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The Gilead Greeter (Back) | Winter 2023

The Gilead Greeter (Front) | Winter 2023

Annual Appeal Letter

Dear Friend and Supporter,

Another year is coming to an end, and I am again amazed at the work God has done at Mt. Gilead Camp in 2023. As we finish up our 71st season at Mt. Gilead Camp, we have so many things to be grateful for this year! We will be leading 27 staff and CILTS (campers in leadership training) on a mission trip to Nicaragua from December 26th to January 1st to run a small girls’ educational camp for children living in poverty. If you read this letter while we are on the trip, please keep our team and the girls they will minister to in your prayers! You can subscribe to our daily mission trip blog on our website by scanning the QR code on our newsletter or visiting www.mtgileadamp.org/blog

We had another packed summer of campers with excellent staff, especially our new summer camp director, Kate Read! We will miss Mary Ellen Borell, who retired in 2022 to spend more summer time with family, but we are so glad to have Kate here! You can read Kate’s introduction in our December newsletter, either printed or online at our website

We have completely renovated the Screech House! Once one of the original barns on the farm property and built in the early 1900s, the Screech House (named after the Screech Owl) would have served as a tractor/storage barn for the original farmers on the property and has served multiple purposes at Mt. Gilead Camp over the years. The hand-hewn beam structure and location of this historical barn made a perfect new central office for our growing camp! An infirmary has been added on the right side of the building to accommodate our summer nurses and campers. This addition also serves as an excellent private guest room during retreat season! Come visit us and check it out!

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 says: Inwardly we are being renewed day by day. Therefore, we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly, we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them.

A lot of roofs, decks, and doors still need to be replaced around camp, yet I’m always amazed at how God continues to renew the buildings here at camp. Witnessing God’s provision for renewing camp has strengthened my faith over the past 10 years here at Mt. Gilead. I often feel my heart being renewed by seeing God work here at camp through volunteer time and donations from families and friends like you! If you would like to support Mt. Gilead Camp with some of our upcoming maintenance projects around camp or our scholarship program, you can send a tax-deductible donation to our ministry online or with the enclosed envelope! 

I pray that God is also showing you renewal in areas of your life this Christmas season! Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2023 and made the Screech House project possible! We are so excited for another summer in 2024! 

In Christ,

Adam Todd,  Executive Director

Our Current Needs

Mt. Gilead is a 501c3 non-profit organization and we rely on donations from supporters like you to help keep our summer camp tuition as affordable as possible while covering our annual operating budget, utility bills, property taxes, facility maintenance as well as our growing scholarship program. 

Inflation: In 2023, inflation rose over 7% effecting our annual utilities and food costs for our summer camp program. Any donation made towards our Giving Tuesday Campaign and our December Annual Appeal will help lessen the burden on our non-profit as we enter into 2024. We have set a goal of 30K in November/December, and we are praying we will surpass that. 

Physical Needs:

VEHICLES: Mt. Gilead is in need of a road worthy 7 Passenger SUV or Minivan which would be used for staff to pickup building supplies, tow equipment, and for transportation purposes year-round.

We're A Non-Profit
Why are we a non-profit? Because we feel a Christian camp is a mission field.

Studies show the impact summer camp can have in a young person’s life today has never been more desperately needed. Many teens today know they are addicted to their phones and social media, but lack the skills or opportunities to break their habits. This new cultural development is creating the most connected, yet loneliest generation we have ever seen in the United States. Many girls today live in constant comparison to one another, never feeling adequate or worth their true value. A week or more at Mt. Gilead Camp is an opportunity to leave the phone and media at home, make new, genuine friends, and meet God right in the middle of His creation. Girls leave Mt. Gilead knowing that they are wonderfully made and that their true value comes from God, and is in God alone. Our mission of keeping our camper tuition as low as possible every summer comes at a cost and we rely on support from churches, families, alumni, and friends like yourself to keep this “camper first” mission a reality.

The ultimate goal of Mt. Gilead Camp is to come alongside parents and churches to assist with teaching core values that young women must learn in order to make wise, biblically-centered decisions as they grow up in today’s culture. We put this mission first in everything we do, from staff hiring to staff training, to how we design our activities and bible study times at camp. A week at camp can change a life forever, that’s why Mt. Gilead offers scholarships to girls who could not otherwise afford a week at camp.

Our Scholarships

In Summer 2022, Mt. Gilead awarded over $15,000 in camper scholarships. This allowed girls who otherwise could not have attended a week at our Christ-centered camp to not only to see and feel the love and acceptance of our amazing staff, but to hear the life-saving message of Christ’s sacrificial love and desire to have a personal relationship with each one of us.

Our Dedicated Staff & Mission

We hear from our parents year after year how amazing our staff members are. From our seasoned camp leadership to our youngest high school support staff, the love of Christ is represented daily to our young campers. At a crucial time in her life, the contagious love that a staff member exhibits at camp often reaches a young girl’s heart in a way no one else can. Sometimes young girls need to see God’s love outside of the distractions found at school and home, and sometimes they need to hear God’s promises affirmed from someone in addition to a pastor or parent.

Out of 75+ employment applications a year, Mt. Gilead will hire approximately 10 new staff members.  Our smaller size and high employee/volunteer return rate leads to a unified staff that breaks our young campers’ perceptions of how people compare, judge, and sometimes pressure each other on a daily basis. A week at Mt. Gilead is a week of acceptance, love, and ultimately, growth.

Please Consider Monthly Giving

Please pray and consider investing monthly into the lives of all those who will be touched by the ministry of Mt. Gilead this coming year. By giving monthly in 2023, you will be a vital, on-going part of God’s plan for the future of this dedicated ministry and the individuals who attend our programming.

Regular monthly donations reduce administrative time and costs, allowing your generous gifts to go even further, and enabling us to budget for repairs and maintenance. Please consider becoming a monthly supporter, no matter the size of the gift.

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