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Alumni Update: Serving Our Community with Love

Mar 24, 2023 Comments Off on Alumni Update: Serving Our Community with Love
Oct 6 @ 3:30 am

It’s hard to believe we’re well into 2023! All of us are excited about what’s ahead: new staff in place, new programs on the horizon and, as always, new opportunities to see God’s unfoldment of every idea.

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From the NAB: Making Alumni Connections

Mar 10, 2023 Comments Off on From the NAB: Making Alumni Connections
Oct 6 @ 3:30 am

How can you support Adventure Unlimited right now? If you’re coming to camp, shout it from the rooftops! DB events are happening online and in-person, across the country, all year around, for all ages; check out the DB event calendar to find something near you. And don’t forget to let the teens in your life know about applying for DB National Leadership Council and Compass later this summer. 

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New Leadership, New Program, New Hub

Oct 20, 2022 Comments Off on New Leadership, New Program, New Hub
Oct 6 @ 3:30 am

We heard more this year from parents about the solid foundation of Christian Science being present in programs. And like every year, we are grateful for the opportunities to see so many significant healings through the transformation of thought. Here’s what’s currently underway at Adventure Unlimited.

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Our Hike that Became a Healing When Horses Spooked

Oct 20, 2022 Comments Off on Our Hike that Became a Healing When Horses Spooked
Oct 6 @ 3:30 am

On a day-off adventure this past summer, a group of bunkhouse parents ended up right where they needed to be to provide help and care to campers and staff.

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A/U Ranches Summer Update

Jan 20, 2021 Comments Off on A/U Ranches Summer Update
Oct 6 @ 3:30 am

Regardless of changes made to the structure of residential Youth Camp, what’s most important about camp will stay the same – growing closer to God, spending time with friends and participating in awesome activities.

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For this Middle-schooler, Camp Made a Big Impact

Apr 30, 2019 Comments Off on For this Middle-schooler, Camp Made a Big Impact
Oct 6 @ 3:30 am

Frank Scott was a camper at the A/U Ranches when he was a kid. As an adult, he stopped attending church due to heavy work commitments. Two years ago his brother, Bill Scott, encouraged him to start taking his 13-year-old daughter, Juliette, to Sunday School so she could come to camp. Here is Juliette’s story.

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Can your family make time for camp and DB activities? Our new enrollment manager will show you how

Nov 2, 2018 Comments Off on Can your family make time for camp and DB activities? Our new enrollment manager will show you how
Oct 6 @ 3:30 am

We’ve found that families are challenged with choosing among many activities. My job is to share and answer questions about the experiences children have in A/U Ranches and DiscoveryBound activities.

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Led Step by Step, at Camp and Beyond

Apr 27, 2018 Comments Off on Led Step by Step, at Camp and Beyond
Oct 6 @ 3:30 am

Camp has been my way of measuring growth over the years, the various horses I rode acting as trail markers throughout my life. My most significant friendships have been formed at camp, important lessons have been learned at camp, and the best parts of myself were discovered and established while at camp.

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The In-between Time

Mar 16, 2018 Comments Off on The In-between Time
Oct 6 @ 3:30 am

There are snow showers some days, other days sunshine and warmth to melt it away. Most of the country enjoys joyful peeks at spring in between leftover patches of winter. Now it is the in-between time, when we begin to think about warmer days, adventures ahead of us, perhaps recalling memories of backpacking trips, paddling on the river or riding horses to campsites high in the evergreens.

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Abundant Firsts

Jan 4, 2017 Comments Off on Abundant Firsts
Oct 6 @ 3:30 am

I watched my son pedal away on his new bike with little help from me or my husband. Our role was only a matter of holding the seat while he climbed aboard, and then he was off in a hurry. He had gracefully transitioned from a small toddler’s balance bike to what he deemed his “big boy bike with pedals” with little interruption, and we were so proud.

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