Third stop was on a familiar road, highway 377. The center – St. Crispin’s Camp and Conference Center founded in 1960’s In the Diocese of Oklahoma. (the reason I say familiar, is because the camp I grew up in and started ministry in was in Granbury, Texas of highway 377, 240 miles away. The two state routes connect, small world indeed)
Located on 400 acres of property, it includes two lakes, Upper Lake and Lower Lake (the upper is higher in elevation and fills the lower, via a dam) As you can see this is where the summer youth canoe.
In the end of 2007, St. Crispin’s finished a two year construction project, which included demolition of an existing lodge, to build the new one. The new conference center has 22 motel-style rooms with two beds and private bath. They also built 5 conference room spaces, one with a kitchen (including full refrigerator, stove, oven and ice machine). In the picture notice how the new part connects to the old part (near my car), they blend in well, I think.
Summer Camp Cabin Zero
The Summer Camp facilities are a stone’s or frisbee’s throw from the Conference Center, and summer lodging is set up in a cirlce like a few camps I have seen. But what I haven’t seen so far is a cabin with the number “zero”. They actually build the cabin zero after all the others and the place in the circle just made sense to number zero. Most unique.
I also got to hang out with the summer staff in training and played the fun game of “Catch Phrase”, if you have not played it I recommend for big group settings.
Love seeing all of our many camps and conference centers. All of them are such precious resources for our church and our world
Comment by Tom Eshelman — June 16, 2009 @ 3:48 pm