I hope this note finds you and your family healthy and happy. I wish you God’s peace in this challenging and revealing time.
Due to the continuing health risks of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not be able to hold an “in-person” Heritage Day Festival at Camp Bethel on Saturday, October 3. Camp has re-opened for families, guest rentals, and some modified events and programming, but Heritage Day would be too complex to mitigate health risks for so many person-to-person interactions and the high volume of attendees and participants.
I know many congregations have already been preparing items and foods for Heritage Day, so I encourage each congregation and/or family to explore what's possible: A drive-thru church "yard sale" or food stand? A special after-church parking lot event? An on-line sale or auction with doorstep delivery or pickup? A special offering? Any way you can help support Camp Bethel in 2020 in honor of Heritage Day is greatly needed AND appreciated.
Please let me know how we, the camp staff and the Outdoor Ministries Committee, can support or promote your creative efforts. Updated information is at www.CampBethelVirginia.org/Heritage-Day. I have also attached our latest "Camp Bethel News, Fall 2020" as PDF to this email for you to share with your congregations.
Personally, this cancellation hurts. We already miss you all so very much, and now we will miss this, our favorite of days. We know that you, too, have been impacted by COVID-19, so thank you for your time and your support. We continue to adapt and respond in responsible and creative ways, and we continue to foster and build relationships with God, with each other, and with creation. Your continued support is a great blessing to everyone in our Camp Bethel community!
Contact me with any questions, input, concerns, or ideas, and let me know how we can support you. Contact me at CampBethelOffice@gmail.com or 540-992-2940.
Together, in Christ our hope,
Barry LeNoir
Camp Bethel Director
Due to the continuing health risks of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not be able to hold an “in-person” Heritage Day Festival at Camp Bethel on Saturday, October 3. Camp has re-opened for families, guest rentals, and some modified events and programming, but Heritage Day would be too complex to mitigate health risks for so many person-to-person interactions and the high volume of attendees and participants.
I know many congregations have already been preparing items and foods for Heritage Day, so I encourage each congregation and/or family to explore what's possible: A drive-thru church "yard sale" or food stand? A special after-church parking lot event? An on-line sale or auction with doorstep delivery or pickup? A special offering? Any way you can help support Camp Bethel in 2020 in honor of Heritage Day is greatly needed AND appreciated.
Please let me know how we, the camp staff and the Outdoor Ministries Committee, can support or promote your creative efforts. Updated information is at www.CampBethelVirginia.org/Heritage-Day. I have also attached our latest "Camp Bethel News, Fall 2020" as PDF to this email for you to share with your congregations.
Personally, this cancellation hurts. We already miss you all so very much, and now we will miss this, our favorite of days. We know that you, too, have been impacted by COVID-19, so thank you for your time and your support. We continue to adapt and respond in responsible and creative ways, and we continue to foster and build relationships with God, with each other, and with creation. Your continued support is a great blessing to everyone in our Camp Bethel community!
Contact me with any questions, input, concerns, or ideas, and let me know how we can support you. Contact me at CampBethelOffice@gmail.com or 540-992-2940.
Together, in Christ our hope,
Barry LeNoir
Camp Bethel Director
2019 INFORMATION:
Through your efforts and support, our 2019 Brethren Heritage Day Festival was our biggest EVER having raised $38,278! PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN OUR 2020 HERITAGE DAY! Format and information coming soon. Encourage your congregation to make a special offering for Heritage Day. If you would like to sell cases of yummy-delicious Heritage Day Apple Butter, please contact Jenna at the Camp Office; CampBethelOffice@gmail.com.
Camp Bethel's 36th annual Brethren Heritage Day Festival is Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 7:30am through 2:30pm. This festival is FREE for EVERYONE to attend, and 100% of all sales of food, crafts, and activities benefit the programs and operations of Camp Bethel in Fincastle, VA. FREE PARKING and FREE ENTRY.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2020:
5:00-6:00am: Apple Butter Canning in the Gym, hot off the kettles. Come and help!
7:30am: Breakfast in the Ark Dining Hall through 9:30, and Breakfast all day at booth #27 Mount Union CoB!
9:00: Booths OPEN and Apple Butter available.
9:15: Kids’ Fishing open; child 3-12 w/ adult (suggested $10 donation). Trout donated by Brugh's Mill Country Store in memory of Bill Humbert and in honor of the families of Troutville Church of the Brethren.
9:30: Kids' Train Rides begin.
2:30: Booths close.
We recommend:
- Bring CASH or checks payable to CAMP BETHEL. This event raises funds for a good cause: Camp Bethel's programs!
- Please leave dogs at home, OR crate your dog in the shade near your car. With so many people present, even friendly leashed dogs pose problems. We DO, however, welcome you to bring your dog at another time to walk our many trails.
- Plan to eat breakfast AND lunch! So many good foods to try!
- Excellent Christmas shopping options, plus Christmas decor!
- 2019 will be the "last hoorah" for Archie and Carol Grant at the Hollins Road Church booth (#33), which means the potential last chance to purchase their excellent hand-sewn QUILTS. Come thank Archie and Carol for all their dedicated years of service!
40 Church Vendors! What a selection: Heritage Day A-to-Z!
Apples & apple pies, apple butter, aprons, Baked goods galore, baby quilts, BBQ (3 choices), birdhouses, biscuits, blankets, bratwurst, Brethren & Camp Bethel history, Cakes, candies, candles, canned goods, chili beans, chips, Christmas décor, cider, cobblers, coffee, cold drinks, cole slaw, cookies, corn dogs, country ham, CRAFTS of all kinds, Danishes, dog treats, dolls, dried apples & dried foods, Dunkers!, Egg rolls, empanadas, Face painting for kids, flowers: mums & pansies, fried pies & fruit pies, fruit, Gingerbread, gourds, Ham biscuits, hats, Hokie-wear, holiday décor, hot breakfast, hot cider, hot chocolate, hot dogs, Ice cream, Jellies, jewelry, Kids' fishing, knick-knacks, Lanyards, Music, mums, Nachos, nutcrackers, Ornaments, Pickles, Pilgrimage Reunion, PEACE, photo booth, pies, popcorn, potholders, potpourri, preserves, produce, pumpkins, Quilts, Reuben sandwiches, Salsa, sauerkraut, sausage & sausage gravy, shirts, SIMPLICITY, sodas, soups, sweatshirts, Tie-dyed t-shirts, tea, TOGETHERNESS, tools, tote-bags, toys, trout fishing, team apparel, Udder!, Vegetables: fresh & canned, Walnut kernels, woodcraft, wreaths, X-ellent family fun, Yule-logs, youth and young adult booth, YOU, and Zucchini bread!
5:00-6:00am: Apple Butter Canning in the Gym, hot off the kettles. Come and help!
7:30am: Breakfast in the Ark Dining Hall through 9:30, and Breakfast all day at booth #27 Mount Union CoB!
9:00: Booths OPEN and Apple Butter available.
9:15: Kids’ Fishing open; child 3-12 w/ adult (suggested $10 donation). Trout donated by Brugh's Mill Country Store in memory of Bill Humbert and in honor of the families of Troutville Church of the Brethren.
9:30: Kids' Train Rides begin.
2:30: Booths close.
We recommend:
- Bring CASH or checks payable to CAMP BETHEL. This event raises funds for a good cause: Camp Bethel's programs!
- Please leave dogs at home, OR crate your dog in the shade near your car. With so many people present, even friendly leashed dogs pose problems. We DO, however, welcome you to bring your dog at another time to walk our many trails.
- Plan to eat breakfast AND lunch! So many good foods to try!
- Excellent Christmas shopping options, plus Christmas decor!
- 2019 will be the "last hoorah" for Archie and Carol Grant at the Hollins Road Church booth (#33), which means the potential last chance to purchase their excellent hand-sewn QUILTS. Come thank Archie and Carol for all their dedicated years of service!
40 Church Vendors! What a selection: Heritage Day A-to-Z!
Apples & apple pies, apple butter, aprons, Baked goods galore, baby quilts, BBQ (3 choices), birdhouses, biscuits, blankets, bratwurst, Brethren & Camp Bethel history, Cakes, candies, candles, canned goods, chili beans, chips, Christmas décor, cider, cobblers, coffee, cold drinks, cole slaw, cookies, corn dogs, country ham, CRAFTS of all kinds, Danishes, dog treats, dolls, dried apples & dried foods, Dunkers!, Egg rolls, empanadas, Face painting for kids, flowers: mums & pansies, fried pies & fruit pies, fruit, Gingerbread, gourds, Ham biscuits, hats, Hokie-wear, holiday décor, hot breakfast, hot cider, hot chocolate, hot dogs, Ice cream, Jellies, jewelry, Kids' fishing, knick-knacks, Lanyards, Music, mums, Nachos, nutcrackers, Ornaments, Pickles, Pilgrimage Reunion, PEACE, photo booth, pies, popcorn, potholders, potpourri, preserves, produce, pumpkins, Quilts, Reuben sandwiches, Salsa, sauerkraut, sausage & sausage gravy, shirts, SIMPLICITY, sodas, soups, sweatshirts, Tie-dyed t-shirts, tea, TOGETHERNESS, tools, tote-bags, toys, trout fishing, team apparel, Udder!, Vegetables: fresh & canned, Walnut kernels, woodcraft, wreaths, X-ellent family fun, Yule-logs, youth and young adult booth, YOU, and Zucchini bread!
To: Congregations, Camp Representatives, Pastors, and Heritage Day Coordinators
Subject: 36th HERITAGE DAY, CAMP BETHEL, Sat., Oct. 3, 2020, 7:30am-2:30pm.
Dear Friends,
Camp Bethel needs YOUR participation! We encourage you and your congregation to participate in Camp Bethel’s 36th Annual Brethren Heritage Celebration, also known as Heritage Day. With many additions and changes to the event since 1984, Heritage Day still remains the “grandest of Camp Bethel’s days.” In 2019, your combined efforts and events raised $38,000! 100% of Heritage Day revenue directly funds our ministry; thus Heritage Day is camp’s most important fund-raising event, providing 6% of camp’s total annual funding!
Please join our 2020 Heritage Day Festival! It is our hope to have EVERY Virlina District congregation participating in or attending Heritage Day. Participants and helpers may lodge or camp at Camp Bethel Friday and Saturday night, Oct 2-3 free of charge with RSVP 540-992-2940 or CampBethelOffice@gmail.com. If your church can’t participate with a booth, help in one or more other ways:
The Camp Property Committee is seeking volunteers to help with PARKING cars in 2-hour shifts 6:00am-2:00pm on October 3. Contact 540-992-2940 or CampBethelOffice@gmail.com.
Our day on October 3 opens to the public with 5:00am Apple Butter canning, 7:30am breakfast in the Ark and Mount Union Booth #27, and booths open throughout camp 9:00am-2:30pm. We have food, children’s fishing, wonderful crafts and sale items, plenty of Brethren Heritage items and demonstrations, live music and blessed fellowship of faithful servants!
Please complete and return your “Exhibit Space and Registration Form” OR submit your information on line at www.CampBethelVirginia.org/heritage-day, all by September 24. Please note that our festival is EXEMPT from formerly required permitting through the Health Department.
If you have any questions about Heritage Day, lodging or helping, e-mail us at CampBethelOffice@gmail.com.
Thank you for your donations, your jars, and your help, and see you here for Heritage Day on Saturday, October 3, 2020!
Together, in Christ our hope,
Barry LeNoir, camp director
Subject: 36th HERITAGE DAY, CAMP BETHEL, Sat., Oct. 3, 2020, 7:30am-2:30pm.
Dear Friends,
Camp Bethel needs YOUR participation! We encourage you and your congregation to participate in Camp Bethel’s 36th Annual Brethren Heritage Celebration, also known as Heritage Day. With many additions and changes to the event since 1984, Heritage Day still remains the “grandest of Camp Bethel’s days.” In 2019, your combined efforts and events raised $38,000! 100% of Heritage Day revenue directly funds our ministry; thus Heritage Day is camp’s most important fund-raising event, providing 6% of camp’s total annual funding!
Please join our 2020 Heritage Day Festival! It is our hope to have EVERY Virlina District congregation participating in or attending Heritage Day. Participants and helpers may lodge or camp at Camp Bethel Friday and Saturday night, Oct 2-3 free of charge with RSVP 540-992-2940 or CampBethelOffice@gmail.com. If your church can’t participate with a booth, help in one or more other ways:
- Donate new or like-new pint jars (and new lids/rings!) for Heritage Day Apple Butter, or
- Plan a September/October Sunday special offering to Camp Bethel in honor of Heritage Day, or
- Help with parking Saturday or with 2:30 take-down and clean-up,
- Commit to announcing Heritage Day in your September Sunday services, copy and include the enclosed bulletin insert in your September Sundays, and copy and hang the enclosed flier several places in your church and in your local businesses.
The Camp Property Committee is seeking volunteers to help with PARKING cars in 2-hour shifts 6:00am-2:00pm on October 3. Contact 540-992-2940 or CampBethelOffice@gmail.com.
Our day on October 3 opens to the public with 5:00am Apple Butter canning, 7:30am breakfast in the Ark and Mount Union Booth #27, and booths open throughout camp 9:00am-2:30pm. We have food, children’s fishing, wonderful crafts and sale items, plenty of Brethren Heritage items and demonstrations, live music and blessed fellowship of faithful servants!
Please complete and return your “Exhibit Space and Registration Form” OR submit your information on line at www.CampBethelVirginia.org/heritage-day, all by September 24. Please note that our festival is EXEMPT from formerly required permitting through the Health Department.
If you have any questions about Heritage Day, lodging or helping, e-mail us at CampBethelOffice@gmail.com.
Thank you for your donations, your jars, and your help, and see you here for Heritage Day on Saturday, October 3, 2020!
Together, in Christ our hope,
Barry LeNoir, camp director
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