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For 51 years I have completely missed the possessive on love’s pure light in the Christmas carol Silent Night. Somehow I always thought the Son of God loved pure light, which totally makes sense too, since God is truth. However, it is SO much more amazing to think of the Son of God being theContinue reading “Love’s Pure Light”

I stopped making new New Year’s resolutions years ago. Mostly because I never kept any. Did I want to do better, be better, be happier? Of course. Here are a few from some people I follow on Twitter. I especially like the idea of daily decisions verses big yearly ones we can hardly accomplish. JonathanContinue reading “And The Resolution Is”

You’re Invited!! to Widji Snow Camp 2015 January 30 to February 1 Widjiitiwin Snow Camp is the winter retreat for Widji staff, SALTers, Sizzle & Blast campers and their friends. We have rooms and meals booked at MBC. We’ll head down to Widji on Saturday afternoon for some outdoor activities and a fire in theContinue reading “Widji Snow Camp 2015”

Merry Christmas from Camp Widjiitiwin! Registration for summer 2015 is OPEN! Give the “Gift of Camp“ for Christmas and we’ll help you put something under the tree. Here is a certificate that you can print out and give to your child or grandchild at Christmas. After all, what better gift is there than the giftContinue reading “Give Camp for Christmas!”

December 2, 2014 Today is Giving Tuesday. This year we’ve been raising funds for our sponsorship camps (Fresh Air Camp – Toronto, Escape Camp – Hamilton & Royal City Camp – Guelph). We brought 200 kids to Widjiitiwin who couldn’t get there in their own. Why not be a part of our team with aContinue reading “Giving Tuesday 2014”

There are lots of reasons to work at Camp Widjiitiwin. Some of them are good and some are not so good. Bob Kobielush, retired camp director of 38 years puts it this way, “Here are two amazing verses of Scripture from the Gospel of John. Jesus said, “If you forgive anyone his sins, they areContinue reading “Why YOU should work at Widjiitiwin”

Our associate pastor, Terry Dorey, started a message series about following Christ. He said, “to be a Christian you need to see Jesus’ uniqueness and be active in following Him.” This made a lot of sense to me and he had a a number of good points to back it up. The part that reallyContinue reading “traveler vs tourist & disciple vs believer”

I get asked many times each year what I do in the off season. Most often I explain that I spend nine and a half months preparing for the blur of a summer at camp. I suppose people assume that what they see in the summer is all there is to camp ministry. Well, it’sContinue reading “What a Camp Director does…”

The Camp Widjiitiwin 2015 program themes are… Space Camp, Destination: Egypt, Cartoons & Comics and Pirates vs. Ninjas. Space Camp: Not too long from now, at a camp not so far, far away… you arrive at Widji Mission Control for a week of space training camp. Step out of the cold vacuum of space andContinue reading “2015 Widji Theme Descriptions”

Band of Brothers @ Camp Widjiitiwin                                                                                                       October 2nd to 5th The Band of Brothers Bootcamps are not an event about the seven things a man ought to do to be a nicer guy. It is aContinue reading “Band of Brothers”