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What’s Happening at Montgomery?
Preparing the Space for What’s Ahead
Simple ways you can make a big impact before campers arrive
As summer approaches, preparation at Montgomery shifts from planning to doing.
This year’s theme, “In the Wilderness,” invites us to reflect on the spaces where growth happens—often not in comfort, but in trust, discovery, and dependence on God. Camp has always been a place where that kind of transformation can take root.
Spaces are being readied. Supplies are being gathered. Final touches are underway to ensure that every camper who arrives is welcomed into a place that feels safe, cared for, and full of possibility.
And this work doesn’t happen alone.
It happens because a community steps in—offering time, resources, encouragement, and care in ways both big and small.
Adopt-a-Staff-Member: One meaningful way to support this summer is by participating in our Adopt-a-Staff-Member program.
You or your church can encourage a staff member through notes, small care packages, and prayer throughout the summer.
👉 https://www.montgomerycenter.org/give
Commissioning: Each year, one of our presbytery churches invites the summer staff to be commissioned into ministry for the season. This year’s commissioning should take place on either June 7 or June 14. Contact us today if your congregation would like to welcome the staff for this important service in the life of the ministry.
Camp Chaplains: We are also seeking a Camp Chaplain for Session 3 (the week of June 28). Camp Chaplains provide spiritual leadership and pastoral presence for campers and staff throughout the week. More information is available at https://www.montgomerycenter.org/summer-staff
📧 Email info@montgomerycenter.org for more information about either opportunity.
Summer Wish List & Volunteer Projects
There are also practical needs that help camp run smoothly day to day.
There are also practical needs as we prepare our spaces and programs. Many of these are simple items that make a big difference in daily camp life. Here are some of our most immediate needs:
Hammocks & straps
Used picture frames
Used guitar
Glow sticks
Volleyballs & ball pumps
Friendship bracelet string
Acrylic paint & tie-dye kits
Exterior paint (container cabins)
Potted cedar trees for planting (6)
Volunteer opportunities include:
Painting inn room doors and the main kitchen
Building or repairing trail benches
Re-buoying Emerald swim area
Setting up beach volleyball improvements
📧 Email info@montgomerycenter.org (subject: Wish List or Volunteer) to get involved.
Still Time to Join In
There is still space for campers this summer, and we would love to welcome them.
We are also filling a few remaining summer staff positions, especially cabin counselors.
👉 Camp Registration: https://www.montgomerycenter.org/summer-camp
👉 Staff Applications: https://www.montgomerycenter.org/summer-staff
Before the first camper arrives—before the first song is sung or the first game is played—there is already a quiet kind of ministry happening here.
It looks like preparation.
It looks like generosity.
It looks like people choosing to show up.
And it makes everything that follows possible.
Thank you for the many ways you continue to support Montgomery—not just in words, but in action.
With gratitude,
Rebekah Rodgers
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