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Monday MSC Jr. Camp Dustpan Awards

Each day during camp, the camp staff awards a special Golden Dustpan Award for the cleanest cabin.  Monday’s winners were cabin 4 for the girls and cabin 8 for the boys.  Parents, you should start to expect this level of cleanliness at home too because now you know they have it in them! Website: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com Blog Signup: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com/blog Text…

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MSC Monday Morning Sports

Campers began the sports events this morning with teams playing volleyball, basketball, soccer and kickball. Each team will get to play each sport twice over the next two days. It’s amazing how exciting these games can be.  Most of them all come right down to the wire. Below are some pictures from this morning’s games. (if you don’t see the…

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A New Perspective On MSC Jr. Camp

This year we have a new perspective on camp… from the air!  These aerial shots give us a new way to view the sports each day.  See the video below, and watch for more great footage from our new HD drone. Website: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com Blog Signup: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com/blog Text Alerts: text “@msc4kids” to “81010” Email: allthingsmsc@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msccamp Instagram: @allthingsmsc

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Crafts at MSC Jr. Camp

Morning activities started right after cabin clean-up and one of the many activities campers do here is crafts.  Ms. Dayna, our craft director, has some amazing things planned this year.  Campers are making yarn art, leather bands, bubble blowing canisters and fortune cookie cuffs and team glitter gel.  The kids are loving it! Website: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com Blog Signup: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com/blog Text Alerts:…

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Monday Morning Flag Pole / Singing

Each morning at camp the campers gather for a flag pole devotional and then line up for breakfast to sing hymns together. This morning, our flag pole devotion was led by compadre, Devon Boone.  His topic was Be Strong – make good friends.  He told them the importance of making good friends and the example we have in the…

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Sunday Night Games Are In the Bag

Camp activities started Sunday night with some great old-time favorite games: Hula-hoop relay, three-legged race, between the leg shuffle, and sack race. Here are the team scores results after Sunday night: 1st Place – Hunter / Orange (tie) 3rd Place – Hot Pink 4th Place – Lime 5th Place – Green 6th Place – Light Blue / Purple (tie) 8th…

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Introducing Jr. Week Team Captains

On Sunday night, campers began camp by meeting in the amphitheatre to meet their team captains for the week. I’m not sure who gets more excited about camp — the campers or the team captains! Below are pictures of the 10 team captains. Website: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com Blog Signup: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com/blog Text Alerts: text “@msc4kids” to “81010” Email: allthingsmsc@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msccamp Instagram:…

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MSC Jr. Camp Has Begun

We had a great start to a Jr. Week today.  Beautiful weather, great food and best of all, Christian friends. To start the week, we asked some of the campers what is the best thing about MSC Jr. Camp. Here’s what they said. Website: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com Blog Signup: https://www.midwestsummercamp.com/blog Text Alerts: text “@msc4kids” to “81010” Email: allthingsmsc@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msccamp Instagram:…

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And the Winners Are…

Well, MSC 2015 Sr. Week has drawn to a close!  🙁  With 204 campers, this is the largest Sr. Week MSC has had since prior to the creation of Jr. Week (which is for campers aged 8-11). The awards have been handed out and the goodbyes have been said.  Everyone is leaving Shakamak with tons of wonderful memories and friendships…

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Saturday Morning Flagpole — “Be Strong”

Security staffer Ken Evans and the Cabin 10 boys led the discussion around the flagpole this 4th of July morning.  America’s Independence Day is a day of pride for Americans.  We know that it takes a strong army to defend a nation.  It takes a strong Christian to defend his/her soul.  The only person who can knock you out…

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