Single Moms’ Camp brings golden healing
“It’s so hard to explain something that feels so sacred to you,” Amanda Pot said when asked to describe Single Moms’ Camp at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp in New Hamburg, Ontario. Pot has been running the camp for over a decade. “[It’s] absolutely exhausting,” she said, “but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” Single Moms’…
Connecting with faith at camp
Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp was excited to celebrate 60 years of camp over the past season. It was a season of seeing new things that the Lord is doing, and reflecting on all that he has done over the past 60 years. When I reflect back on the summer, there is an overall feeling of…
Friendships flourish at Hidden Acres inclusion camp
Like many other organizations, Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp and Retreat Centre was forced to rethink its programs and services when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down normal operations last year. It “forced us into creatively brainstorming and dreaming about how we could use our facilities,” says program director Chris Pot. In 2020, when no overnight camps…
A chance to try new ideas
As I reflect on a year of “being camp” during COVID-19, I hear Psalm 32: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” We have seen the waters of uncertainty surging. We have experienced fear, loss, disorientation and anger. At…
Nisbet reflects on 33 years of camping ministry
After 33 years as the executive director of Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp, Campbell Nisbet is grateful for all the growth he has witnessed. Whether it is the trees he planted on the camp property or the spiritual maturing of young adult leaders he mentored, Nisbet sees it all as signs of God’s blessing. And he…
A blessing from God
The idea that Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp is a sacred space where God is at work came up over and over again at the farewell event for Campbell and Chris Nisbet, held on July 13 at the camp near Shakespeare, Ont. Surrounding all the stories and memories expressed, there was deep respect and appreciation…
