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DHC Site Update

Decision Hills will be in "minimal" operation during summer of 2012.
Please read on.

The tent/trailer area is available, there will be some amount of the summer where you could rent the waterfront cabins, a couple local churches may do their day camp or VBS program, the July 4th Family Camp will take place at DHC again.

More details are being worked out related to staffing, maintenance, ...etc. If you are one of those that want to rent a campsite for the summer, please contact the staff at Koronis Ministries (LKAG).

Program camps have been moved elsewhere, and you can find favorites such as LYFE, Summer Sizzler, Wet and Wild, and others continuing at the other locations through Camp Minnesota, and the online registration site (yes, registration is already open).

Thanks for all your prayers of support for Decision Hills and the camping ministry.
Church and family groups that are looking to do something different can come to Decision Hills to enjoy the peaceful environment on the north shore of George Lake.

Rent a cabin, rent a tent/rv site. Need a place to crash during the Sonshine Festival, come on to Decision Hills.

More to come...........

Updated January 14
Next steps by the Conference following work with the consultant January 12:

A new recommendation was put forward by the consultant. I am posting this with permission. Under this recommendation, DHC would remain in minimal operation or closure for 2-3 years while sites are master planned. In 2015 or 2016, it would be reopened with new cabins and dining. This is currently ONLY a recommendat...ion. Thank you for your love and prayers of DHC and camping in general.

This is not truly a time to celebrate. Remain humble, for in doing this, the recommendation also incorporates shutting down Kingswood, Star Lake, and the summer camp program of Koronis. This does not change the impact of taking over half of the land of the camping program OUT of the program. Koronis would serve as a conference center, Northern Pines and DHC would be the summer programs, and KoWaKan would serve deep wilderness and BWCA camping.

Our hope is that, assuming this recommendation goes forward, that Kingswood, Star Lake, and the Camp Koronis lands are able to step through a door into a new chapter, that is respectful to the land, the legacy, and the neighbors of those lands. Whatever happens must not hurt the memories of people who have been part of those ministries.

And, most importantly that all the changes that need to happen to strengthen the UMC Camping Ministry here in Minnesota happen, and we never have to go through this pain again.

Kurt
DHC Site Team Chair

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:
Jan. 21: RCMT will bring to the site teams their intended strategy for their feedback.

Jan. 30: the RCMT and Trotter will meet with ministry stakeholders (campers, parents, pastors, youth leaders, and conference leaders) to elicit additional input and review, which will inform the RCMT’s ministry and business plan and timeframe for implementation.


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