We're here to talk about Advent! What is it? Why does it matter? And how should Christians respond? Steven and Lee dive into the meaning of the season and how we should prepare for Christmas. Then, we look at Luke 1 to see the lead up and preparation for the birth of Jesus. We also give a reminder for our upcoming women's event!

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:20 Explaining Advent

14:30 Luke 1

29:58 Women's Event

We are back once again to talk about Thanksgiving! We talk about what we're thankful for as a mission, look into Psalm 92 to see a biblical representation of thankfulness, and Steven and Lee have their annual Thanksgiving food debate! Stick around to the end of the show to hear about our upcoming women's event happening here on campus!

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

04:27 Thanksgiving Food

09:46 What are We Thankful For?

17:56 Psalm 92

33:53 Women's Event

We are welcoming Roy Hodson back to the podcast to finish our series on our ministry's history. We get up to where we are today, and even look forward to the 100-year anniversary of the mission. We also learn how SMMM obtained and developed the property, how God has provided throughout the years, and we reveal why our cabins are named the way they are.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

5:25 Camp Connections

15:25 Camp Expansions

31:33 God's Faithfulness to the Ministry

Roy Hodson is back with us to continue going through the history of Camp Nathanael! In this episode, we pick up in the 40s, and dive into the origins of some of our longest running ministry programs that we have. We talk about how our overnights, outdoor education, and couple's retreat weekend all got their start.

We also give some information and a reminder for our upcoming weekend overnights happening very soon! Make sure you sign up for them before it's too late!

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

1:50 Overnights

4:16 Origins of Our Ministries

18:46 Vacation Bible School

26:05 High School Outreach

Our guests today are very familiar with our ministry. Nate and Mary Breath Brace join us to talk about their time serving with Camp Nathanael. We go into how they came to camp in the first place, as well as what brought them back to volunteer now. 

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

04:00 Nate & Mary Beth Brace

31:15 Fall Overnights

Our special guests this episode are Jonathan and Kaitlyn Tate. They call in to discuss something close to our hearts: adoption! We'll hear the Tate family's story of international adoption, as well as what led to them feeling the call to adopt in their lives. It's an amazing story of God's sovereignty, and you won't want to miss it.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:25 Outdoor Education & Family Night

03:53 The Tate's Adoption Story

Rick and Cathy Franklin are our guests on today's episode. They go into the history of their time in the ministry, how they joined in the first place, and how they've seen God's sovereignty at work throughout it all! We also go into details about our upcoming Outdoor Education program, as well as a free family night event that all are welcome to! 

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:51 Outdoor Education

05:05 Rick & Cathy Franklin

22:45 Family Night

On this episode, we are joined by Jeff and Wonita Werley, who served as our missionary speakers for one of our weeks this summer! They stell us all about Ethnos 360, and about how they personally got involved with the mission!

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:25 Ethnos 360

In what is now an annual event, we've brought on three of this year's summer missionaries to the show! Peter Inman, Emmy Gearheart, and Gracia Scheaffer join us to talk about their summer, their most challenging jobs, and how long it took them to fill out the camp application.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:26 Summer Missionaries

Bill Clark is back on the show! This time, he talks about his church, what he's speaking about to our campers, and (as always), we question his passion for running.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:16 Bill Clark

28:11 Outdoor Education