God's Country Mini Camp

07/22/2021

To our Campers and families;
We apologize for not having put a post or email out yet but we once again very much regret to announce that Camp is canceled for the 2021 season.

Sadly, due to covid concerns and the lack of sufficient staff/student ratio and 2 adult staff who are dealing with significant ongoing health concerns of their own, we decided we would not be able to safely put on our Camp this year as we had planned.

It was a very hard decision to make, and not one taken lightly, especially after not being able to do it last year, but we are praying about & hope to come up with some ideas of how to at least connect with the youth that have been camping with us in some capacity at some point. The Summer is going fast and another school year is almost upon us. We are praying for that as well.

Please... know that we as a group are praying for these awesome young people & you all as parents.. and your families & will continue to be!
Let us know how we can be praying for your youth & family. We know this is a very pivotal time in their lives, and we are praying that the seeds that have been planted will continue to be nourished and grow and that they, and you too will remember and KNOW that our Hope in this world is Jesus Christ and putting on the armor of God... EVERYDAY!

We know that God is calling us to minister to these young people in whatever way we can and we are praying for His vision & provision to do it! Until we meet again, we Pray His Protection, Peace and HOPE over you all!
~ I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength! ~Philippians 4:13
Thank you to those who have reached out to us, you can message us here at anytime.
~Yours in Christ,
The GCMC Vision Team

11/18/2020

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07/02/2020

June 23, 2020

Dear Campers and Family,

After nearly 3 1/2 months of no school, the God’s Country Mini-Camp team prays that you and your family are safe and well. None of us could have predicted when we said our goodbyes at the end of camp last year, what 2020 would have in store for us.

With sorrow in our hearts, we must inform you that it will not include our gathering for God’s Country Mini- Camp. That decision has been prayed and agonized over and was prompted by several factors.

The prospect that some school districts might begin classes as early as August 3rd eliminated the dates that we had planned and that have marked our meeting times in the past. Earlier dates presented possible conflicts with other events, such as county fairs. These earlier dates also called into question the ability of our all-volunteer team to make adequate preparations.

Of course the paramount consideration was the health and well-being of our campers. The constraints of social distancing made the camp, as we have always felt led to conduct it, infeasible to carry out. Other options, like a daycamp, were considered but this posed a number of the same challenges.

As you know many other events across the state have been canceled for similar reasons including RAGBRAI, the Iowa State fair and many other camping programs, both of the church and secular organizations.

Rather than conduct a greatly scaled-back event that would be ineffective and that many parents, understandably, wouldn’t feel safe sending their kids to, we have opted to conserve our resources and apply them toward having the best God’s Country Mini-Camp ever in 2021!

It has been our practice in the past to offer our camp to youth in 5th through 8th grade. We realize that some of our veteran campers were looking forward to attending one more year as campers before moving on to 9th grade. If you fall into this category we want you to know that you have not missed your chance. We invite you to return next year as campers and look forward to seeing you for all the fun.

We miss you all and are heartbroken that we won’t be able to share the love of Jesus with you in person this year. But God’s will for our lives can’t be defeated by a pandemic or anything else if we will trust and follow Jesus! You all are in our prayers and if there is a way we can minister to you until we meet again, please call or text my cell at the number below.

God Bless You All,

Pastor Tim
641-417-9463

12/12/2019

Merry Christmas!

11/05/2019

We want to invite everyone to witness "The Visual Truth Mime Troupe" at The Kellogg United Methodist Church Sunday November 10th at our 10:30 morning service!

They are from Kansas and they have an incredible ministry- a very talented group of young people of various ages who Mime to Christian music and it is AWESOME!!!
They have been coming to our church for several years now and we are very excited to have them back!

We will also be having a lunch with them afterwards that everyone is welcome to join us for and to meet them and fellowship with. It's always an awesome time-so bring your family and friends and come join us!!!

09/21/2019

UPDATE~ We will be having everything INSIDE tonite! Supper starts at 5PM!

~~PLEASE NOTE~~ We are having this months Sharing Supper this Saturday night September 21st out at our sister Church ~ Pleasant View United Methodist Church as we are combining it with a Camp Reunion with our Youth/families from God's Country Mini Camp!
Also the TIME will be earlier so that we can fit in all of the fun we are going to have!
WHAT~Sharing Supper/Camp Reunion
WHERE~Pleasant View Church
TIME~ 5pm ~Biscuits and Sausage Gravy, Broccoli with Cheese cupcakes
Entertainment~Nick Ryan~ at 6pm
Come and join us!!!

09/16/2019

Hey God's Country Mini Campers and families!!! :)
So... we are having a Reunion combined with our Sharing Supper for everyone this month out at Pleasant View United Methodist Church!
Come and join us THIS Saturday night September 21st from 4:30 -7:30 PM and bring your family and lawn chairs and get ready for some FALL FUN with Worship, Campfire, Food, Games, Hayride and LIVE music!