Shrine Mont Camp Cast

The Shrine Mont Camp Cast is a show that aims to bring the world of shrine mont camps straight to your ears! It's a new way to tell the story of camp. Not a one-on-one interview with a staff member every week, but multiple voices telling the story. Shrine Mont Camps has always been a place where different voices can thrive in the same environment, something I hope to capture with the Camp-Cast. You won't hear from me much in this show, but what you will hear are the voices of Shrine Mont Camp telling the story as it unfolds.

The Last Day of Camp 11/15/2017

The Last Day of Camp At Shrine Mont, camps close a little differently from other camps out there. We don't just pat the kids on the back and send them home, we hold an entire service dedicated to the session that just occurred as campers mix with families before we send them into the valley of the world. Today on the Camp Cast we talk about why we close camps the way we do and what camp staffs do as soon as the campers leave. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/5949446

We Are All Artists (at Art Camp) 10/24/2017

We Are All Artists (at Art Camp) Art Camp is a unique camp that offers campers from ages 8-15 to come together for one week and hone their artistic skills. Often one of the last camps of the summer, Art Camp gives campers a safe place to find their creative voice while providing a chance to participate in classic camp activities. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/5873347

Camp For The Whole Family 10/18/2017

Camp For The Whole Family One of the longest running camps at Shrine Mont is open to campers of all ages. What started as "Family Conference" is now a full-blown Family Camp and it's perfect for just about everyone. It provides parents a chance to enjoy a relaxing camp vacation whether their kids are too young or too old to attend any of Shrine Mont's other camps. But that's not all Family Camp has to offer... /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/5853217

The Life Of A Program Director 10/10/2017

The Life Of A Program Director In the summer of 2016 I shadowed Olivia Bambara, the Explorer's Camp Program Director for a day. I sought out Olivia who had been working on the Mountain for years and had now grown into the roll of Program Director at they very same camp where she grew up. For some campers that's the dream. Not all get that far, but for the few that do it's a very rewarding adventure. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/5827671

Marking the World - SHYC 10/03/2017

Marking the World - SHYC This summer I was placed in a new role with Senior High Youth Conference, for the duration of their time on the mountain I would serve as Storyteller in Residence. Together we examined how we would tell the story of SHYC and spread the word about the folks we had marked both on and off the mountain. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/5805039

Building A Staff 09/27/2017

Building A Staff It's the start of a whole new summer of the Shrine Mont Camp Cast! Summer may be over, but the fun has just begun. This week we learn just what goes into putting a staff together and find out what camp directors look for when hiring counselors. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/5780696

A Special Visit to Camp CTK 08/24/2016

A Special Visit to Camp CTK This summer a fair percentage of our staff hailed from South Africa, specifically The Diocese of Christ The King. Every year, this diocese hosts Camp CTK, and while a group of its staffers had the chance to come work at Shrine Mont this summer, Paris Ball and Ashley Isenhower visited Camp CTK while they were in session to learn about how Camp CTK function and just how similar they are to Shrine Mont Camps. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/4616297

The Last Prank War: A Cautionary Minisode 07/21/2016

The Last Prank War: A Cautionary Minisode In depictions of camp on the big screen there is often an element of pranking going on, whether it's pranks against the camp director or the rival rich-kid camp across the lake. In this episode of the Camp Cast we learn about why such events no longer happen at Shrine Mont Camps as we chronicle the events of the prank war to literally end all prank wars (on this mountain). /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/4533364

A Camp That's Ready For Them 07/04/2016

A Camp That's Ready For Them Hello folks, welcome to Summer 2 of the Shrine Mont Camp Cast! Right off the bat, you'll notice one key difference with the show this summer and that's our release schedule which will now be biweekly. This show is a lot of work for one man to take on, and in the interest of self-preservation we've decided to space out the episodes time around. A few week ago, I attended the Shrine Mont Alumni Work Weekend, a new event that takes place a week before training begins for those who will be on the mountain this summer. During that time I spoke to Paris Ball, Mike Wade and a few of the alumni attending the event to find out what it takes to get camp ready for staff that will be living on the mountain. If you have a story for the Shrine Mont Camp Cast, send an MP3 to [email protected] /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/4491180

First Timers and Final Days 08/27/2015

First Timers and Final Days 2012 was my first year on Shrine Mont Staff, one that marked a shift in my life. For an entire summer I felt at home, surrounded by a family of which I had no blood relatives. I left a temp job in Chicago where I mindlessly scheduled deliveries and over the course of the summer realized that I didn't need to be in the big city to be happy. That summer changed my life and taught me that your passions are best when shared with others and that there's limitless ways to pursue them. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/3761266

Prepping for Saint Elizabeth's 08/16/2015

Prepping for Saint Elizabeth's Last year I had the pleasure of attending the Saint Elizabeth's talent show, during which a camper got up to sing a song, it was probably a top 40 radio hit at the time, but I can't remember. What I do remember is a group of counselors freaking out around me. As it turns out, the camper was largely non-verbal, and had said very little in the years that he attended camp, for those who knew him, this was huge. Saint Elizabeth's has that kind of power and unfortunately it's one that I have yet to really experience first hand, I wasn't able to be on the mountain to capture audio for this episode of the camp cast, that was done graciously by Saint Elizabeth's Program Director, Scott Waters. Here are some of Scott's thoughts on working for Saint Elizabeth's camp and guest producing a portion of the penultimate episode of The Shrine Mont Camp Cast's first season (PS: Scott, when you read this, "Scott's Thoughts" would be a good name for a blog): /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/3738784

Here I Am: MAD Camp on Tour 08/06/2015

Here I Am: MAD Camp on Tour Throughout this run of the Shrine Mont Camp Cast I've worked diligently to cover my bias for Music And Drama Camp. I was a camper there from 2002-2008, it was the first camp I ever worked on, and has been a second home to me for many summers. MAD Camp is unbelievably near to my heart and largely responsible for who I am today, so for this episode I dropped the veil and let my bias shine through. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/3718504

SHYC -Taking Service Off the Mountain. 07/31/2015

SHYC -Taking Service Off the Mountain. At camp we like to instill values in our campers that will follow them off the mountain. Shrine Mont has always had the power to let campers head home feeling like they're a part of larger community and with any luck they'll carry the values of acceptance and love with them in their everyday life. But one camp focuses specifically on taking taking those values off the mountain as a core component of camp: that's the Senior High Youth Conference (SHYC for short). Each day they devote time to a different service project at Shrine Mont and in the Shenandoah Valley. This week, we’ll be spending some time with SHYC to learn about what it means to take camp off the mountain. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/3707070

Camping for Jesus 07/24/2015

Camping for Jesus The Shrine Mont Camp Cast is no stranger to the topics of God, church, and worship. Shrine Mont Camps are run under The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, so it makes perfect sense that worship should play a big roll in camp. This week, we're diving into how we worship at camp, a process which is largely lead by the campers. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/3694708

Staff Vs World 07/15/2015

Staff Vs World The Fourth of July is a notoriously big day for Shrine Mont Camps, it's a day known as The Bishop's Jubilee. Past staffers and campers return to the mountain for a day of good food, a 5K race, bands and a chance to reconnect with a place that many of us have called home. The fourth of the July also plays host to Shrine Mont's largest sporting event of the year: The Staff Vs. World Ultimate Frisbee game. A full hour of nonstop athletics as current Shrine Mont Camp staff faces off against any challenging opponents, former staffers, and frisbee legends (aka The World Team). /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/3676916

Camping in the Rain 07/09/2015

Camping in the Rain In the world outside of camp, weather rarely breaks the barriers of small talk, you grab an umbrella and you're fine. However, "Some weather we're having" is the start of a much more important conversation where the vast majority of your day is spent outside. I've witnessed sessions of camp where it's been completely dry, I've spent time at camp when it's rained for over half a session. Some weeks are kind enough to allow program directors to plan for the best outdoor activities, but even the most confident PD is aware of the massive power shift presented by rain. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/3664137

Training Week 07/01/2015

Training Week Kicking off the Shrine Mont Camp Cast, we begin in the same place camp does: Training Week. We take some much needed time to learn what camps are on the mountain this summer as well as what it takes to train the staff for a summer of campers. /episode/index/show/shrinemontpod/id/3650433

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