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My Name is David Moldenhauer. I am a Junior at Missouri University of Science and Technology studying mechanical engineering. I am a member at Trinity Lutheran Church in Auburn Illinois. This will be my 3rd year on staff and my 14th year going to camp. My favorite parts of camp are outdoor chapel and underground church.
Hey!! My name is Ali Hermes. I live in Springfield, IL and attend Zion Lutheran Church. I just graduated Pleasant Plains High School in 2023. This will be my first year on staff, but my tenth year coming to camp. My favorite camp activity is creek walking. Outside of camp I love to spend time with friends and play music. I look forward to seeing everyone this summer!
Camp Impact: Rev. Ian Heinze We confess that God works through means. With great joy we hold on to the Means of Grace that God has promised to work through to seal us in the forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation. Through Baptism, He transfers us from the kingdom of Satan to the kingdom of God, washing away our sin by putting us to death and raising us to new life. Through Absolution, Christ continues to return us to our Baptismal grace by forgiving our sin. Through the Lord’s Supper, Christ delivers His own Body and Blood for us to eat and drink for the forgiveness of sin, unity with Him, divine grace, and the promise of life eternal. The promised Means of Grace are gifts to be greatly treasured!
We further rejoice that God also makes use of other things as His instruments in the world. Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the Word of Christ. God’s Word does all the work! Yet God’s Word comes to us in a multitude of ways. One of those ways is through the labor of Camp CILCA. We confess that God works through means. As far as I know, I am reasonably convinced that without the Holy Spirit’s work through Camp CILCA as His instrument, I would not be an active member of the Body of Christ today. I believe that I would certainly not be attending seminary without the dedicated labor of Camp CILCA. God uses Camp CILCA as an instrument to richly bless His church. He uses Camp CILCA as a means to create, strengthen, and sustain faith in both campers and staff through His Word. I hold my time at Camp CILCA as one of the greatest treasures God has gifted to me. I have met life-long friends along the way. I met my wonderful wife through Camp CILCA. Yet above all these delightful treasures, I rejoice that God has worked, and continues to work through Camp CILCA as an instrument to create, strengthen, and sustain my faith, and the next generation of campers and counselors. Camp Impact: Mrs. Katie Schuermann Growing up, I attended a public school situated in the middle of a cornfield. My high school graduating class was a whopping, record-breaking 52 students-big, and most of those students were boys and girls with whom I had shared classrooms, locker rooms, and buses for twelve years straight.
There is much good that comes from rubbing elbows with the exact same people for so many years in a row — not the least of which is ample practice at forgiving and being forgiven — but the corporate affection of a tight-knit community quickly grows hostile toward any individual whose will is opposed to the mob. Put plainly, a Christian girl intent on living a “chaste and decent life” is seen as a downer, if not an outright threat, to the party life of youths indulging in drunkenness and sexual promiscuity. And so, Camp CILCA became a welcome respite for this Christian girl. It was a place that encouraged and celebrated chaste and decent living by structuring attendees’ schedules around the hearing, singing, and studying of the Word of God as well as daily, hourly physical activity that pointed toward, not the satisfaction of self but the service of others. Camp CILCA also expanded my social connections beyond my immediate community, taking some of the pressure off the often-isolating interactions with my peers at home. I now had friends across the state and beyond. What was a little shunning from my hometown classmates? Camp CILCA was formative for me, helping me to see beyond the immediate and to delay gratification, yearning and striving for what is best in life, namely a life centered on the forgiveness, life, and salvation of Jesus Christ and His promise to make all things new on the Last Day. Camp Impact: Mr. Jacob Schniepp I attended Camp for the first time the summer after my dad passed away. I was 11 years old, and my sister had been going for years so I always knew of camp but never actually got to experience it.
I loved this place from the very first day. I just felt at home. The counselors made me feel welcomed and that they really did care about me and about everyone who came. The JCs seemed like the really cool older siblings you would see on TV who actually wanted to be there for the younger kids. I still remember every JC and counselor who made me feel like I was special and loved. I could never wait till my next week to be a camper or just to come to camp, I was always so excited I would start packing a week in advance! My mom used to say her car knew the way to camp by itself and honestly it probably did. Camp just has this different feeling from any other place I have been. It is so peaceful, yet loud and crazy. You never know what to expect when you are there. The camp experience helped shape who I am today. I graduated from little kid camper to JC to Counselor and loved each stage. Every time I see a camper smile, it makes me feel fantastic. I can see God’s love just shining from them. Making people happy and showing that through God’s love wonderous things can happen is what camp is about. Camp showed me that I can do this for others the same way it was done for me when I was growing up. I really would not be who I am today without all the love and support camp offered and I am so grateful for it. |
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