Camp Bethel &
the Virlina District Church of the Brethren's
Camp Bethel &
the Virlina District Church of the Brethren's
23rd Annual Heritage Day Festival
Saturday, October 6, 2007, 7:30am-2:30pm
BREAKFAST FROM 7:30am-9:30am in the ARK DINING HALL.
BOOTHS & DISPLAYS OPEN AT 9:00am throughout the campus.
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"All things on earth point home in old October..." - Thomas Wolfe
Dear Friends:
Come home to Camp Bethel this Saturday, Oct 6 for HERITAGE DAY, our biggest day of the year.
1. BRETHREN HERITAGE FESTIVAL, SAT, OCT 6
PLEASE INVITE EVERYONE YOU KNOW to come to Camp Bethel this Saturday, October 6 for camp's grandest day: HERITAGE DAY! 40 congregations and groups from our Virlina District Church of the Brethren will present their best offerings. This family-friendly festival is an important one-day fundraiser for Camp Bethel: 100% of sales directly fund the mission and ministries of the camp.
PUBLIC WELCOME; FREE ENTRY; FREE PARKING!
What a selection: Heritage Day A-to-Z!
Apples & apple pies, aprons, baked goods galore, BBQ (3 choices), birdhouses, biscuits, bottled water, bratwurst, Brethren & Camp Bethel history, cakes, candies, candles, canned goods, chips, Christmas décor, cider, cobblers, coffee, cold drinks, cole slaw, cookies, corn dogs, CRAFTS of all kinds, Danishes, dog treats, dolls, dried apples & dried foods, face painting for kids, flowers: mums & pansies, fried pies & fruit pies, fruit, funnel cakes, German lunch, gourds, ham biscuits, hats, holiday décor, horse & buggy rides, hot breakfast, hot chocolate, hot dogs, ice cream, jackets, jellies, jewelry, kids' fishing rodeo, knick-knacks, music, nachos, nutcrackers, ornaments, photos with "Santa-Bill", pickles, pies, pinto beans & cornbread, planter chairs, popcorn, preserves, pumpkins, quilts, salsa, sauerkraut, sausage gravy, shirts, sodas, soups, sweatshirts, tea, tie-dyed t-shirts, tote-bags, toys, vegetables: fresh & canned, wagon rides, walnut kernels, woodcraft, wreaths, Yule-logs and zucchini bread!
Troutville Church of the Brethren's praise band, Joyful Noiz will perform live music at 9:30, 11:00 and 12:30. Doris Egge will host Camp Bethel History talks at 10:30 and 12:00.
7:30am-9:30am Breakfast in the Ark; 9:00-2:30 Booths open through camp; free admission; free parking; public welcome! (See schedule below.) Plan to eat breakfast AND lunch (and 2nd lunch? Early supper?).
Time your visit in combination with Buchanan's Mountain Magic Festival which is open through 5:00pm.
Camp Bethel is the outdoor ministry of the 92 congregations of the Virlina District Church of the Brethren, spanning regions of Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. Camp Bethel is located off Route 11 between Troutville and Buchanan, just 13 miles north of Hollins University. For driving directions, see http://www.campbethelvirginia.org/directions.htm.
2. HERITAGE DAY SCHEDULE:
7:30am-9:30am: Breakfast in the Ark Dining Hall.
9:00am: BOOTHS OPEN throughout camp.
9:15am: Horse + Carriage Rides begin.
9:30am: Registration begins for fishing rodeo (ages 3-12).
9:30am: Joyful Noiz concert at Hillside (praise band from Troutville Church of the Brethren).
10:00am: Wagon Ride (30 minutes): meet behind Craft House.
10:30am: Camp Bethel History talk (30 minutes in House of Pillars).
11:00am-1:00pm: Children's Trout-Fishing Rodeo (ages 3-12 with parents' help).
11:00am: Joyful Noiz concert.
11:00am: Wagon Ride (30 minutes): meet behind Craft House.
12:00noon: Camp Bethel History talk (30 minutes in House of Pillars).
12:30pm: Joyful Noiz concert
1:00pm: Wagon Ride (30 minutes): meet behind Craft House.
2:30pm: Booths close; clean-up begins.
3. HOW YOU CAN HELP:
Apple Butter! Calling all Night Owls! Camp Bethel summer staff, CITs, volunteers, district youth/young adults, and anybody else who wants to help will begin stirring apple butter at 6:30pm, Friday night October 5. The apple butter will be sold in Saturday morning's Heritage Day Festival to help fund the ministries of Camp Bethel. We need many, many volunteers to help stir through the overnight hours. We also need additional pint and quart jars. Camp will provide lots of caffeine and snacks to keep us lively through the night (and beds for naps when not stirring). If you are willing to help with apple butter please call Susan at the camp office (540) 992-2940 or camp.bethel@juno.com. See you here!
OTHER WAYS TO HELP:
Encourage everyone you know to attend this Saturday. Promote Heritage Day to others by e-mail, phone and word-of-mouth. Bring someone along; provide an outing for someone less mobile; carpool.
Help monitor trash barrels during the day and help with trash after 2:30pm.
Help a kid catch a fish (and unhook a fish) from 11:00-1:00.
After 2:30pm: Help bring directional and parking signs to the Ark parking lot. Help bring empty, clean hand-washing stations and buckets to LaMont storage cabin. Help Tim take down electrical lines and boxes. Help bring empty trash barrels to the New Maintenance Shop area.
4. WHO'S SERVING THE BEST COFFEE?
(Disclaimer: The camp staff does NOT recommend drinking eleven cups of coffee...)
Help us decide our (tongue-in-cheek) "2nd Annual David Shumate Prime-Percolator Award." Adults can test the coffee from eleven different church booths, then vote for your favorite via e-mail at camp.bethel@juno.com, subject BEST COFFEE. Results will be tallied and announced in our upcoming e-newsletters.
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Hot foods, Baked goods, Crafts, Activities, Candies, Cider, Wagon rides, Ornaments, Soups & Chili, Woodcraft, Open-kettle Apple Butter! Flowers, Pies, Clothing, Holiday decorations, Camp Bethel clothing & hats, children's fishing rodeo and much more!
Camp Bethel's Heritage Day (aka: "Brethren Heritage Festival") is our grandest day of the year! The festival is a one-day fund-raiser for the ministries of Camp Bethel, with 100% of sales and proceeds going directly to the camp. Join with dozens of churches and groups preparing crafts, baked goods, foods and displays for the festivities. Please encourage everyone in your church to participate and help in this vitally important fund raiser for Camp Bethel. All churches and District groups are welcome and encouraged to join. Free admission; Free parking; Public Welcome! Tell your friends and help us advertise this important event. Heritage Day forms, fliers and information are available below, or from your local Church of the Brethren Pastor or Camp Rep, or at (540) 992-2940.
A note to our churches and participants:
Plan A is for our 2007 Heritage Day Festival to be out-of-doors in main camp as in years 1984-2005.
Plan B, in case of rain on Saturday morning, is to move exhibits into the Deer Field Gym as we did in 2006, (see photos HERE).
Final determination (of Plan A or B) will be announced by 5:00am Saturday morning, October 6. Please be prepared for either plan. Thank you!
Letter to Churches from Camp Bethel
For a Space and Registration Form, click HERE.
If you are planning to serve/sell food of any kind, click here for a Temporary Foodservice Permit.
Food vendors: Click Here for your information packet concerning Heritage Day. All the information you need to meet VDH standards.
since 7.12.07
