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Hey Friends!  I hope this post finds you well!  Summer has been over for a few weeks now, and we are gearing up for a busy Fall.  This weekend we will be welcoming the Twin Lakes Church Family Camp!  We are so excited to have our Church family up in the Redwoods with us for a few days!  TLC Family Camp is our largest camp of the year, so we are busy this week prepping the grounds.

Also coming up we will begin our Future Life Season!  “What is a Future Life?” you might ask.  Well, let me tell you!  Future Life Retreats are basically a mini-summer camp for schools or youth groups.  This fall we will be hosting schools from all over the Bay Area, and Santa Cruz County.

Camp Hammer also hosts weekend retreats for all kinds of groups (Church, Mens, Womens, Youth, etc) during the year.  We would love to host you as well!  We are an exclusive use retreat center, which means you get all 99 acres of these Redwoods to yourself for a few days!  We also offer some of the best pricing options around!

If you are interested in hearing more about these kinds of retreats, call our front office! (831.338.3200)

Lastly, we are still raising money for our Apostle Lodge Deck.  The project has been completed, and was used this past summer, and will continue to be used for years to come!  We are Close to having the funds to pay for it completely, and would love any support you can offer!  Thanks so much.  Check back for another blog next week!

Sincerely,

Camp Hammer Staff

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Camp Hammer, Summer 2010.  How does one even begin to describe what happens in a summer spent at Camp Hammer?  There are really no words in the English Dictionary (or any language for that matter), that can fully describe what goes on here from June to August.  Don’t get me wrong, Camp is amazing all year, but something changes in the summertime!  For over 40 years Camp Hammer has changed the lives of young men and women, and Summer 2010 was no exception.  From the moment summer staff arrived, to last Wednesday morning when they drove out of Camp, down the mountain, and back into their everyday lives, God moved through these servants for eight incredible weeks.

Over 700 campers came and spent time with us this summer.  Campers heard from amazing speakers, played crazy team competitions and night games, ate the best cookies on the planet, were loved by an amazing staff, and many met a savior for the first time!  Our Apostle (High School Program) campers learned what it is to serve others, and who they can be when living a life consumed by their creator.  Camp Hammer is this incredible haven in the Redwoods that staff and campers get to come to and experience a little bit of what heaven might be like; a body of believers loving each other because of the love they receive from God.  For a few weeks a year these Redwoods are filled with laughter, and the sounds of people living and loving amongst God’s creation.

I truly wish I could convey just how amazing this place is, and specifically how incredible the Summer of 2010 was, but like I mentioned before, there just aren’t enough words.  If you spent time with us this summer, we miss you already, and look forward to seeing this year, or next summer!  If we didn’t see you this summer, and you just happen to be reading this blog, we hope to see you in the future, but only if your ready for the time of your life!  Praise God for Camp Hammer.

Truly,

Liger.

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