore this summer at Wrightwood Camp and
Conference Center, an institution of the Diocese of Los Angeles.
Wrightwood will offer six camping sessions in
the summer of 2002, including two day-camp sessions for local children, and
alternating resident sessions for children in fourth through sixth grade and
junior-high students, grades 6-8.
The day campers (June 17-27 and July 8-12)
will experience “Bug Safari,” a children’s curriculum that mixes theology
with creepy-crawlies. The elementary school sessions (July 21-28 and Aug.
4-10) will be based on The Chronicles of Narnia, a popular series of books
by British theological writer C. S. Lewis. Junior high camps (July 28-Aug. 3
and Aug. 11-13), titled “We Are All One in the Body of Christ,” will combine
Bible studies and camp activities.
Wrightwood is located about 90 minutes from
Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Mountains near the town of Wrightwood, in the
midst of the Angeles National Forest. The camp facilities have recently been
upgraded, and include restrooms and showers in each cabin, meeting rooms,
and a campfire circle. Meals are served family style in the spacious dining
hall.
Camp activities include trail hiking,
canoeing, arts and crafts, swimming, overnight campouts and archery.
Like its sister camp, Camp Stevens,
Wrightwood is accredited by the American Camping Association. For
information about camping sessions or scholarships through the Trailblazers
Fund, call the camp at 740.249.3615, or visit www.
ecww@worldkeyonline.com
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