Camp Vibes Podcast

This week Christian talks to Montay McDaniel II about his experiences working at camp. They also talk about initial thoughts about the death of George Floyd and what people can do to educate themselves about police brutality and racism and how listening during this time is so important. They also talk hoops at the end of the podcast.

This week Christian interviews a former summer staff Claire. They talk a bit about this past summer and the importance of working at camp. Often times we find reasons to not work at camp due to school or internships, but camp is life long memories and such a short season of life. Enjoy!

We are giving this another go. Trying to make this more of a thing...but man it's hard and I promise I'll try and be consistent. This week I talk with the Hulk about being a utility guy in camping ministry and how to be involved in camping ministry well past being on official “summer staff.” I'll try and figure vocal issues over time.

Camp Vibes is back for season 3. In this episode Christian talks with James Besser and Sarah Parker about the 2018 summer at Frontier Ranch. They also say goodbye to Sarah as she begins a new job. They talk about what she has learned in camping ministry and they each share memories they all made as directors over the last 3 summers.

Christian is joined by the man who made the biggest impression on Christian's early faith. Christian was 12 years old, and went to camp for the first time at Camp Hammer...and he met the Grizz. They talk about the extended impact of ministry that the Grizz has had on Christian's life over the years. They go long...but it's a great conversation. Download on iTunes or Sound Cloud.

On this episode Christian interviews Neo from Brazil. Christian and Neo met at the CCCA conference this past week, and hit it off. Neo shares about being a camp director in Brazil, and they chat about the similarities in camping ministry. They talk about balancing family life and camp life as well. This is really special episode, and its great to hear God using camps all over the world to help campers take a step closer to Jesus.

This week on Camp Vibes Christian invites one of his long time friends Adrian Moreno on the pod to talk about being a camp speaker, and camp worship leader. They talk about the hard parts about speaking, and the fun moments on entering camp as an outsider for 1 week and inspiring kids to learn more about Jesus. Adrian also shares what he loves about leading worship for Men's Conferences. Enjoy.

The wife comes on the Pod. This week Christian's wife Lacy hops on the mic to talk about the balance of family life and camping ministry. They talk about some tension in their marriage with camping ministry and things they have learned over the years being in camping ministry together. Bottom line is being in ministry and having a family his hard, and how do we find a healthy balance.

This week Christian interviews...Christian. The 5 time summer staffer Wildcard hops on the pod to talk about a crossroads in his life in ministry. They also go down memory lane of all the fun memories from Frontier Ranch.

Camp Vibes Podcast Season 2: Episode 1 - Seasons The podcast returns. Christian breaks down why he hasn't done the podcast in a while, and shares about a season of burnout. Camp Vibes will not be necessarily a weekly podcast, but it will have seasons attached now. This is the beginning of a new camp season, and Christian will try and bring a consistent podcast from now until summer.

This week Christian interviews Matt Englund a current counselor at Frontier Ranch. They talk about a whole lot of things including Matt's current cabin of kids, why he came to camp in the first place, and how his family plays a big part in why he works at Frontier Ranch. Subscribe on iTunes or Soundcloud.

Episode 11 - Why Video Matters This week Christian interviews Danny Burger who has worked at Frontier Ranch as the Videographer for the last 3 summers. Danny talks about how camp has made an impact on his life, and why he loves serving at camp. Danny also talks with Christian about the importance of camp videos, and why capturing memories is such an important piece of campers taking camp home with them.

Christian goes solo again and talk about the Camp Hammer Reunion this past few days, and what his thoughts are on summer as it approaches. Christian shares about anxiety dreams as well as how he is feeling coming into summer. Camp starts tomorrow and Christian shares 3 prayer requests to be praying for coming into summer.

This week's episode is with Mikayla Fish a long time summer staff at Frontier Staff. Mikayla grew up as a camp, then became a jr. staffer, and is starting her 4th summer as a staff member in 2 weeks. We talked about camp drama, why camp is so special, and what she is looking forward to being on staff this summer.

This week Christian interviews Josh Lund. Josh has been a long time Frontier Ranch summer staffer, and currently an intern at Mission Springs. Josh shares about his experience as a summer staffer, and how the transition into an intern has been going. Josh talks a bit about camp relationships and goes into details about the theme song for this podcast "Hello Mr. Bear."

After a week off Christian returns with a solo podcast. He talks about how in this season of ministry he is experiencing loneliness, and being under appreciated. Camping Ministry is a hard job and often times the impact on peoples lives isn't seen. Christian processes through a lot of what he is feeling in hopes to let other leaders know that this "work" we call ministry is hard.

Episode 6 - Charles "Chuck" Warne In this week's episode Christian interviews his own brother about the power of camp. Charles talks about his summers at Pondy and how influential that time at camp was. He became known as "Chuck" and camp felt like home each summer he went. We explore why camp meant so much to us, and how it has stuck with us to this day.

This week Christian sits down with the Pastor of High Street church Danny Wallen. They talk about how hard it can be to make the leap between church and camping ministry, and from camping ministry back into church ministry. *Please forgive the audio there was an echo in the room we recorded in, and I didn't find out until I was editing.

Episode 4 - Jack of all trades This week Christian sits down with a camp veteran...Bill Walton. Bill has done just about everything in camping ministry. From counselor, trail bike instructor, camp director, and now marketing. Christian and Bill talk about perspective after all these years of ministry, and how to stay passionate about camping ministry no matter the role you are in.

Episode 3 - Challenge by Choice In this episode Christian interviews Sarah Parker about how life change can happen through adventure elements and ropes courses. We talk about the model of "Challenge by Choice" and how to meet campers where they are at when it comes to high ropes.

Camp Vibes Podcast Episode 1 - Mission Statement Christian Warne debuts a new podcast where he will explore the camp vibes of christian camping. In the first episode Christian interview James Besser as they break down organizations mission statements.