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Vick & Pathfinder Camp & Conference Ministries. Introducing people to Christ, Equipping them to grow Spiritually and to Minister to their World. Vick & Pathfinder Camp & Conference Ministries. Each year we average 450 campers, and 1,200 Adults who come through one of our ministries.
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Vick & Pathfinder Camp & Conference Ministries Introducing people to Christ, Equipping them to grow Spiritually and to Minister to their World.
Vick & Pathfinder Camp & Conference Ministries • Each year we average 450 campers, and 1,200 Adults who come through one of our ministries. • VP Ministries doesn’t turn anyone away due to financial needs. • VPM gives away thousands more than is given towards scholarships. • In fact, everyone who participates in the ministry of camp is subsidized by the generosity of individuals and churches. • It costs about $625 per camper to attend a week of camp. This includes insurance, food, staff, and program costs. (We charge around $300) • VPM was given a three year diminishing grant from ABC/NYS of $75,000, $50,000 and $25,000 to get established. • Each year VPM needs to raise $150,000 total in order to continue to do ministry – Not including Capital needs.
SO WHY SHOULD I (or anyone) Support VP Ministries • 75% of people claim camps and conferences as a foundational time when they committed their lives to follow Jesus. • 80% of professional church leaders and missionaries state that they received or answered their call to ministry while attending a camp or conference. • In the last twenty years our programs have seen over 25 people committing to or entering full time professional ministry. • VPM continues to see lives changed and leaders in churches produced out of our ministry. • VPM consistently sees an average of 20 new and renewed commitments to Christ each week of programing. • We are an American Baptist Churches Mission.
How Exactly do you do that? What makes you different from the church? • We have the ability to draw out the best in people because they are in a space that God can work without distractions… • Let me demonstrate! • We build on what you are doing as a church • We allow people to drop their guard and practice a different life.
Vick & Pathfinder Camp & Conference Ministries • How can I or my church help? • Regular Financial Support • 300 units giving $500 a year ($42 a month) meets our budget. • Send Children, Youth, and Adults • PRAY! • Come on board as a staff member • Volunteer • Help to prepare the camps • Spend a week offering your gifts as a short term missionary • Be a cabin counselor • Be a specialist!
Vick & Pathfinder Camp & Conference Ministries • What Can VP Ministries do for your church? • We can bring a conference or training program to your church, a group, or design an experience unique to your needs • We can offer a place to go to be away from home while drawing close to God. • We can offer a place to do a safe in-expensive short term mission’s experience. • We offer programs that churches cannot do on their own through Camps and Retreats. • We can offer a place for your pastor to spend as a short term respite and renewal retreat. • We can assist you in a short term missions experience either inside of the U.S. and internationally. • We can offer consulting/coaching/self examination assistance to help your church move from where you are, to reach goals you set. • We can offer speakers and musicians for Sundays or special events in the life of your church.
