Getting Swole By The Sea
Getting Swole By The Sea

So when Henry, Jake and myself discovered the outdoor gym here at the hotel, we had a blast playing on all the equipment. We probably were not using any of the machines properly but it was so humorous to watch each other try. Laughing until we were crying, I
have never been more grateful for the people that make up our little intern family.

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9 Reasons to Send Your Youth to Heartland
9 Reasons to Send Your Youth to Heartland

There are so many reasons to send your youth to camp, here are our 9 favorites!

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Interns... a week in the life.
Interns... a week in the life.

Check out what a week of being a Cornerstone Intern is like! Being an intern for us isn’t about just wanting to spend days at camp.Though that is definitely a wonderful perk of our job. For me, being an intern here is about discerning my call into camp ministry. And from what the others have told me, we are pretty much all on that same page.

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The Importance of the Outdoors
The Importance of the Outdoors

This is one of the main reasons I believe in camp.  I believe in camp because it encourages kids to spend time in creation- with God.  Campers have the opportunity to be disconnected from their daily lives while strengthening or discovering their relationships with God.

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New Year, Same Heartland
New Year, Same Heartland

The consistency of camp reflects God’s constant love.  God’s great love for us is always there and there is nothing we can do receive more, or less, of it.

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The Wait is Almost Over
The Wait is Almost Over

We have the opportunity to wait on the Lord and prepare for His coming.  It is important to stay excited all the time and anticipate His arrival, the wait is almost over. 

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Humbling Ourselves this Advent Season
Humbling Ourselves this Advent Season

In the coming weeks we will see the image of Jesus as a helpless baby in the middle of a crowded and dirty cave; now is the time to embrace that image as one of humility. This December we have an opportunity to follow His example and humble ourselves to God’s will.

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Heartland's Year In Review [Infographic]
Heartland's Year In Review [Infographic]

It is so hard for us to put this ministry into an infographic. So much of what we do is relationship based, you can't measure the depth of friendships built or the impact of belong to a Body of Christ for a week. That being said we are incredibly grateful for what the Lord has done at Heartland this last year. We are humbled that God chooses to work through our ministry, check out our summer by the numbers in the infographic below:

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Building Relationships by Baking Cookies
Building Relationships by Baking Cookies

There is no doubt that the best part of the Christmas season is celebrating the birth of Jesus. We have an advent blog series to help prepare us for that. The much tougher question would be, what is the second best part of the Christmas season? Presents, reading by the fire, Christmas music, and Hallmark Christmas movies all have a claim on this second spot. Let's be honest those are great, but one tradition rises above the rest, baking Christmas cookies.

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They Won't Be Expecting That!
They Won't Be Expecting That!

I think that too much of the time, we think we have God’s plan for us all figured out.  We get into a routine and then when something happens that isn’t according to “the plan”, we are completely thrown off and our lives get turned upside down.

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Waiting
Waiting

Welcome to Advent, a season of waiting.  Advent is the season between the Sunday after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.  This time of advent is defined as “waiting for someone notable,” and I’d say we’re waiting for someone quite notable.

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All Are Welcome
All Are Welcome

This summer Heartland Camps were able to serve over 2,500 campers at over 30 sites. Now that means a lot of things; we used an incredible amount of shaving cream, we found out the perfect way to make a s'more, we also found many other "creative" ways to make a s'more, we were blessed by seeing God move in our lives along with the lives of campers, and we were able to welcome a wide variety of children and youth into our camp family. Among these 2,500 campers none of them were the same, they came from different backgrounds, had different needs, showed us different gifts, and taught us different things about our Lord. 

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A Spectacular Summer Coming to a Close
A Spectacular Summer Coming to a Close

This summer was filled with stories of first trips doing the ziplines, sharing testimonies in cabins, welcoming new friends, stepping out of your comfort zone during songs and praying for a friend. In all of these ways courageous faith was shown during the summer of 2016 and we are so blessed to have been a part of it.

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A Year Well Spent
A Year Well Spent

My name is Erin Bjerke. I’m from Page, North Dakota, and I’ve been an intern in the Heartland Cornerstone program since December. I’ll be staying on as an intern for the next year, but as we say goodbye to the interns who have been here since last September and get ready to say hello to the new interns who will be coming in a few weeks, I’d like to share with you some of the things I’ve learned and ways I’ve grown since coming to Heartland

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