I just stumbled across this video tonight posted back in September by Kelly Goddard, who taught a class at Teen camp last summer called Becoming Fully Alive.

I am proud to be the 2012 President of Delanco Camp Meeting Association. Delanco Camp has a legacy steeped in the history of winning souls for Christ. As President, I intend on maintaining this tradition while moving us forward in our efforts to become even better. I specifically intend to focus on:

• Administrative clarity; there has been confusion in recent years about our organizational structure and who really is in charge. This will be clarified.

• A strengthened financial foundation; money is always difficult to talk about but Jesus spoke of money many times throughout his teachings. We need to focus on developing true stewardship partners that support the ministry of camp with prayer, finances and actions.

• Exploring expanded usage and appeal; we have a great asset in our land and camp facilities. We need to develop more strategic alliances with other Christian organizations and businesses to make better year-round usage of camp.

• A revitalization program of putting our best foot forward; maybe we can’t be the biggest or offer the most programs or amenities but our size and location affords us the opportunity to be a focused boutique camp. We must understand who we are and what we do well and look to strength those qualities, being the best at what we do. Also best foot forward transcends into the best first impression. When campers and their families walk on to the campgrounds they need to sense we are different and better than other camp experiences.

I look forward to seeing many of you on the camp grounds this summer. Please join me at Camp Meeting July 1 – 7, 2012.

This message originally appeared in the Delanco Camp e-newsletter. You can read the full email HERE.

If you haven’t signed up for the Polar Bear Plunge yet, what are you waiting for? Go to delanco.org/polarplunge for more info.

Spend the weekend at camp serving God and growing in your faith at the Service Retreat March 23-25 (7 p.m. Friday to 3:45 p.m. Sunday). The cost is $40 per person due March 16 to 191 Powell Place Road, Tabernacle NJ 08088 with registration and health form. You can download the forms HERE. The late fee is $30.

Pack for work and pack for fun. Youth groups are welcomed and encouraged. The retreat is open to middle and high school students and their youth leaders. One youth leader will come free for every six kids who register.

Email rich.dugan@delanco.org if you have any questions.

1. Besides wanting Rich Dugan to be happy or wanting him to be sad, who are you rooting for to win the Big Game coming up on Feb. 5 and why?

2. Who do you think will win?

3. If Delanco Camp were to have a commercial during the Super Bowl, what would it have to include?

Are you a college student studying journalism, public relations, video production or some related field looking for an internship this summer?

Consider applying for the summer communications intern position opening at Delanco Camp.

Spend five weeks documenting the summer camp experience, updating our blog daily, sharing tidbits on social media, taking photographs and capturing video.

Like Kevin Wolf in 2010 and Jade Hunsberger in 2011, you could be spending part of your summer at camp serving God and doing what you love to do while honing your job skills.

The details are below:

Summer Communications Intern

Delanco Camp, an inter-denominational Christian summer camp and retreat center in southern New Jersey, is seeking a summer intern to assist with documenting the summer camp experience at our five week-long youth camps.

Responsibilities will include updating the camp’s blog daily with writing and photos, the camp’s Facebook and Twitter feeds and capturing video for use on the blog at the completion of each week of camp and for future use. The intern will also be asked to develop ways to engage parents through web communication and campers when they’ve returned home.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with skills and experience in journalism, photography, video and social media and a commitment to the Christian faith. Problem solving, hard work and determination are also required.

The intern will be working with a supervisor and editor off-site, but will be under the direction of the summer staff supervisor. The internship will be full-time for five weeks from July 8-14 and July 22-August 18 and will include a training weekend April 20-22. A stipend of $500 will be provided as well as housing and food.

Interested candidates should send a resume and any samples of writing, blogging, photography and video to matt.ralph@delanco.org.

This commercial produced by Focus on the Family aired during the Saturday (Jan. 14) NFL playoff game between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots.

Focus on the Family has a free resource associated with the commercial available for download HERE.

Pretty cool, huh?

Camp regular Sarah Herman covers He Is We’s song “Happily Ever After” in this video she posted to YouTube today. The original is HERE. We’re of course partial to Sarah’s version.

The Delanco Camp Annual Dinner will be held on Saturday, March 31, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at Villa Manor in Winslow. Admission is $40 per person ($16 of which will be considered tax deductible). Tickets are first come, first serve.

There will be dinner, fellowship, a program and a silent auction. For more information contact Linda Dugan at R2bgtboys@aol.com or 609-709-5243

Camp Meeting, July 1-7 – Dean: Eric Ulrich Speaker: Rev. Doug Smith

Junior Camp, July 8-14 –  Deans: Linda Dugan and CJ Caufield

Junior High 1, July 22-28 - Deans: Mike Ralph and Sarah Lee

Teen Camp, July 29-August 4 – Deans:  Jen and Julio Nieves

Junior High 2, August 5-11 – Deans: Mike Bill and Emily Heckman

Middler Camp, August 12-18 – Deans: Becky Wrentzel and Brandon Cobb

Please Note: When this schedule was originally posted, the dates for Junior High 1 were incorrect.