Cottagers,
Please remember the Covered Dish Dinner this evening at 5:30 PM followed by a Cottagers Meeting. One goal of the meeting is to build our committees with cottager volunteers. If you are unable to attend, please reach out to the committee chair where you would like to serve.
George Phillips (for the Board of Trustees)
As a reminder, the following are committee chairs:
Sales & Rentals- Alan McCarrick
Grounds- Simon James.
Publicity- Elizabeth Schrock
Program- Sarah McGovern.
Friday, August 25th, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm We will be having a plein air art event on the grounds of Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting. Come with your art supplies to capture the beauty of God’s creation present at the camp meeting. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Beth McCarrick 484-432-5527 so food can be planned. It is our hope to use the artwork produced for a new BSCM Aux. Calendar for 2024
It is a Joy to greet all of you this much cooler Sunday morning. We have had 2 evenings, both Firday and Saturday, of wonderful praise thru excellent music and witness. I don’t know how much time you spend praising the Lord. It can be a lifestyle decision, but some of us have begun that process. Last night someone suggested ” it is Well With My Soul” as our theme next year, after hearing the story behind the song and all it exceptional words. Take time for Praise……!
Camp Meeting Week is a good time to Revive your Soul, Restore your Soul, Renew your Soul. Are you ready to begin anew with your Saviour and Lord?
The Corner Store will be open a half hour before and after all services
Sunday morning at 11 A M the trio, Mercy’s Well will be with us and Richard Purchase will provide the message on our theme, Isaiah 40. We deliberately set the time so you can attend your own local church service and then join all of us.
Sunday evening at 7 P M we will begin a week of preaching, teaching and wonderful music.
The music will be provided by pianist David Zipse and your voice, as we have an opportunity to sing the old camp songs. The preaching will be by Dennis Brice, who comes to us from Scotland and many other places and cultures. This fall he will be in Portugal bring the Word.of the Lord.
The teaching will be every morning at 10 A M with Ethel Guy sharing from the Book of James, the Wisdom Literature of the New Testament.
On Wednesday at 6:30 P M we will.met in the Kane Memorial Prayer Garden, led by Sarah McGovern. Prayer is an essential part of our camp.
Our special guest that evening is Jim Hughes, a friend of the camp for many years. He will share through music and drama, Seeking the Cross. Please come and invite others to hear and see thus unusual presentation of the gospel.
On Friday we will transition into our closing weekend. Friday night, Dan Ziegler will bring the message at 7 P M. Then he will provide the Saturday morning Bible Study at 10 A M. Sunday worship at 11 A M will include Simon James with music and Dan preaching.
Saturday night the Covered Dish Dinner will be at 5:30 P M. Bring a ( full) dish to pass and share this fun time and maybe meet some new folk.
Walk around, an old tradition in many Camp Meetings, is Saturday night beginning at 7:30 P M. ☆☆☆ Take note of the change in time. Jean Watson, a Celtic violinist will share her talent but also her message of faith. During the day we all put candles out, reminding all of us and our friends of the Light of Christ, how He lights our path and our responsibility to provide a light for others.
Luncheon on Sunday will follow the Worship Service, in Biddle Hall and then around 1 P M we will hold the 157th Annual Meeting which will review the past year and elect 3 new Trustees. All cottagers are expected to be here.
Remember this is what we became cottagers for and also gives us opportunity to share our faith with those we love.
See you at the Summit.
Betty
Due to extreme heat, Lisa Fenstremacher and her band will be in the Biddle Memorial Hall at 7 P M Friday night (July 28) for sharing the joy of Worship music.
Lisa Fenstremacher and her band will be in the Biddle Memorial Hall at 7 P M Friday night ( July 28) for sharing the joy of Worship music.
This past week additional air conditioning was installed in the Biddle Hall. And the Board of Trustees is making that building our 2023 Camp Meeting Project. You will have the opportunity to give a Love Gift to be used for the many things yet to be completed.
Weds., July 26 at 6:30 we will gather for the first time, at the Kane Memorial Prayer Garden and pray together in Thanksgiving for all that has been accomplished. We want to thank Elizabeth Davis and all who have helped her (including her grandmother) in the design of the area so we can invite others to a quiet place to come to our Pocket of Peace.
Then at 7 PM we will go to the Collins Building for Prayer and Praise led this week by Jackie Brandt.
Thursday, July 27 at 10:30 AM, the last of the Women’s Bible Study for this season will consider Romans 8:28. Remember “You were born for such a time as this”, as we conclude the Book of Esther.
Friday evening July 28 at 7 PM we will join together in the Tabernacle, under the fans for a night of music with Lisa Fenstremacher and her band. She is well known in the area and looks forward to sharing her music with us. *** EDITED TO UPDATE: This event will be held in the Biddle Hall due to extreme heat.***
Saturday, July 29 at 7 PM in the Tabernacle we will hear the joyful sounds of a Southern Gospel Trio, Mercy’s Well. They are coming from North Carolina and will adapt to our setting, without compromising the message they present, which makes them a favorite wherever their music is shared.
Sunday, July 30 we will gather in the Tabernacle at 11 AM for what historically was called “Little Sunday ”. Mercy’s Well will provide special music and then Pastor Purchase will preach on Isaiah 40.
President, Betty Purchase
for the Board of Trustees and Auxiliary
From Chester Heights Campmeeting to Brandywine Summit Campmeeting
“INVITATION to please join us at Chester Heights Campmeeting’s for our 1st Concert in the Woods 2023 this SUN. JULY 16, 6pm featuring the ROCKDALE BOYS!! They are a great Gospel Bluegrass Group and just performed at Rose Tree Park. Come at 4 and bring your picnic dinner and enjoy our picnic grove and outdoor games. We are on the Natl Register of Historic Places. We have been an important part of Delaware County and Chester Hgts Boro’s history since 1872. CHCM has won various DELCO HERITAGE COMMISSION AWARDS. We are a work in progress and would love any volunteers or groups or youth who need service hour projects to help and contact me. Carpentry, weedwacking, landscaping, painters, etc etc etc CHCM is located at Smithbridge and Valleybrook Rds. At light turn into Hunters Lane and turn right at 1st street drive up behind the new townhouses and you will see our large gazebo. cottages and picnic grove. This is a free event, a freewill offering is taken. Love to see you there for an enjoyable evening right around the corner.”
The Women’s Bible Study was introduced to the summer staff and volunteers that are working on landscaping and beautifying this sacred place! Ladies, join the bible study Thursday mornings at 10:30AM, studying the life of Esther.
Standing are (L to R) Rich, Ellie Davis, and Kip.
Celebration time is here. Today, June 30 marks the end of our fiscal year. All of your Annual Reports will reflect the last years Camp Meeting and the beginning of this year. The Annual Meeting is at the end of this years Camp Meeting, August 7th. We will Worship together (at11) have a meal together (12:30). and then meet to do the Lord’s Business at 1: 30 or so. Jacki Barycki, Diane Janes and Betty Purchase are going off the board and a new slate of Trustees will be presented.
Keep in mind you became a vital part if this ministry when you asked to fill out an application. 2 work days in the Spring and 2 in the Fall , paying your ground rent on time, are all a small part if your being in this community. There is much more to your decision. Ministry means a commitment in your ongoing relationship with the Lord and His Church, as we meet on this Holy Ground.
This weekend begins on Sat. with an Auxiliary Meeting at 10:30 with an opportunity for crafts to follow, the Covered Dish is at 5:30. Bring a dish to share and then we welcome the Rockdale Boys at 7 P M in the Tabernacle.
On the 4th of July we will have a picnic in Biddle Hall at 12:30. Bring a dish for 8, to share. Grilled chicken will be provided. The sharing at these meals is an important part if our life together in this community.
Wednesday Evening Prayer and Praise has been a wonderful time of sharing, singing, praying and praising at 7 P M in the Collins Building. A different cottager each week has taken a turn at leadership. If you can’t be with us in person you can look at the Psalm we are considering for that night. The Psalm parallels the date for that day. For example this week we will look at Psalm 5, since it will be July 5th . Join us one way or the other. If you have a prayer need, please let us know.
On July 6th and every Thursday in July, we will meet for the Women’s Bible Study at 10:30 in the Collins. We will study the Book of Esther. Max Luca says, ” The headline of the book should read; Relief will come, Will you be a part if it?”. Betty Purchase will lead us again this year.
So, you can see ….. we have a full week planned as we seek to:
Revive our soul, Restore our soul, Renew our soul. All with God’s help.
Make this summer one that will make a difference in your life and the life of the camp.
See you soon.
Betty
Click here to head over to the newly confirmed 2023 program season! We’re looking forward to another faith-filled and refreshing time at this special sacred space in God’s Creation.
“It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and sing praises to His name”. Psalm 92:1
In a time of enjoying the camp for it’s beauty, even though there is work to be done, we want to sing praises to the Lord for what He has given us to care for. Any verse in Psalm 92 does exactly that. Praise His Name.
This week is a reminder of what it means to be good stewards of the Holy Ground we have been given. It is a good time to evaluate what you would like to do now or even get ready for next Spring. This year we did a few things on our cottage, like our brick walk on the side of the cottage which needed to be taken up and leveled after tree roots came out . As each cottager looks around their cottage and sees what needs to be done to preserve it, to make it more attractive, to make it more inviting, we also begin to work on common areas. Every ( yours and the Camp owned) cottage needs the leaves and debrie raked away from the foundation. There will be lists of work that need to be done in the Biddle on Sept.24th and also Oct 8th, and you are needed. Some have already come to grounds and worked on special projects, which are all a part of the lists of work to be done. There are those who believe this is a part of their offering, their giving to the Lord.
We continue to pray for those on our prayer list, those who are dealing with long haul Covid, and our children as they return to school.
We seek Spiritual Wisdom in all things.
Betty