April Newsletter

My Week at DLBC!! I had lots of fun at DLBC! My friends and I really grew stronger in our faith just by going. The best part about camp was singing. I still sing the camp songs even in my shower! Our counselor's were Hannah and Melissa. They had the best cabin! We got to put up Glow in the Dark stuff and it really shined during the night. On the first night we played "Find the Counselors". The campers stay in the mess hall while the counselors hide. Autumn, Allisyn and I were a team and we found Kaitlyn and Hannah. We had Sloppy Joes, chips and pickles (Autumn's favorite) on the first night. Autumn, Allisyn and I made a new friend. Her name is Sydnie Sorheim. She was in Liz's cabin. Our speaker, Dana Blomberg was an awesome speaker. Melissa won the verse memorization. You memorize about 20 verses from your Bible and if you do you would win a Go Bananas DVD. Dana's brother is the speaker on it. It was really hard to go to sleep. I was probably up until 12:30 or so at night. On the last night we played "Mission Impossible." This is how it goes. Some of the counselors dress up and bury treasure. The other counselors stay with their cabin. We go to the counselors who are dressed up and ask if we can get the pass word for a piece of the map which tells where the treasure is. Sometimes you get sent to jail and you have to do something to get out. Allisyn and I had to dump cold water on our heads. We got second place in that because Katie's cabin won and found the treasure. And that's how I spent my week at DLBC!! by Shayley

Annual Meeting

To all Association Churches, Deeper Life Bible Camp will be having the Annual Meeting on Saturday April 12th @ Grand Rapids Free Church. There will be a general board meeting at 9 am and the Annual Meeting will follow at 10:30 am. The Annual Meeting will consist of:

  • Oral and written reports from all board members
  • Establishing a nominating Committee
  • Reelection of members of the Board
    • Torry Swedberg as Secretary
    • Lon Bjornrud as Director of Promotions

All association churches should have 2 delegates from their church attend this meeting for voting purposes. There will be a potluck lunch following the meeting.

Camp Board Meeting 12/01/07

Just a brief overview of what was discussed: Many positions are still open for staff this summer. Please contact Vonnie, check out this page for openings and contact info.

Marlin is starting to take counselor applications. Form is here (under staff). In the near future we will have a page so you can check the availability of counselor openings for each week.

Doors and windows for girls shower-house should be arriving soon (possibly as soon as next week). Those will be installed this winter, weather permitting. Still planning on having the shower-house ready by camping season.

Talked about Kitchen floor and what needs to be done. Multiple soft spots. Working on long term plan, but for this next summer, we will have to make a serious patch.

Staffing Needs

We are in need of individuals who are 9th grade or older to minister in various staff positions for the camping season of 2011. Check out the following opportunities for ministry for Jesus:

  • RN/LPN/First-aid/CPR certified individuals to take the responsibility of the medical areas of camping
  • Lifeguard/Waterfront
  • Cook Teams of 3 to prepare the meals for the week for campers and staff
  • Music Leadership Teams to lead praise and worship during chapel and campfire times throughout the week of camp
  • Other responsibilities these other responsibilities could be cleaning, laundry, maintenance or any "go for" type responsibilities, behind the scenes, etc.

The Lord my be calling you for ministry, working with staff & campers. Would you be willing?

Contact Vonnie Wernberg at (218) 835-6307, lvwern@blackduck.net or staffing@DLBC.

Workday on the Girls Showerhouse

Thanks to all who helped work on the girls shower house! You helped tremendously. Pic's are up here. This is a giant step towards finishing the shower house, it is shelled and will be shingled shortly. But as always the problem is money, we cannot at this point finish it up. If you can and would like to donate to the girls shower house project, please send a check with "Shower House Project" in the memo spot. Thank You.