MAKEMIE WOODS CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER — approved October 2010

Vision: Transforming Lives, Growing Disciples in Mind, Body and Spirit

Mission: Makemie Woods, as a ministry of PEVA, strives to grow disciples through education, hospitality and care of creation

Implementation:

Makemie Woods offers educational programs that enable spiritual growth and challenges others to respond to the Gospel through…

• Summer camp programming that makes new disciples and intentionally equips children and youth to take what they learn at camp back to their families and congregations
• Conferences, retreats, and other training opportunities for leaders who grow disciples
• Programming and fellowship opportunities that reach out to the community and the larger church family

Makemie Woods offers a ministry of hospitality by…

• Greeting and welcoming all guests and campers with the grace of Jesus Christ
• Providing facilities that are clean, attractive, and conducive to spiritual exploration
• Serving food that nourishes both physically and spiritually, and invites guests to experience the abundance of God’s blessings
• Offering resources that facilitate retreats, foster faith exploration, and promote physical activity
• Accommodating the particular needs of guests before, during, and after their stay with the spirit of cheerful giving
• Promoting the health and safety of all guests and striving for accessibility

Makemie Woods encourages exploration of the relationship between humans and the rest of creation by…

• Providing and protecting a well-tended, natural space as a sacred place for learning about and experiencing God’s creation
• Intentionally introducing children and youth to the beauty of the outdoors, and helping them discover the joy of actively caring for creation, as well as caring for themselves
• Offering educational opportunities to the larger community
• Responsibly choosing products and practices that protect the earth and benefit the global family