• 50th Anniversary Reflections from Co-Founder & Executive Director Linda Harris

    Memories flood your mind and heart when you go back to the beginning when the planning and dreaming began…1967. The seed was planted in the heart of a young pastor and his wife about starting a Christian camp on the shores of Lake Gaston. God doesn’t dilly-dally when He gives the call and asks for a walk of faith to move forward. One step and contact led to countless others, all opening doors of opportunities. God had already moved in the heart of a dairy farmer and his wife to have a role in this journey through the availability of property. Two railroad companies soon helped make the building theme…

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  • Celebrating 50 Years!

    Throughout this year we have had the privilege to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Youth Camps For Christ, Inc. and its Christian camping and retreat ministries of Camp Willow Run (CWR) established in 1968 and Camp Willow Springs (CWS) established in 2014. In June, we hosted a 50th anniversary celebration event for staff alumni. Over 550 staff and guests attended! J.D. Greear, pastor of the Summit Church and a former CWR summer speaker, challenged us from Psalm 126 as he talked about faith and sacrifice. He defined faith as the audacious expectation that God will do something, against even incredible odds and shared that this is the kind of faith…

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