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Geneva Center concludes 60 years of ministry PRESIDENT — Jim Hubbard, board president of the Geneva Center, helped facilitate the conclusion of its 60-year celebration.
SONGS — All attendees gathered under the Geneva Center pavilion for songs during a brief intermission.
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Text and Photos By LIBBY HUBBARD Staff Writer The Geneva Center, a Presbyterian camp and conference center that has served generations of Hoosiers, marked its 60th anniversary this year with a final celebration of its ministry on Saturday, Sept. 6. The Presbytery of Wabash Valley announced the center’s closure, bringing to an end a lineage of church camping that began in 1908 with Camp Kosciusko in Winona Lake. That camp, founded with support from famed evangelist Billy Sunday and his wife, “Ma” Sunday, transitioned into Geneva Center in 1965 when the Synod of Indiana purchased land outside Rochester. By 1966, programming was underway, and thousands of children, youth and adults experienced retreats, camps and conferences on the wooded grounds. In its early years, the Geneva Center planted 18,000 trees, built trails, cabins and dams, and wel-
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MEMORIES — Old photographs and mementos adorned the tables throughout the pavilion at the celebration. comed more than 5,000 participants annually by 1969. The camp remained under the presbytery’s care for decades,
serving as a “thin place” where many described encountering God, nature and lifelong friendships.
Jim Hubbard, president of the Geneva Center Inc. Board, said the decision to close was made Continued on page 2
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