Is the end of COVID as an official public health emergency good news for summer youth camps? Or are dangers still lurking behind every tree and campsite? After the May 11 declaration that COVID-19 is no longer a public health…
Virginia church supports Passport staffers with seminary scholarships
A Virginia church has teamed with a Christian summer camp organization to offer something extra to its summer youth workers who want to pursue theological education. River Road Church, Baptist, has established the Chester Phelps Passport Seminary Scholarship with Passport…
Summer youth camps and internships are making a comeback this year
Church summer camps and in-person internship programs are making a comeback in 2021 with an array of new procedures designed to minimize exposure to COVID-19. But getting there after a year of virtual or zero gatherings has posed challenges to…
d365 devotionals will focus on justice as ‘love in action’ next week
Confronted with the violence of recent months in America — from mass shootings to hate crimes and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol — Passport Camps will adapt its daily devotional app next week with a special focus on “Justice: Love…
Free Lenten daily devotionals offered
Journey to the Cross, a devotional series for Lent, returns to d365.org, beginning on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17. This free series features Scripture, prayer and brief meditative thoughts accompanied by gentle music. This year’s themes and writers are as follows….
6 ways to support your ministers through this pandemic
I run an organization that partners with churches and ministers around the United States. In that capacity, I meet with groups of clergy, take calls and emails from clergy friends, and sit in ministry network Zoom meetings. I have noticed…
Faced with coronavirus challenge, this Christian camp found a new way
In what Christianity Today has called “Christian camps’ weirdest, hardest summer,” David and Colleen Burroughs faced tough decisions about their own camping program, PASSPORT Inc., which typically engages 5,000 children and youth from about 350 churches in its programs. Back…
No summer camps this year as Passport seeks to protect participants from coronavirus
Passport has announced the cancellation of its 2020 in-person summer camp season in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Birmingham-based ministry said it will offer virtual programming instead.
Religion Notes: Baptist group offers tools to serve the migrant caravan
– BWA hires communications director
– Advent devotional series launched