Jul 18, 2018
Darell & Stacy Smith were nominated to be featured on Jen Hatmakers For the Love Podcast to share all about we do here during the summertime! Hear their God story of how they were led here and are continuing to do a good work here in our community. http://jenhatmaker.com/episode-05-stacy-and-darell-smith
Jul 9, 2018
The Firs Retreat Center is looking for people to join out cooking team! The kitchen atmosphere at The Firs is a casual and up-beat environment, that serves up to 150 guests. You’ll work with a great team in a well-organized and equipped professional kitchen and will create and serve buffet and family-style, adult-oriented meals. Your experience in banquet, restaurant, or institutional cooking will be helpful, but our food service manager will train you to run the kitchen, in order to assist in food preparation with our team of prep-cooks. There are two positions available in our kitchen; both pay $16 per hour.
Full-Time Summer Assistant Cook: This position offers 30 to 40 hours a week throughout the summer.
Year-Round Part-Time Weekend Assistant Cook: This position works mainly weekends with 8 to 16 hours a weekend throughout most of the year.
To apply, please submit your resume and job application to Rebekah Quinn at [email protected]
Jul 4, 2018
Dear Firs Family and Friends,
The weather is starting to feel like summer, the 4th of July has launched our camping season, and deep down inside you probably wish you could go out and be a camper all over again. Am I right? Well, that’s the feeling I have from time to time as I observe kids at camp. I’m reminded of the outpouring of enthusiasm and the excitement and the seemingly boundless energy that exists with kids at camp and part of me wants to experience that all over again. It brings a smile to my face to watch campers having fun.
Fun is sometimes an overlooked value in our world. We tend to see fun as a nice thing when in truth it is a necessary thing. I’m sure that you would agree with me when I say that there is a whole lot of un-fun out there and much of that un-fun is experienced by our campers. For many, positive relationships where love is communicated is not part of their normal home situation. A sense of belonging, while at camp, is in contrast to the isolation and even abandonment felt by some when not at camp. Smiles and laughter and the craziness of camp is a welcome relief to the stress and anxiety felt elsewhere.
Having fun at camp outdoors during the warm summer months is the perfect environment for kids to flourish and enjoy life. It is also a great time for them to hear from God. That’s why we do what we do.
Enjoy your summer and make sure you take the time for fun as well.
Serving Him together,
Tom Beaumont