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Auction 2020 Success! $113,000
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wow. Bethany Birches supporters showed up in a big way! Looking down the list of all the bidders and donors of items warms my heart. More than 100 persons banded together to contribute items and dollars and time to raise $113,000! That total includes matches, mug club, fund a need, online auction, live auction, people…
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Summer was fun! And weird. And expensive. Help?
Dear Friends, If you haven’t read about our experience this summer you can get a glimpse here. Reopening is one thing. Doing so with a goal to have no virus transmission, especially when living together in groups, is another thing. We are delighted with the results and so glad that we were able to pursue…
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BBC Easter Program Live Stream
Greetings Camp Friends (Reading this after Easter Sunday? The links below will still take you to the video. Enjoy anytime!) He is risen?! He is risen indeed! You may or may not be familiar with this Easter call and response phrase. We say it together on Easter Sunday. Someone says he is risen and someone replies that…
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Nevin J. Bender, BBC’s First Camp Director, Joins The Great Cloud Of Witnesses
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ask those who were on staff or came to camp as campers in the 1960s and 70s about their Bethany Birches experience and they will almost certainly reference the rustic and challenging moments that became so deeply engraved in their memories. Back then, the Bethany Birches experience had to be rustic and challenging. Camp was…
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Shifting From Receiving To Giving… Yet Still Receiving
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_id=”michi”] Having been a camper at Bethany Birches for six summers (and a Counselor In Training for one), I knew that I wanted to be a counselor eventually, and I finally got that opportunity last summer, as the youngest member of the 2019 summer staff. Camp had always been one of my favorite places…
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Are We Accomplishing Our Mission? Beyond Anecdotes.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the last few years Bethany Birches has been committed to partnering with academic organizations researching the benefits of Christian Summer Camps. Last year the Hope Study (University of Oklahoma) measured whether campers experienced increased hope as a result of their camp experience. The Hope Study 2018 found “The results of this report continue to…
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Annual Benefit Auction 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I am constantly surprised and sometimes overwhelmed by the generosity of the community that supports Bethany Birches Camp. A past board member and spouse, who was a long time camper, do lots of preparation for the auction each year and even work hard starting early the day of the event. After that they sit down…
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Nevin’s Memorial Service
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Nevin J Bender, the first camp director at Bethany Birches passes
Marcia Bender, Nevin’s daughter, who still lives near the camp, sent a message to Bethany Mennonite Church saying that Nevin had passed away. As part of her email she wrote “He visited with mom in the afternoon, ate dinner, then died at the table – very peaceful and quiet. I got to spend three lovely…
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