News from 2002

New Web-site Design
The Eagle Fern Camp web-site has undergone a major renovation for the 2002 camping season! We hope the site is easy for you to navigate, and that the pages load quickly.

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News from Winter, 2001

Rec Center Now Enclosed!
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Get Ready for a New Climbing Wall!
Rip up Eagle Fern Camp's new Climbing Wall! Play the new Disc Golf Course! Youth Guys get into kayaking with our new Kayaking class! New trails, new classes, new activities! Invite your friends! Invite your neighborhood! Don’t delay! Register today!

Counselors, Nurses, Cooks, and Kitchen Helpers needed!
Eagle Fern Camp needs YOU! Be a part of giving campers the best week of their summer! Consider yourself asked! Talk to a weekly director or the EFC office to discuss how you could be a part of blessing campers this summer. Fill out and return a Volunteer Application, available here on the web or at an Eagle Fern Camp display in your church or call the EFC office (call 503 630-4978). Be a blessing! Sign up now to be part of Eagle Fern Camp’s Summer 2001!

EFC Retreat Season Highlights
Over 5,000 people enjoy Eagle Fern Camp during our retreat season (late August to July). Over New Years weekend alone 25 youth trusted Jesus Christ and 6 were baptized in Eagle Creek! If your group or a group you know is planning a retreat, call EFC at (503) 630-4978 to find out how we can meet your needs!

EFC Spring work day March 17
Get together on March 17 from 9AM to 2:30PM to help plant native trees, bushes, and groundcover in the Quiet Place Memorial Interpretive Garden. Tools, gloves, and lunch will be provided. A tour of the latest improvements and additions will follow!

EFC’s New Master Plan to be published in February!
You are invited to attend Eagle Fern Camp’s Annual Meeting at Cascade Community Church on February 12 at 7PM. We will present our new long-range Master Plan and celebrate some of the highlights of our ministry in 2000. Even if you cannot attend, we want you to have a copy of our new Master Plan and to join us in building the future of our shared ministry in Eagle Fern Camp! Call the EFC office today for your copy of the Master Plan.

EFC Annual Meeting Offering to fund new climbing wall!
EFC’s Annual Meeting offering will go to fund construction of a climbing wall in the Recreation Center! Please consider contributing to this exciting addition to Eagle Fern Camp’s facilities. Also, would you please consider supporting the ministry of Eagle Fern Camp monthly or with an annual gift? Call Kevin Williamson to discuss ways Eagle Fern Camp could be a part of your charitable giving.

News from Fall, 2000

Celebrate EFC’s 48th Summer Camping Season!
Celebrate the spiritual impact of EFC’s Summer 2000 ministry! 847 campers and over 260 volunteers, 23 TCLers, 8 Summer Staff, and our year-round staff team experienced God’s amazing blessings on our 48th summer of fruitful ministry. Over 73 campers were saved, at least 79 renewed their commitments to follow Christ!!!  A full breakdown of Summer 2000 Statistics is further down on this page.  For the over 23% of our campers who come from non-Christian homes, EFC may be the only place they hear the Word of Life, and feel and see the love of God’s redeemed people. It’s no wonder so many people find Christ at camp! Thank you for your part in our shared ministry at Eagle Fern Camp! It’s a pleasure serving with you!

Get Ready for Summer 2001!
We are so eager to make it easier for YOU to serve at Eagle Fern Camp that we’re announcing our Summer 2001 calendar NOW!  Ask the Lord to help you schedule Eagle Fern Camp ministry into your calendar for 2001! Don’t wait to be asked! Call the EFC office at (503) 630-4978 to sign up to be part of the blessing in 2001!

Earn Credit Toward Summer 2001 Camps
You can earn credit toward Summer 2001 camps AND help your friends and family save money! Call the Eagle Fern Camp office to find out how you can sell Gold C coupon books and get credit toward camp next summer!

EFC Shifts into Retreat Season Ministry
Eagle Fern Camp’s ministry has shifted into Retreat Season gear! Nine months of the year, EFC provides quality facilities and services to church and youth groups, Christian and public schools, various community groups and ministries. It’s great to hear God’s Word being taught and caught, people turning to Christ, and tuning in to their Creator at EFC all year long! We love being a part of building up Christ’s church every season of the year! If your group is planning a retreat, give us a call at (503) 630-4978 to find out how Eagle Fern Camp can meet your needs!

New Hilltop Shop Almost Complete!
Eagle Fern Camp’s new shop is rapidly nearing completion! We appreciate all of you who helped us build the Hilltop Shop over the summer!  We look forward to moving maintenance operations out of the center of camp, and expanding EFC’s offices and food storage. (Remodel scheduled to begin in December.). All to better serve YOU!

Report on Purchase of Neighboring Property
It’s been said, ’The Lord works in mysterious ways.’ And it’s so often true. Recently, a couple who attend Eastgate Bible Chapel and who are very involved with Eagle Fern Camp sensed the Lord leading them to buy the property EFC was pursuing for a small retreat facility. Part of their vision is to develop a retreat ministry in cooperation with EFC. Their offer has been accepted and the deal is set to close in October. As we indicated when we asked for your help in July, we will contact everyone who has contributed or pledged to this project, giving you the option of rolling over your gift to another project at Eagle Fern Camp, or a refund. If you have any questions, please call Kevin Williamson, EFC Executive Director, at 630-4978.

Camp Financial Factoids
YTD General Fund Giving: $13,687
Gen. Fund Giving Budget: $16,250

Quiet Place Memorial Garden
Plans and details of the Quiet Place Memorial Garden (QPMG) are now  here, on the web!

News from Summer, 2000

On July 29, over 13 volunteers and Dave Eymann, EFC's Facilities Manager, built most of the structure in preparation for the outer sheeting (see pictures below).  Thank you!

EFC's shop project goals are:

1. To complete the Hilltop Shop by October 2000.
2. Move all maintenance operations out of the Staff Building in the center of camp and into the Hilltop Shop by December 2000.
3. Remodel the vacated shop bays in the Staff Building into interim office space by February 2001. These areas will be used for class and conference rooms once the offices are relocated.

Moving our maintenance operations out of the Staff Building up to the Hilltop Shop will improve the safety, aesthetics, and traffic congestion in the center of camp. It will also open up valuable areas for much needed office and classroom space.

If you would like to help us with this project, please call the Eagle Fern Camp office at (503) 630-4978, ask for Dave Eymann to volunteer, or ask for Kevin Williamson if you are interested in making a donation to help Eagle Fern Camp with this project.

Many hands make light work. It's amazing what a group of people can accomplish in a day! Click on any thumbnail image for a larger version, then click your browser's "Back " button to return here.  Here are Jim Elliot and Duncan Howatt trimming the posts.

Gil Gleason getting high at camp.

Stewart, Clara, Joel, and Dave getting the walls laid out.

Oliver Dillner securing the rafter hangers.  

Joel and Clara working hard to get it just right.

Quiet Place Memorial Garden
Plans and details of the Quiet Place Memorial Garden (QPMG) are now  here, on the web!

Nurses, Cooks and Kitchen Helpers desperately needed
for Eagle Fern Camp’s summer camps! If you are a nurse, cook, or willing to help in the kitchen for a week, EAGLE FERN CAMP NEEDS YOU THIS SUMMER! If you know of anyone who fits this description, please encourage him or her to consider serving the Lord for a week at EFC this summer. Nurses, please call Jodi Stanley at 630-4493. Cooks and Helpers call Lynda at 630-4978.

COMPELLING FACTOID #1
90% of adult Christians in the USA decided to follow Christ by the age of 20. Of those, 70% made their decision AT A CAMP!

Be a part of the most effective evangelistic ministry in America. COME SERVE GOD AT CAMP AND SEE LIVES CHANGE! EFC needs counselors, nurses, music leaders, and kitchen staff.
Check here for the 2000 Program Staff positions that are still available.

LOAD UP ON FIREWOOD AT CAMP
Come out to Eagle Fern Camp and load up on alder. The logs are all stacked right next to the road, ready to be cut and loaded for only $10 a load. Check in at the camp office and happy cuttin!

CAMP-ELLING FACTOID #2
Donations to EFC's Campership Fund made it possible for 58 campers to experience Eagle Fern Camp last summer.

Would you consider helping a needy child come to camp this summer? You can designate your gift to EFC's Campership Fund.

Send your check to:
Eagle Fern Camp
37700 S.E. Camp Road
Estacada, OR 97023