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God's Generative Love & The Major Gifts
God's Generative Love & The Major Gifts

God’s love moves in, around, and through people at Heartland, generating much life for all to relish. In the fall of 2017, Heartland launched a major gifts campaign to support God's generative love in action. This plan includes the renewal of Heartland’s spaces and launching a new young adult ministry, the Gap Year Program.

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God is Still Here
God is Still Here

In the spring of 2020, the bottom fell out of things for Heartland Camp. The COVID-19 virus had raised its ugly head and began to shut everything down. Camps all around the country began wrestling with the question of how to do camp in a socially distanced world. Many opted to not have a camp season at all.

The staff and the Board at Heartland were faced with the same hard decisions.

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Culinary Camp—Week 8
Culinary Camp—Week 8
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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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5 Ways Camp Changed My Life
5 Ways Camp Changed My Life

I am sorry, I lied to you a bit when I said camp changes lives. It is God who changes lives, camp is just the place I first experienced that change. Summer camp gives a unique opportunity for God to work, one that the Lord is more than willing to take. I have now spent ten summers at Heartland Camp as a camper and then as a staff member. I can honestly say that without my time at camp I would not know the love of my Savior the way I do today. As I begin to work full-time for this ministry, I am encouraged to know that my experience is not unique. Many campers, volunteers, and staff have a similar list of ways God has changed their life through camp. Here are the top 5 ways God has changed my life at Heartland:

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