Cascades Camp Blog

Welcome to our newest series of staff reflections!  One Thursday a month, a year-round staff member will share their thoughts on life at camp.  Our hope is to be able to connect more with you, our readers, as we continue to do ministry at Cascades all throughout the year.

It is a blessing to be able to live here year-round and see the ways in which God works in what we call the “off-season” too.  Guest groups come and use the lodging facilities year-round, we have volunteers come out and do service projects, there are several Covenant retreats including the Men’s/Women’s retreats and the Jr. High and High School retreats, general upkeep of the grounds, as well as summer planning all consume the time of those who work at Cascades throughout the year.

I guess I should introduce myself, my name is Claudia Fisher, some of you may know me as Dirt or Mother Dirt.  I came to Cascades as a camper in 1998 and 1999, was a SALT in 2000, and began on summer staff in 2002 as a member of the O-Team.  I have worked at Cascades for the past seven summers now.  After the summer of 2007 I stayed around to be the Program Intern and am now working as a permanent member of our Program Team.  I tell you all this not to bore you with my history, but to let you know a bit about how much I love this place.  I grew up going to church, but met Christ in a way that I understood the need for a relationship with His Son when I was a camper at Sunrise Ranch in 1998.  It was at the Discipline of Silence, which we continue to do to this day for all our campers, that my life was forever changed.  I promise you that I am not saying any of this just because I work here-but I truly believe in the power of this place to change people’s lives forever.  I can tell you countless tales of campers meeting God for the first time, being challenged to deepen their walk, or even deciding to go into ministry after spending time at Cascades.  Maybe it’s in the water…but I have a feeling that God has ordained this place to be a safe haven for many-a place where all can come and experience our Creator anew.

Thank you all for your continued prayer and support of the ministry of Cascades Camp and Conference Center.

Blessings,

Claudia “Dirt” Fisher

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