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Our Vision Little Prairie Bible Camp will provide an outstanding environment for youth, adults, and families to experience a deeper and lasting relationship with God. |
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Our Mission It is the mission of Little Prairie Bible Camp to provide a loving Christian camp experience to help youth, adults, and families develop a personal, growing, spirit-filled relationship with God and His son Jesus Christ, and share their faith with others. |
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January 2004
Little Prairie Bible Camp Set for Busy Summer
Theme: His Plan, My Gain.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,
declares the Lord, plans to prosper
you and not harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future.
It looks like another busy season at
LPBC. Campers are already wanting to know when their sessions have been
scheduled. Here are the LPBC session dates along with another important date,
as approved by the board at its January meeting. Camp directors for each week
are listed so those interested in being counselors, junior counselors, or cooks
can contact them directly. You can, also, call Rick Prugh at 573-729-2843.
This is his first year as Encampment Committee chairman, so go easy on him!
May 1-3 Family Work
Camp Don Riley, 573-265-5604
June 6-11 Primary Week (Grades 3-5) Steve
Arnold, 573-749-9523
June 13-18 Junior Week (Grades 6-8) Rick
Pitchford, 573-729-7511
June 19-26 Senior Week (Grades 9-12) Nathan
King, 573-445-2213
June 28-July 2 Day Camp (Ages 5-2nd
Grade) Brent Fry, 573-341-2483
July 11-16
Combined Week (Grades 5-12) Ed Hall, 573-676-3956
Applications will be printed and mailed soon. They will also be posted on the LPBC website (www.littleprairie.org ) for you to print and send with payment. You might want to act quickly. Not only will you want to reserve your spot, but also, if you send in your application and payment at least two weeks before your camp session starts, you will save $10 per camper.
These are the camp fees for this year: Primary, Junior, and Combined Weeks are $85 per week, or $75 with early payment. Senior Week is $95, or $85 with early payment. Day Camp is $55, or $45 with early payment.
Additional Camp Schedule for 2004
In
addition to the regularly scheduled camp sessions, several groups have already
scheduled dates to hold their own camp sessions or retreats. These dates
include: June 4-5,
July 18-24,
July 25-31,
Sept. 17-18, Sept. 24-25,
and October 8-10.
There are still some dates open, and the camp is a wonderful facility available
for use by individual congregations. We even have a wedding scheduled.
Courtney Vidacovich will be married at the camp on June 5th. She
is the daughter of Chris and Donna Vidacovich,
formerly of Salem.
Lifeguards
Each year we are in need of certified lifeguards, both male and female. If you
are a certified lifeguard, or know of any, who would be interested in working at
LPBC, please contact Ina Ruth McKune at:
irm@familyhope.net or (573) 341-5812. The
camp will pay the fees for a lifeguard certification class for anyone who would
then be willing to guard at one or more sessions.
Food for Camp
Someone from the Encampment Committee will be contacting your
congregation shortly regarding food donations for camp.
Annual Meeting/Fall Festival Report
The
annual meeting of LPBC was held at the camp on October 4th in conjunction with
the Fall Festival. This may sound like a repeat of the past few years, but the
Fall Festival was a great success again this year. A very special thanks goes
to all those who worked so hard and did a wonderful job of organizing, directing
and implementing various parts of this project. Barbara King and Wilma Arthur
provided a delicious turkey dinner, as usual. Bill Phipps was in charge of the
silent auction this year. Many thanks to all those who worked on setting up,
tearing down and running the various booths, and to everyone else who
contributed in any way. Overall it was a special evening of fun and fellowship
which resulted in $6530 for LPBC, a record.
Six board members and two alternates were elected to the Board of Directors. (Please contact Bill Gillett, 10175 CR 5140, Rolla, MO 65401 (573)341-3952 or billg@umr.edu if you would like a list of Board Members with their addresses, phone #s, etc..)
Financial
Report
What a blessing! Thanks to all who
supported our Fall Festival in October. We were blessed with $ 6,530. We also
want to thank all those who have given memorials in honor of your loved ones --
what a wonderful blessing for the children who come to camp! And thank you to
everyone who has paid their dues for the 2003 - 2004 year (Oct.1,03
-Sept.30,04). It is not too late to send in your dues if you forgot! $20 for
regular members, $10 for lifetime members.
Our known upcoming expenses are: Maintenance building - $ 13,000, Retaining wall/cement foundation for multi-purpose building - $7,000, Repair/repainting of pool - $2,500. Total: $22,500. We ask for your prayers and support of our future fund-raisers as we try very hard to be good stewards and take good care of our present facilities and as we plan for the future.
As a reminder, we still have camp coupons available if you would like a camper to be able to earn their way to camp this year. We also have some remaining cookbooks available for only $5 each! So if you would like to pay your dues, send a donation, or buy coupons/cookbooks, please write to: Little Prairie Bible Camp, P.O. Box 251, Rolla, MO 65402. If you have any questions, contact Cathy at: cassidy@rollanet.org
Thank You! To God Be The Glory! Cathy Cassidy, Treasurer
Site Maintenance
We are pleased to announce
that a new water softener system has been installed at the camp. We have had to
replace many items over the years because of the very hard water, so soft water
throughout camp is a welcome addition. The committee has board approval to
start construction of a new storage/maintenance building to house the tractor,
mowers, and other equipment that is necessary to maintain the great camp that we
have. In addition, concrete work will be done this spring to eliminate water
and mud problems around the multi-purpose building. The estimated costs are in
the Finance report.
The board has been very pleased with the outstanding job our camp managers, Rob and Laura Martin (and their family), have done this past year. They are to be commended. We look forward to a long and rewarding relationship with them.
Please mark MAY 1-3 on your calendar. This is the date of the annual Family Work Camp. Details to follow.
Please contact Don Riley (573-265-5604) or Bill Gillett (573-341-3952) billg@umr.edu) if you have questions.
Fund-raisers for 2004
Super
Sunday
February 29th
Proceeds will be used to build the storage/maintenance building and
to do concrete work around the multi-purpose building (details to follow).
Annual Krispy Kreme Doughnut sale
..May
29th.
1500 Krispy Kreme Donuts have
been ordered for our Annual Fund-raiser on May 29,2004. Please mark your
calendars. Your assistance will be appreciated to make this another successful
Krispy Kreme Sale project for Little Prairie Bible Camp. If you are
willing to presale please contact Bill Phipps 573-364-2048 or:
bill.phipps@mail.sprint.com
Annual Golf Tournament
The
annual golf tournament has not been scheduled as of this date, but watch for the
date on the web. Also, past participants and congregations will be contact well
in advance. Many thanks for your generous support of LPBC through the
fund-raisers that have been held over the years.
Strategic Plan for LPBC 2004
A Strategic Planning Committee has been established to help the Board of Directors develop and maintain a clear vision for LPBC, a mission consistent with that vision, and plans to achieve goals affiliated with that mission. The function of the committee is to:
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Coordinate the process to implement goals, objectives, and action items consistent with the LPBC vision and mission statements. |
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Coordinate the planning process associated with maintaining an excellent Christian camp environment. |
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Solicit input from other standing committees to formulate and recommend action plans to expand, improve, or replace current physical facilities, as well as adding new facilities. |
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Develop recommendations for full board consideration regarding use of camp facilities. |
The committee consists of a chairperson selected by the Board of Directors and one representative from each standing committee. If you would like to have a voice in strategic planning for LPBC, please contact any board member. We welcome input from all active members of LPBC.
Membership
Every Christian in central Missouri is encouraged to become a member of LPBC. Membership in LPBC, which is open to any Christian in good standing in the church of Christ, helps support the camp and entitles the member to have a voice in how the camp is run and what facilities are built. There are two types of membership available:
Annual: $20 dues per year
Life: $150 initially and $10 dues per year thereafter
Membership runs from October 1 to September 30th of the next year. Membership in LPBC includes the immediate family. All members have equal voting rights and privileges. If you are not a member, but would like to be, please make your check payable to LPBC and send to: Treasurer, LPBC, P.O. Box 251, Rolla, MO 65402
Currently, LPBC has 104 paid members for 2003-2004. If you have already paid, thanks so much. If you have not paid, please send your dues to start enjoying the benefits of membership in LPBC (see Finance Report).
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