SUMMER CAMP!
Introducing the
2023 Summer Staffers!
When I smell or taste unsalted popcorn,
I think of camp. It reminds me of
Sunday night snack with ke�le cooked
popcorn.
Peter Buller
The people are what make Camp
special, every single camper each week
creates a las�ng impact on me and
helps me grow. Campers, volunteers,
counselors, summer staff and Olivia
help me realize how special this place is
and how much joy and fun we bring to
so many lives every week.
I would not be caught without friendship
bracelet string at camp because making
friendship bracelets is a camp staple.
“Friendship never stops.”
I would not be caught out at camp
without a water bo�le! Because
hydrate or die-drate.
Schyler Entz
Charlie Major
Edel Miller
Daniel Miller
Jacob Schrag
Timothy Schrag
The color green reminds me of camp,
because at camp we are always
surrounded by nature.
My best advice for a great week at
camp? Have fun, step out of your
comfort zone, make a friend (or 27),
and always thank the cooks.
My favorite place at camp is
definitely the campfire pit. While
there are a lot of other spots at
camp that are a lot of fun, campfire
is the �me where I have found
myself connec�ng most deeply with
God. Si�ng in silence or singing
along to a guitar helps God be my
sole focus, and I always look forward
to campfire.
Buhler Mennonite || Inman, KS
First Mennonite Newton || North Newton, KS
Journey Mennonite || Arlington, KS
Ebenfeld Mennonite Bretheren|| Hillsboro, KS
Alexanderwohl Mennonite || Hillsboro, KS
New Creation Fellowship|| Hillsboro, KS
Alexanderwohl Mennonite|| Hillsboro, KS
Please join us in welcoming our
2023 summer staff! We’re so
excited to have such wonderful
young folks on board and we know
that with their help, it’s going to be
our best summer yet!
Camp Mennoscah has been graciously offered a
gi� of $100,000 dollars, and we are honored and
pleased to receive it. However, the money comes
to Camp as a matching gi�. In other words, we
have been invited to raise money that will be
matched, dollar for dollar, when we bring funds
in, up to $100,000.
Therefore, to honor the gi�, we are taking this
opportunity to announce what we are calling the
M&M Project. M&M stands for Mission and
Maintenance, and there are several ways Camp
can use this money to maintain our Mission
through Maintenance of our property. Notably, in
order to have Camp this summer, we need to do
some repairs to the pool and some work to the
Retreat Center in order to have air condi�oning
for this summer. (FYI – the work on the HVAC at
the Retreat Center is a stop-gap measure before a
large overhaul to the en�re system.)
We know you will want to be in on this
opportunity to con�nue our Mission at Camp – to
be a place where all can renew themselves, their
rela�onships, and their connec�on with God
through Jesus Christ. Here’s how that can
happen!
Great News and
a Great Opportunity!
Announcing the M&M Project
We are planning two major ways for people to
give money for the M&M project. First, we
would ask churches who are supporters of Camp
Mennoscah to put together a fundraising event
this year that would specifically benefit the
M&M Project. These events would be sponsored
by churches and held at churches or at camp,
and other area churches could be invited to
par�cipate. Events could be, for example, a disc
golf tournament, a fishing derby, a mud or sand
volleyball tournament, a wiffle ball tournament,
a kick ball tournament, or any other event.
Other sorts of events could include bake sales,
pie auc�ons, talent-no talent shows, game
nights, chili cook-offs – the possibili�es are really
limited only by imagina�on.
Camp will willingly help with events by keeping a
master calendar of events on the Camp website,
providing help in planning and ideas, helping
with adver�sing and announcements to get the
word out, and providing any programming and
presenta�ons about camp that a church might
desire to have as part of their fundraiser. Don’t
be afraid to ask!
The second way Camp Mennoscah would like to
raise money for the M&M project is through
monthly pledges. We would like to see 100
“giving units” give $1000 each by the end of
- A “giving unit” – we’ll call them “Fire
Keepers” – could be a church, a Sunday School
class, a family, a Youth Group, a Small Group, a
Women’s or Men’s Group, individuals – whoever
wants to pledge money to make sure this
generous gi� is honored by matching the funds.
Camp Mennoscah will soon be celebra�ng 75
years of camping ministry. What an awesome
legacy! We hope the M&M Project will be a
fi�ng start to a large celebra�on as we prepare
our favorite place for its upcoming anniversary.
Please consider how you and yours can be part
of this awesome opportunity!
Ninnescah News – Summer 2023 – PG 3
By Tammy Unruh
Ninnescah News – Summer 2023 – PG 4
2023 Summer Camps
Junior High 1
June 4-9
Directors: Greg Shelly, Jeff & Addie Kauffman
For those in grades 8 and 9 (fall of 2023)
PreJunior 1
June 11-15
Directors: John Regier & Chris Riesen
For those in grades 4 and 5 (fall of 2023)
First Camp
June 15-17
Directors: Lindsey Young & Stacy Griffin
For those in grades 3 and 4 (fall of 2023)
Junior 1
June 18-23
Directors: Adam & Jill Robb
For those in grades 6 and 7 (fall of 2023)
PreJunior 2
June 25-29
Directors: Jeffrey Graber & Hope Graber
For those in grades 4 and 5 (fall of 2023)
Junior High 2
July 9-14
Directors: Derek & Kara Klingenberg
For those in grades 8 and 9 (fall of 2023)
Junior 2
July 16-21
Directors: Justin Beth, Emilie Doerksen,
Kevin Neufeld
For those in grades 6 and 7 (fall of 2023)
Senior High
July 23-28
Directors: Rachel Miller & Isaac Entz
For those in grades 10 through 12 (fall of 2023)
Schedule
New Camp Merch Soon!
New s�cker designs, a new travel mug, and the
2023 tshirts will soon be available for purchase!
This year’s tshirt design was created by John Regier
and features two campers rowing a canoe made
from the words “Camp Mennoscah.”
Register online at
www.campmennoscah.org
You can also contact us at
620-297-3290 or by email at
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