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Striving over Struggle

Onna

Striving over Struggle Onna first came to Bay Shore, when she was five, as a Teddy Bear Camper with her mom and cousin. She attended all the traditional age-level camps, sports camps and the arts camps. She even attended Family…

A Place of Happiness and Holiness

Barbie Brooks

A PLACE OF HAPPINESS AND HOLINESS It’s Friday night at Bay Shore Camp. The Family Camp evangelist has concluded his preaching series. The musicians have packed up their instruments. Here and there, small groups continue to gather for a last…

Camp + Family = Community

Maria Eagle

Mária Eagle is what people would describe as a firecracker. She is quick to a joke, quicker to a lighthearted jab, and, out of love, always willing to jokingly “fight” anyone in the room.  Before coming to Bay Shore, Mária…

Know Jesus

John and Emily

John and Emily had friends, the Gillette family, who are regular attendees at Bay Shore Family Camp and had been telling them about it for a couple of years.  And their son, J.P. had experienced major disappointments in his junior…

Forever Grateful

Cora-Teaching

Cora attended Bay Shore’s Family Camp the year she was born, 2001, and has attended almost every year since. She’s 22 years old now and a graduate of Cedarville University.   In addition to attending Family Camp she remembers attending other…

It’s a Community, a Calling.

Noah June

Feeling at ease with an atmosphere that would eventually become a cornerstone of his life, Noah June excitedly welcomed the chance to visit the camp at an early age. His church’s active participation in sending children to Bay Shore had…

It Makes You Feel Close to God!

Mike had been at Bay Shore his entire life when he met Liz. She was working in Housekeeping the summer of her freshman year of college and was a counselor at Primary Camp that same summer. Mike had been working…

Connection!

Katie first came to Bay Shore Camp with her mom as a Teddy Bear camper. Teddy Bear Camp is three days and two nights of camp for the youngest of campers, while attending with a parent. She’s 15 years old…

How to Write Letters to Campers

Writing letters to Campers may sound simple, but when you sit down to write them, you won’t be the first family member or friend to face a case of writer’s block. Letters are a great way to keep campers connected,…