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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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September 2001
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
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FALL FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2001
at Little Prairie Bible
Camp
Annual Meeting……..3:30
Dinner………………..5:00 – 7:00
Fall Festival………….5:00 – 7:30
The Fall Festival will again include a silent auction which has been very popular in the past. Laura Light was primarily responsible for getting several hundred items for the auction last year. The silent auction alone raised approximately $3200 for LPBC. She is very busy with donations again this year. If you have something to donate or would like to help solicit donations, please contact Laura at (573) 308-3472 or email. The Fall Festival is always a great evening of fun for the entire family (while raising money for LPBC.) Make plans now to attend this very important event!
At the Annual Meeting six (6) Board Members will be elected to serve two (2) year terms. The alternate who receives the most votes will serve the remaining one year of Chris Vidacovich’s term. Chris has resigned and moved to Texas. Candidates include:
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* John Dillard - Rolla |
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* Bill Gillett - Rolla |
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* Nathan King – Columbia |
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* Ina Ruth McKune – Rolla |
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* Linda Roberts – Rolla |
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Rick Prugh - Salem |
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Bill Phipps – Rolla |
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Ed Hall – Fulton |
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Marc Leach – Rolla |
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Larry Tubbs – Licking |
( Note: * indicates currently serving on Board)
Note: Cathy Cassidy has replaced Diana Hawkins as LPBC Treasurer. She will join Don Riley and Nadine Miller as the third member of the Finance Committee. THANKS Diana for your hard work!
Highlights
(for complete details, come to the annual meeting)
Encampment
Camp is now being used from April through October. Eight regular sessions of camp were held during June, July and August with approximately 550 campers. Also, a number of groups have had weekend retreats, etc.. The East Sunshine Campus group started things off in April, followed by Family Work Camp and at least 6 youth/family retreats before and after regular camp. We are delighted that the camp is being used so much. If you are interested in using the camp during non- regular camp sessions, the procedure for reserving the camp is: Contact the chairperson of the Encampment Committee (currently Ina Ruth McKune ((573) 341-5812) or email) is filling in for the chair). She will get Board approval and then if the date is available, she will have the caretaker put it on the camp calendar. The fee for Church of Christ groups is $50/day.
Camp Facilities
The craft house has been completed and was in full use this summer. Thanks to everyone who helped in any way. A new director’s cabin was started just before Family Work Camp and much progress was made during Family Camp by carpenters from several surrounding congregations. Although there is still work to be done, it was used by campers during two (2) sessions this summer. Thanks to John Dillard for being the “general contractor” on this major project and to everyone who contributed. A very special thanks to the Greater Alton Church for their $1000 contribution and to the South County congregation in Ashland, Missouri for their generous $2000 contribution. These 2 gifts took care of the majority of the expenses for the director’s cabin. THANKS !! Other accomplishments for the year include: adding a layer of crushed rock to the road, painting the chapel roof, buying 100 all-weather chairs for the chapel and multipurpose building, installing a new dishwasher and sprayer in the kitchen, landscaping around the flagpole area. Many thanks to Kenny Light for the great job he has done in leading this area of work for the past 2 years. He will be leaving the Board next month.
Fundraising
A number of events were very successful in raising funds to help pay off the shower house and craft facility loan.
| Fall Festival | October 2000 | ~ $6000 |
| Fundraising Dinner | February 2001 | ~ 600 |
| Turkey Shoot | April 2001 | ~ 500 |
| Krispy Kreme Doughnuts | May 2001 | ~ 3200 |
| LPBC Golf Tournament | June 2001 | ~ 1600 |
| Aleen Chaney’s garage sales | ~ 1000 | |
| Grand Total | ~$12,900 |
The camp also receives $80/month from 5 individuals via direct deposits. This money goes toward paying the regular monthly expenses. If you would like to contribute in this way, please contact:
Nadine Miller (573) 364-2147 or email.
