It is Time... to go to Camp
Volume 19 | Issue 1 May 2023
What has Camp Meant to You?
Covenant Bible Camp is where my journey with Christ began in 1982 when I was 11 years old and is also where God did work in my life to prepare me for where I am today. It was a time that I valued so much that since then, I have only missed a handful of years. God used that time and place to help shape me and even prepare me to become a pastor. It is there that I preached my first sermon when I was in college. It is there that I learned about serving others joyfully and generously. “Many a hand makes light the load,” I remember our founder Chip Swanson saying many times. Life-long friendships were begun at Bible Camp. Even just this past fall, someone said that to me as he was helping to lead the charge on the recovery in Norton Sound communities, “It all started at Bible Camp, Curtis.” I wholeheartedly invite you to partner with Covenant Bible Camp to help campers get to camp with a financial donation. Truly God does more than we can ask or imagine at Covenant Bible Camp. Thank you for your prayers and support! -Curtis Ivanoff, AK Superintendant
As a child, Bible Camp was a safe place to express and learn more about God and grow in fellowship. Going there gave me a safe place to be a kid with other kids, growing spiritually and even mentally. It was also a great way to get out of village hometown norms. Being around a bunch of friends from other villages your age who believe in God has grown my faith that there was a God and there is hope in being saved. It gave me different spiritual and mental coping skills. Bible Camp gave me mentors who believe in me and has given me an encouraging place to live in my culture by allowing creativity, living on the land, and the ability to let go of some negative or unmotivated coping skills. Even though camp was just for a week, it was a week that changed my months, my years and even highlighted my childhood. I now serve at CYAK because I envision a great future for the young leaders who are encouraged and loved by CYAK. They are an example of Christ’s love for us. I am thankful for the way they encourage me and help me through my faith journey. Because of this, I want to give back to my communities, to CYAK, and to myself by bettering myself and growing my spiritual and mental health. I would love to become a counselor and give back to my communities by reinforcing and encouraging growth in spiritual, mental, physical, and cultural health within the villages across Alaska.
Please consider a donation to Bible Camp this year!
-Marilyn Moore, CYAK Intern
For me, Bible Camp means a chance to meet new friends and learn more about Jesus. I’ve got to meet new people who I now call friends, I am usually a shy person, but now I can start conversations with people. I also consider Bible Camp as my second home because of how accepting people are. I try to help out as much as I can when I am there, like encouraging other campers into enjoying their time at camp, and helping staff when they need it. -Avril S, Nome Student