Delanco Camp Blog

Video: Advent conspiracy

mattralph — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:09:39 +0000

Video: Duck Duck Whams!

mattralph — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:00:22 +0000

Delanco Old School IV

mattralph — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:31:29 +0000

Do you have an old brochure or pictures from Delanco Camp’s past?

E-mail matt.ralph@delanco.org.

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CD Giveaway Monday: Chris Tomlin

mattralph — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:43 +0000

I have a copy of Chris Tomlin’s latest album “Hello Love” to give away to one lucky blog reader.

Send an e-mail to matt.ralph(at)delanco.org with an answer to the question below for a chance to win.

For what are you most thankful?

Fundraiser tonight!

mattralph — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:16 +0000

Don’t forget to stop by Amazing Grace Resource Center in Mullica Hill tonight, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. There will be music, baked goods, Delanco merchandise and a kick-back to camp on all of the receipts. Get a head-start on your Christmas shopping, see some friends and have a good time of wholesome Godly fellowship.

Video: Camper-off

mattralph — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:00:02 +0000

Clayton Coffee House

josh — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:15:54 +0000

Sunday night we had a blast at Trinity UMC in Clayton. The youth group of Trinity and Sicklerville UMC got together to host a coffee house where all the proceeds went to Delanco Camp. On Saturday Nov. 22nd both youth groups, along with Trinity UMC in Mullica Hill, will head out to camp to continue working on the retreat center work project that began last year. Money raised at last night’s coffee house will be used toward the project.

I want to thank the many people who donated desserts and the cafe crew at TUMC who kept the coffee and other drinks flowing all night. Everything went so well! I also want to thank James Hughes, Mike Fredericks, Mike Ralph, and Elisa Rambo for providing us with some music all night long. Below are some pictures taken by Mike Ralph though sadly he is not seen in any pictures. Again thank you all for your help, thank you to all who came out and helped us raise over $400 for Delanco Camp. We will be doing this again soon so stay tuned!

James Hughes

Elisa Rambo

Michael Fredericks

Jessy Clark, Bill Miller, and Steph DiNovi

Video: Morning warm-ups

mattralph — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:00:26 +0000

Wally and the guys from Tenth Avenue North leading the campers in a morning chapel warm-up routine at camp last summer.

Solitude in a wooded wonderland

mattralph — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:30:31 +0000

A recent posting on the Mission Year Blog by Amy Tuttel gives props to Delanco for something we often take for granted: its trees.

Tuttel writes:

This weekend Mission Year folks took a solitude retreat somewhere in New Jersey at a camp called Delanco. The camp was pretty rustic, truly simple…but the trees…were absolutely beautiful. I spent hours sitting on one end of the pond surrounded by trees with bright red, orange, green, and yellow fall-kissed leaves. My soul is still rejoicing.

A wise man, Mr. Nouwen, once said: ‘In solitude, our heart can slowly take off it’s many protective devices, and can grow so wide and deep that nothing human is strange to it.’ Solitude enables us to feel the crying need of those who suffer around us because solitude strips us down to our core, to our true self, which is closer to God and helps us understand God’s identification with humanity.

My time spent in solitude initiated what will be a very long process of stripping down, taking off the layers that I have placed over my heart and my self…the layers that I deceive myself and others into thinking of as authenticity. As I peel off my protection…I will be able to understand the suffering of my neighbors on a deeper and true level.

Introducing: CD giveaway Mondays

mattralph — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:00:29 +0000

As a new feature here on the Delanco Blog, I’m going to be giving away a CD every other Monday.

The first giveaway is This Beautiful Republic’s Perceptions.

You can listen to excerpts of the album at their Web site - thisbeautifulrepublic.com.

If you’d like to enter to win the CD, e-mail matt.ralph@delanco.org with an answer to the question below before Nov. 17, 2008.

What is the coolest thing you learned or experienced about God’s love in the month of October?