Camp Evaluations

At each camp we ask for an honest appraisal from the campers on how well Quaker Meadow met their spiritual and physical needs.

✔ We want to know how the food tastes; we never want to be known as serving “camp food.” We have pulled many menu items because the campers were overwhelmingly unhappy with a meal, oatmeal is history!

✔ We want to know about the cabins. One of our plans for 2009 is to get cabins 3 and 4 up to the standards that cabins 1 and 2 are currently.

✔ We want to know if our staff was helpful and courteous.

But the most important piece of information we pull from the evaluations is, “Did God use Quaker Meadow to bring you closer to Him?” The next couple posts will be some of the comments we received.


From Nazarene High School Camp:

I was able to get away and come to a Christian environment with a lot of great friends.

I just felt myself drawing closer to God more and more each day. I could feel His presence more than ever. Best of all I found peers that I could talk to, pray with and bond.

I felt like He was always in the same room with us. I loved worship. It was amazing.

He kind of spoke to me in a way and told me to chill for a bit. Like, He helped me calm down with bad things.

It helped me follow the path of righteousness.

The worship just made me give my full attention to God and it lifted everything off my shoulders. I felt wonderful.

He made me even more confused, for the better.

Being up here away from everything. Being real, sharing with our youth group as one without anything else going on around.

This was my first senior high camp with my youth group. It brought me much closer to the Lord and to them. What a great experience! Now I need some sleep!

I felt empty for so long and worthless. But God let me know that I am everything in His eyes and that He will always love me.

I had fallen so far away from Him and it was good to come back and get away.

The environment is really nice and you have serenity as well as bonding experiences. It is nice to get away and focus on God.

Camp always helps me to push my troubles away and give my full attention to God.

God taught me that He will always be there, even in the hardest times and He is always listening, you just have to be patient for His answer.

I feel that I have become closer to Him, which is great because for the longest time my mind been everywhere else. It feels great to be back in Christ Jesus.

I experienced family, love and laughter. I learned more about myself and learned how to be who I am, not what people want me to be.

I’ve been going through a lot recently and being up here God spoke to me and let me know I am not alone and I’m going to get through it.

The worship really got me closer to God. I felt really connected through it. Plus, being in the mountains and seeing all His creation is great.

The surrounding nature and peaceful atmosphere calmed my mind and I was able to concentrate on the now and on God.

I am learning to let go and move on.

I feel that He wants me to more active in my community and help with poverty in any little difference that I can.

I realized how selfish I really was and I need to do more to help others.

Before this week I had been doing stuff God wouldn’t have wanted me to do and through this my eyes were opened.

Camp is a great place to worship God, this camp and the staff is awesome!

I have just started going to church and this experience will change my life forever. I feel like a better person and want to do more to help.

I really felt a call to music and ministry through the band! Also, I renewed my relationship with Christ!

I learned to trust God with all my heart. I worry too much about everything. I just need to give my worries to Gog and have faith.

Felt a renewed passion in my life to serve Christ.

It’s an amazing place to get away from the chaos of everyday life and it gives you a chance to slow down and listen to God.

3 years ago God called me into ministry at this camp. Every day I spend in this place God draws me to Him. Being both a camper and a counselor for 3 years I really see God moving in the hearts of everyone who comes to this place.


Finally written on the back of one evaluation:

I started coming to church a month ago not knowing what God had in store for me. Church brought me closer to my family. I feel that God brought me to Quaker Meadow so I can change my life around. Now when I leave here I will not be doing the things that I was doing before I came to Quaker Meadow. I just wanted to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to come and realize that the life I was living was not a very good life. Thank you, thank you, thank you.