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Article: "Under God's sunshine and moonlight" Early Presbyterian camping.(religious retreats)
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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Church camps have provided renewal and inspiration for 90 years
Camping has a long and distinguished history in The Presbyterian Church in Canada. Many camps across the country are preparing to celebrate 50th or even 60th anniversaries. The history of camping in the denomination, however, goes back 90 years to the time immediately before the First World War.
Fresh Air Camps, as they were called, gave mothers and children "relief from the heat of the cities." Focused primarily on inner-city children and families, these camps were an outgrowth of the work of the settlement houses and other inner-city missions operated by the denomination in Canada's ...