In this month's Discipleship Matters newsletter, Emily McKenna interviews Jennifer Kronholm Clark, Silver Lake Conference Center’s Program Director. Learn what's ...
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We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in 2021 to make an impact on campers that will stay with them their entire lives. You have never been more needed. This is your ...
Camp Ruggles and Irons Homestead. For 46 years now the sounds of children enjoying summer mark the flow of a long friendship.
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When we come together in the summer for fun and friendship, we do all of the camp things as a way to practice our faith, to learn and grow through our experiences with ...
Chance Dixon shares lyrics from a song he created about the inclusive community that is fostered at Silver Lake
"Once a pair identifies the common bond on their cards, they share with each other to discover a common bond between themselves." — Jennifer Kronholm Clark
"It truly is a life changing experience being a counselor." — Rev. Ryan Gackenheimer
"What do we do in this in-between time where the answers are not readily apparent, let alone within reach?" —Debbie Gline Allen
Rev. Mary Nelson reflects on a day spent in support of a long-time Silver Lake friend as she waits at a hospital.
"What makes Christian Community different, however, is that in Christian Community we believe in reconciliation, the restoration of relationship, and welcoming folks back...
"God gave Creation over to humans as stewards, and it seems we’ve forgotten our duty to care for it." — Jennifer Kronholm Clark
"This community-building thing we do works for grown-ups, too!" — Rev. Mary Nelson
"The Bible is a not a book free of politics." —Rev. Ryan Gackenheimer
Forest Day Camp at Irons Homestead is ready to roll. Campers arrive on Monday to take part in a fun-filled summer. Our program director Kim Hancock and head counselor, ...
"Our response to each new challenge has come from that core mission: intentional Christian community." —Jennifer Kronholm Clark
I found this year's, "Fearless Faith: Courage in Community," to be an inspiring challenge both personally and pastorally.
Dancers from Sing Praise in 2014 by Hannah Geiling My mom, Betty Geiling, was walking across the ball field at Silver Lake Conference Center. She ran into our Executive...
Clay Tablets. Photo by Amy Bruch by Amy Bruch It's heartening, at this particular time in our country, to receive the gift of sitting quietly on a white rock beside a ...
Artist-in-residence Josh Sander shares some thoughts on the Sanctuary he finds at Silver Lake.
Have you ever witnessed millions of tiny water particles evaporate to form one body, a cloud? If you've ever been down to morning dip at Silver Lake on a cool summer ...
I have just returned from the Connecticut Conference's third offering of Clergy Camp. It was a great experience of gathering with colleagues not only from Connecticut but...