2013 Spring Gathering

The 2013 Spring Gathering happened over the weekend of Friday, May 17, to Sunday, May 19. The camp director was Oliver Noll.

Report from the Director

• What worked
  • Early and simple FB page with information
  • Clear theme “Dare to Live”
  • Strong communication within Leadership team
    • weekly calls and use of google docs
  • Good price (relative to past workshops)
    • $50 a person
  • Large group (123 people)
    • Young Adults (16 - 30)
      • Male -
      • Female -
    • Young Families -
    • Adults -
  • Service Project
    • New Volleyball court
  • Hike - Glen Onoko Falls - Lehigh Gorge
  • Education - Reading and discussion based
    • Led by Cynthia Jones
  • Activity - Three way capture the flag
    • Led by Richard Abendroth
  • Sunday Service
    • Victor Servito
  • Good Emcee
    • Angela Ruf
  • We did Orientation on Saturday morning
• What can be improved
  • Young Family program
  • Didn’t send out survey
  • Maybe open registration a little earlier
    • My fault- lack of clear details
  • Schedule wasn’t followed completely
    • We wanted to do SS at the boulder field (it was too complicated)
    • Capture the flag game was moved to Sunday
• New and insightful information
  • Do not try to lead this and plan for VQ
  • It might be helpful to limit people to directing one thing a year so they don’t overwhelm

themselves on accident - helps us develop leaders too

Key Roles

Role	Person
Camp Director	Oliver Noll
Education Director	Cynthia Jones
Activities	Richard Abendroth