Glad Tidings Bible Camp

Glad Tidings Bible Camp A Non-denominational Bible Camp in North-east Nebraska. Check out our website at www.gladtidingsbibl

We are a summer youth camp in the beautiful hills of rural Nebraska. We are located in Bloomfield, NE, located just five miles northwest of Crofton, NE, and serve Northeast Nebraska and Southeast South Dakota.

08/11/2026

We made it home with the mower!
We took a detour to church for a CE meeting so it’s late, but hey, it’s definitely not the latest trip we’ve had recently!

Mower acquired! Now we just have to make it the 7 hours home! We've rented a trailer from u-haul rather than continue to...
08/10/2026

Mower acquired! Now we just have to make it the 7 hours home! We've rented a trailer from u-haul rather than continue to deal with the challenges ours was having.

Update on trip to get mower:Stop 1 - church. Gil drops Jamie off, then moves the van forward to park it and a back windo...
08/09/2026

Update on trip to get mower:
Stop 1 - church. Gil drops Jamie off, then moves the van forward to park it and a back window randomly shatters for no reason.
Stop 2 - HyVee - Gil realizes the trailer is somehow causing the wheel to bend and ruin. So we had to buy another wheel.
Prayers requested and appreciated!

Well, the mower has broken for the 5th time this summer, possibly permanently now. BUT at the end of Middle School Camp,...
08/09/2026

Well, the mower has broken for the 5th time this summer, possibly permanently now. BUT at the end of Middle School Camp, we received a phone call with a camp supporter offering to donate the cost of a replacement mower. After weeks of constantly looking on marketplace and auction sites, we have a strong lead. The current plan is to drive to Middleton, WI tomorrow and pick it up Monday morning. Prayers are appreciated for safe travel and for this to be as good of a deal as it appears.

Staff Appreciation Party!Thank you to Melissa & Neena for hosting and providing all the food and to Kevin for giving us ...
08/04/2026

Staff Appreciation Party!
Thank you to Melissa & Neena for hosting and providing all the food and to Kevin for giving us a boat ride and to Nate & Neena for getting photos for us!

Ok. I ran out of time to keep posting the all the things the birthday boy does for camp series. Here's a few more photos...
07/22/2026

Ok. I ran out of time to keep posting the all the things the birthday boy does for camp series. Here's a few more photos and the last of the list I made. (And no, he doesn't know his wife spent the day taking over the camp's page to brag on him. :-D But you all get it! He's such an amazing camp director, we need a day to just brag on him a little!)

Pulling out his guitar and learning new songs to lead us in music – both at chapels and campfires.

Leading chapels. He doesn’t hesitate to open his Bible and tell campers what the Word of God says!

Mowing, snow scooping, ground adjusting, tree trimming, w**d eating, and then fixing all the machines when they break or making runs to and from town to have them fixed.

Cracking eggs... tons and tons of eggs! If there is a shortage of staff in the kitchen, it’s not a surprise to find our director filling in the gap – just don’t trust him with the cookies! :-D

Washing dishes. Because, if there’s a job needing done, he won’t hesitate to do it!

Supervising the swimmers at the beach. It might have been quite a few years ago that he took lifeguard certification courses, but he still knows how much diligence and alertness is required for the role and takes it on himself to keep the campers safe.

Planning, packing, loading, unloading, reloading – if an off-site trip is happening, he’s inspecting the vehicles, consulting the packing list, rounding up the supplies, directing the campers – ensuring everything goes smoothly. If he happens to forget his wife in the process, well... she wasn’t on the packing list... :-D

Learning the construction business. Yeah, those business classes didn’t teach a ton about building new cabins or installing electrical or plumbing, but he’s always willing to be a part of helping the expert volunteers!

Leading activities - disc golf, a game, woodworking, task master (just wait till you find out what he's got planned for next year!)...

Designing, editing, updating the camp website and the online registration. Each event requires going through the whole process and he makes it all happen!

Presenting - traveling to churches, schools - wherever - to tell them all about camp - and if you give him more than just some announcement time in the actual service, you'll probably get another game. ;-)

Next in the series of birthday posts about the camp director:Setting the standard. So many times you hear him tell campe...
07/22/2026

Next in the series of birthday posts about the camp director:
Setting the standard. So many times you hear him tell campers the expectations – each one of you should go out of your way to help others have a good time. And he makes it clear to the staff that they can be quick to “take it to the next level”. If a camper is ruining the experience for others, the cabin leader can very quickly ask for Gil’s help.

Always coming up with a new game for us... or just taking a regular game like Ladder Ball and making it more entertainin...
07/22/2026

Always coming up with a new game for us... or just taking a regular game like Ladder Ball and making it more entertaining by increasing its height... by about 6 feet :-D

Happy Birthday to our nutty (and amazing!) director!We know this man works crazy hard doing so many roles here and we ar...
07/22/2026

Happy Birthday to our nutty (and amazing!) director!
We know this man works crazy hard doing so many roles here and we are incredibly thankful for him!
What have YOU seen him do that you appreciate? (nutty or not!)
We'll post some photos throughout the day of some of the many roles he fills.

Would someone be willing to take a road trip to pick up a mower. It'd be a long day from camp, or a short day from the O...
07/21/2026

Would someone be willing to take a road trip to pick up a mower. It'd be a long day from camp, or a short day from the Omaha area. Shoot us a message if you could help with this. Thanks!!

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89238 544 Avenue
Bloomfield, NE
68718

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+14028820002

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