The Legend of Tweakage
The basic idea: Hey, we ought to get together and talk about camp... good idea! The basic idea was kicked around for several decades before the idea became a reality. In 2002, about 50 people got together for a fellowship at Camp CoBeAc. During those discussions, several folks mentioned how they "tweaked" a particular game or idea. Before long, everyone was involved in the sharing of all kinds of "tweakage" that they had tried. Some tweakage sounded like a great idea, and some were glad they didn't try that tweakage personally.
In 2004, about 100 people from 29 camps got together for Tweakage 2 at The Wilds in North Carolina. In 2006, over 100 people from 24 camps got together for Tweakage 3 at Camp Joy in Wisconsin. In 2008, about 130 people from 36 camps got together at Southland Camp in Louisiana for Tweakage Rendezvous 4. In 2010, 151 people from 34 camps met in the Mojave Desert of Southern California for Tweakage 5 at Ironwood. For many Tweakage has become a tradition that cannot be missed!
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| Sam Brock directing Tweakage Rendezvous 6 |
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Tweakage Rendezvous 6: February 20-22, 2012
On Monday, February 20, 2012 about 150 people from 41 camps met at Alpine Bible Camp in Beckley, WV for Tweakage Rendezvous 6. Melody Peeler, Ken & Patti Perry, and Izaac & Kim VanderSchel attended this conference for sharing camp ideas.
Arriving just after a late winter storm that dumped several inches of wet snow on the area, they enjoyed the beauty of God's creation in the Appalachians.
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| The Lodge where we stayed and most of the meetings were held |
Sessions included "Taxes, Forms, Insurance and the Law", "Group Games Idea Share", "Highlights of Outdoor Education", "Risk Management in Camping", "Bookstore & Concession Idea Share", "Dealing with Crisis", "Communication", and a host of others. Ken Perry led a session on "Running Camp with Volunteers", something Peniel Bible Camp does well.
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| Ken Perry directing a session |
Melody Peeler met with head cooks from other camps and shared menus, recipes, tips, etc. She has a lot of new ideas that she's eager to try in Peniel's camp kitchen.
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| Cooks sharing / learning |
Returning home late Wednesday, the Perrys, VanderSchels, and Melody Peeler were "running on overload" with all the information received. In the days to come they will sort through their notes and narrow it down to several ideas that can be tweaked and used in the ministry at Peniel.
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| Izaac & Kim VanderSchel, Patti & Ken Perry, Melody Peeler |
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