Birdwatcher Retreat at Shepherd’s Spring
May 2-4, 2014
The program will include:
• basic bird watching techniques
• learning about bird songs
• choosing a field guide
• migration information
• posters to take home
• good food and fellowship
• time to watch and listen to the birds in the area.
• ice cream stop of Nutters!
General Information
Retreat package includes:
• 2 nights lodging in cabins (some hotel style rooms available)
• 5 meals
• Visits to: C&O Canal Towpath, Antietam National Battlefield, and National Conservation Training Center
Chris Eberly, professional ornithologist and District Creation Stewardship Advocate, and Doug Ruby, Biology professor at University of Maryland will lead us in exploring the vast number of feathered friends passing through and living in the Shepherd’s Spring area. Join us!
Shepherd’s Spring Outdoor Ministry Center
PO Box 369
16869 Taylors Landing Road Sharpsburg, MD 21782
(301) 223-8193 www.shepherdsspring.org
You can also talk to Jerry Anne Kines for a brochure or more information.
Register for summer camp at Shepherd’s Spring before May 1 to receive a $50 discount on your summer camp. Talk to Jerry Anne Kines, our camp ambassador, to get a brochure. Or, check www.shepherdsspring.org for scheduling and online registration.
New campers should check out Big and Small Camp or Grand Camp. A two-day Family Camp is a great option this year, and precedes the Celebrate Summer Event on August 16. Down on the Farm and Around the World with Jesus offer some different experiences than the traditional camps.
Camp Scholarships are available through our congregation and the camps. Every camper from Oakton receives $25 toward their camp experience. Just get Jerry Anne or Pastor Chris to initial your registration form, or let us know if you register online so that we can convey your scholarship information. If you need more than $25, please let Pastor Chris or Jerry Anne know. We want to make sure all kids have the opportunity to go to camp.
In addition to Shepherd’s Spring, check out Camp Mardela, our district camp on the Eastern Shore.
Camp Mardela Summer Camp 2014 www.campmardela.org
June 15th to 21st – Tweens Camp
Shepherd’s Spring Outdoor Ministry Center is selling the durable RADA knives and peelers as a fundraiser for refinishing the hardwood floor in the dining room. Jerry Anne has them on hand. These amazingly inexpensive knives are under $5. If you don’t need any knives, you can just send a donation to Shepherd’s Spring or give it to Jerry Anne Kines.
You can serve this dish right from the baking dish. It goes well with baked red potatoes and thin cucumber slices as side dishes.
Serves 6
2 (16-ounce) packages frozen cod fillets, partially thawed
¼ cup (½ stick) butter
1 large green bell pepper, diced
1 medium onion, chopped
½ cup thinly sliced celery
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
*Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
*Lightly grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Place the cod fillers in a single layer in the baking dish.
*Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Saute the bell pepper, onion and celery in the butter until tender, about 7 minutes. Stir in the tomato sauce, thyme, salt, and black pepper and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Spoon the mixture over the fish. Cover and bake for 45 minuts or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
The Church of the Brethren awards a limited number of scholarships each year to individuals enrolled in a nursing program. Candidates for the scholarships must be enrolled in an LPN, RN, or nursing graduate program and must be members of the Church of the Brethren.
The scholarships are awarded from the Health Education and Research Endowment, which was established in 1958 to receive gifts raised through a fund drive authorized by the 1949 Annual Conference to reopen the Bethany Hospital School of Nursing. In 1959, Annual Conference authorized that the resources be placed in an endowment fund with the interest to be used primarily to grant loans and scholarships for nursing students in the school of their choice.
Scholarships of up to $2,000 for RN and graduate nurse candidates and up to $1,000 for LPN candidates will be awarded to a limited number of applicants. Preference is given to new applications, and to individuals who are in their second year of an associate’s degree or third year of a baccalaureate program. Scholarship recipients are eligible for only one scholarship per degree.
Nominees must be members of the Church of the Brethren. Applications and supporting documentation must be submitted by April 1. Candidates awarded scholarships will be notified in July and funds will be sent directly to the appropriate school for the fall term.
