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Idaho churches offer summer a
Summer means no school, warm weather, bare feet and
popsicles. It also means outdoor activities and for a lot of
children and adults that includes a summer camp.
Many Boise area churches conduct summer camps and
welcome both members and non-members. The following list
includes church camps open to the public. All dates may be
subject to change. Grades listed are for the 1979-80 school
year. For registration, fees and other information, call the
numbers indicated.
• Assembly of God District Camp. North of Nampa, 31/2
miles north of freeway. Adult camp, June 25- July 1, chil-
dren's program through the day; kids' camp, July 16- 21, Bel-
levue Bible Camp, 20 miles south of Sun Valley. Call 466-8101.
• Boise Valley Christian Communion Interfaith Center.
Seventh -day Adventist Camp, near Robie Creek. Grade 4- 6,
July 9-13. Daystar Camp, outside of Donnelly. Junior high
camp, June 20- 23; senior high camp, Aug. 13-18. Call 376-9130.
• Calvary Baptist Church. Cathedral Pines. Senior high
camp, June 11-16; junior high camp, June 18- 23; children's
camp (grades 4- 6), June 25- 30. Call 375-0967.
• Central Assembly Christian Life Center. Quaker Hill.
Grades 4- 6, Aug. 6-11; junior high camp retreat, Aug. 16-18.
Call 376-7272.
• Christian Church Camps (Disciples of Christ). Kum By
Ya. North of Twin Falls, near Hansen. Christian Conserva-
tion Corps Camp, June 10. 16; junior camp, July 15- 21; Iota
Sigma, July 22- 28. Cascade. Opposite Cascade (across lake).
Chi Rho, July 15- 21; CYF, July 22- 28. Red Fish Lake area.
Trail camp, July 2- 7. Call 375-7274.
• Church of Christ Camps. Camp Ivydale. Near Idaho
City. Teen camp, July 8-13; family camp, July 14- 22; teen
camp, July 22- 27; pre -teen camp, July 29- Aug. 2. Call 375-
3300.
• Church of God of Prophecy. Warm Lake, 20 miles north
of Cascade. Youth camp (ages 9 and up), Aug. 13-19. Call 343-
9305.
• Cole Community Church. Junior high backpack, July
9-14; senior high backpack, July 23- 28. Cathedral Pines. Jun-
ior camp (grades 3- 6), Aug. 19- 25. Call 37521565.
• Episcopalian Churches. Paradise Point, past McCall.
Grace Church weekend (for families), June 15-17; senior
high camp, June 17- 22; steward workshop, June 22- 24; July
Fourth annual family camp, June 28- July 6; singles' camp,
July 6- 8; pre -midget camp (grades 3 and 4), July 9-12; wo-
men's camp, July 13-16; midget camp (grades 4 and 5), July
16- 22; junior camp (grades 6 and 7), July 22- 28; junior high
camp (grades 8 and 9), July 28- Aug. 3; Design for Intentional
Community Weekend, Aug. 10-12; Fat Goose Camp, Aug. 24-
26; Labor Day family camp, Aug. 31-Sept. 3; parish weekend
(Holy Nativity), Sept. 7- 9; parish weekend (Ali Saints), Sept.
14-- 16. Call 634-5052, McCall.
• Friends Churches. Quaker Hill, McCall. Junior high
camp, July 8-13; high school camp, July 15-20; boys and girls
camp, July 22- 27; family camp, Aug. 31- Sept. 3. Call 375-9580.
• First Baptist Church. Cathedral Pines. Adult Bible Con-
ference, July 5- 7; junior camp (grades 4- 6), July 7-14; junior
high camp, July 14- 21; senior high camp, July 21- 28; White
Clouds senior high backpack, Aug. 5-11; adult backpack,
Aug. 5-11; family camp, Sept. 1- 3. Call 344-7809.
• Lutheran Churches (Missouri Synod). Camp Perkins,
Stanley Basin. 5th and 6th grade camp, July 8-14; 7th grade
camp, July 15- 21; 8th grade camp, July 22- 28; confirmation
camp, July 29- Aug. 4; youth camp, Aug. 5-11. Call 343-9493 or
774-3372 (after June 1).
• Lutheran Churches (A.L.C. and L.C.A. Synods). Luther
Heights Bible Camp, Alturas Lake, Ketchum. Men's retreat,
July 6- 8; women's retreat, July 13-15; senior high backpack,
July 15- 21; junior camp (grades 4- 6), July 29- Aug. 4; senior
high bike trek, July 29- Aug. 4; intermediate camp (grades
7- 9), Aug. 5-11; junior camp (grades 4- 6), Aug. 12-18; adult
backpack, Aug. 12-17; junior high music camp (open to any
junior high band student), Aug. 19- 25; Labor Day family
weekend, Aug. 31- Sept. 3. Call 793-2415.
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Camps held
under direction of individual wards. Call 377-1769 after 6 p.m.
• Methodist Churches. Camp Sawtooth, 25 miles north of
offer summer camps for families
• Cole Community Church. Junior high backpack, July
9- 14; senior high backpack, July 23- 28. Cathedral Pines. Jun-
ior camp (grades 3- 6), Aug. 19- 25. Call 375-3565.
• Episcopalian Churches. Paradise Point, past McCall.
Grace Church weekend (for families), June 15-17; senior
high camp, June 17- 22; steward workshop, June 22- 24; July
Fourth annual family camp, June 28- July 6; singles' camp,
July 6- 8; pre -midget camp (grades 3 and 4), July 9-12; wo-
men's camp, July 13-16; midget camp (grades 4 and 5), July
16- 22; junior camp (grades 6 and 7), July 22- 28; junior high
camp (grades 8 and 9), July 28- Aug. 3; Design for Intentional
Community Weekend, Aug. 10-12; Fat Goose Camp, Aug. 24-
26; Labor Day family camp, Aug. 31-Sept. 3; parish weekend
. (Holy Nativity), Sept. 7- 9; parish weekend (All Saints), Sept.
14- 16. Call 634-5052, McCall.
• Friends Churches. Quaker Hill, McCall. Junior high
camp, July 8-13; high school camp, July 15-20; boys and girls
camp, July 22- 27; family camp, Aug. 31- Sept. 3. Call 375-9580.
• First Baptist Church. Cathedral Pines. Adult Bible Con-
ference, July 5- 7; junior camp (grades 4- 6), July 7-14; junior
high camp, July 14- 21; senior high camp, July 21- 28; White
Clouds senior high backpack, Aug. 5-11; adult backpack,
Aug. 5-11; family camp, Sept. 1- 3. Call 344-7809.
• Lutheran Churches (Missouri Synod). Camp Perkins,
Stanley Basin. 5th and 6th grade camp, July 8-14; 7th grade
camp, July 15- 21; 8th grade camp, July 22- 28; confirmation
camp, July 29- Aug. 4; youth camp, Aug. 5-11. Call 343-9493 or
774-3372 (after June 1).
• Lutheran Churches (A.L.C. and L.C.A. Synods). Luther
Heights Bible Camp, Alturas Lake, Ketchum. Men's retreat,
July 6- 8; women's retreat, July 13-15; senior high backpack,
July 15- 21; junior camp (grades 4- 6), July 29- Aug. 4; senior
high bike trek, July 29- Aug. 4; intermediate camp (grades
7- 9), Aug. 5-11; junior camp (grades 4- 6), Aug. 12-18; adult
backpack, Aug. 12-17; junior high music camp (open to any
junior high band student), Aug. 19- 25; Labor Day family
weekend, Aug. 31- Sept. 3. Call 793-2415.
• Methodist Churches. Camp Sawtooth, 25 miles north of
Fairfield. 4th and 5th grade camp, July 8-14; junior camp
(6th grade), July 15- 21; 6th and 7th grade camp, Aug. 5-11;
onsite camp (grades 6 and 7), July 22- 28; senior high camp,
July 29- Aug. 4; senior high onsite camp, Aug. 12-18; family
camp, Sept. 1- 3. Call 343-7511.
• Nazarene Churches. Victory Cove Camp, McCall. Mid -
singles Camp (over 30), June 22- 24; 8th grade camp, June 25-
30; senior adult camp, July 2- 6; singles camp (under 30), July
6- 8; junior girls camp (grades 4- 6), July 9-14; 7th grade
camp, July 16- 21; junior boys camp (grades 4- 6), July 30-
Aug. 4; senior high camp (grades 11 and 12), Aug. 6- 11; mid -
high camp (grades 9 and 10), Aug. 13-18; layman's retreat
(adult), Aug. 31- Sept. 3. Call 375-0322.
• Presbyterian Churches. Camp Sawtooth. 10 miles north
of Ketchum. College weekend, June 29- July 1; Conference on
Mission, July 6- 8; backpack for middle-aged couples, July
6- 8; junior camp (grades 5 and 6), July 8-14; junior high
camp (grades 7 and 8), July 15- 21; senior high camp (grades
9 and 10), July 22- 28; meditation and spirituality, Aug. 3- 5;
senior high backpack (grades 10-12), Aug. 10-12; marriage
enrichment (couples), Aug. 10-12; Christian identity, Aug. 17-
19; Divorce -Sweet and Sour, Aug. 24- 26; Fellowship of the
Carpenter, Sept. 7- 9. Call 376-1869.
• Salvation Army. Cathedral Pines, near Ketchum. Chil-
dren's Camp (ages 8-14), Aug. 13-18. Call 343-5429.
• Seventh -day Adventist church. Camp Ida -Haven,
McCall. Teen camp (13 to 15-year-olds), July 22- 29; junior
camp (11 and 12-year-olds), July 29- Aug. 5; junior camp (8, 9
and 10-year-olds), Aug. 5-12. Call 375-7524 (ask for youth di-
rector).
• United Church of Christ Churches. Pilgrim Cove,
McCall. Family Camp, July 4th. Primary mini -camp (4th
grade), July 12-13; junior camp (grades 5 and 6), July 15- 21;
junior high camp (grades 7 and 8), July 22- 28; women's
camp, July 28- 30; family camp, Aug. 31- Sept. 3. Call 343-0292.
• United Pentecostal Church Camp. Bethel Park, McCall,
July 13-19, family camp, includes junior camp, youth camp
and adult sessions. Visitors welcome for day sessions. Call
436-6092.
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By KAREN BOSSICK
The Idaho Statesman
DONNELLY — If serving men makes one first in
the kingdom of God, Glenn and Doris Loomis ought to
be right up front.
Although playing surrogate parents to hundreds of
children was not in Glen and Doris' original dream,
the boys and girls were the impetus that inspired
today's DayStar.
Upon acquiring a pile of building materials in 1973,
Glen Loomis challenged the boys, who had been
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By KAREN BOSSICK
The Idaho Statesman
• DONNELLY — If serving men makes one first in
the kingdom of God, Glenn and Doris Loomis ought to
R=be right up front.
• They've got a few hundred kids, shiny toilet
fixtures, splinter -scarred fingers and dishwater hands
::to prove it.
The hard-working couple have devoted their lives
without pay to DayStar, a non -denominational church
`-camp south of Donnelly that has served as temporary
;:home to troubled teen-agers and church retreat
::groups for the past 10 years.
4. "Our theme is servitude, like the Bible stresses,"
said Mrs. Loomis, 56, an outgoing freckled woman
-with short -cropped red hair and tinted glasses. "The
:;purpose of DayStar is for people to know Christ.
-We're not commercially minded enough to do it for
::money. If it doesn't have a bigger purpose than
money, it's not worth doing."
The six -acre camp situated on the eastern shore of
Cascade Reservoir is the realization of a dream the
`:Loomises have had since they were married in 1950.
:-The beams and furnishings that went into it were love
gifts and answers to prayer. The building was a labor
-of love.
• "DayStar is love. I used to tell the boys when they
-were building it, 'If all you're doing is with no love
: than you're just piling up a pile of sticks,' " Mrs.
Loomis said.
Seeing the dream through to reality involved the
unseen hand of God working in unexpected ways, the
Loomises believe.
DayStar got its unlikely start after the Bureau of
Reclamation condemned part of the 1,500-acre
Loomis ranch in 1950 to construct Cascade Reservoir.
Believing that portions of condemnation were
• unnecessary, Glenn's father, Floyd Loomis, pursued
litigation. The litigation dragged on for 10 years until
'-Glenn Loomis and his family drove onto the land and
.prayed that God might be honored in some special
way there.
• "Not soon after, out of the clear blue, the
g• overnment turned the land over to us," said Mrs.
Loomis, a former camp counselor and nurse. "We felt
it was a specific answer to prayer."
At first, the Loomises tried holding tent meetings
1: on the site. These only duplicated church services in
Donnelly, however, and were discontinued.
"We didn't know how to get where we wanted to
be," Mrs. Loomis said.
• Daystar's rebirth came as unexpectedly as its
sbeginning. In 1971 six Palo Alto, Calif., teen-agers —
. products of the Jesus Movement — were invited by
A the Donnelly church to spend the summer sharing
their faith with local residents.
Glenn Loomis, a quiet 60-year-old community-
minded man, volunteered to house the boys for the
• summer. They told friends about their summer and
soon others — from age 9 to 29 — were flocking to the
• ranch.
• Some, such as a straight -A student at Stanford
University, came just for fun. Others —drug abusers,
teen-age burglars and a paranoid schizophrenic —
a were placed there by their parents or the courts.
Some of the children's relatives gave the Loomises
money to buy food, but the couple supported other
■ children out of their own pocket. Many of the
children's lives were changed during their stay with
; the Loomises and, like a doting mother, Doris has
several scrapbooks to preserve the memories.
▪ She proudly points to a picture of one boy, a
• strapping blond cat burglar who was convicted nine
• times before he was sent to the Loomises.
"He was so graceful he could float on air," said
• Mrs. Loomis, who twice has been runner-up for Idaho
Mother of the Year. "After he became Christian, his
▪ whole demeanor changed. He became clumsy, he
broke everything. We thought that was marvelous
because he couldn't possibly get away with burglary
again."
A scruffy 5-foot teen-age prostitute wrestled with
Mrs. Loomis physically and mentally from dawn to
y dusk each day during her stay on the Loomis ranch.
°'We were coming from different authorities. It
was her mind against my authority, God and the
Scriptures," Mrs. Loomis said. "After she left, she
▪ called me to say that she had accepted my authority.
She's studying law now."
Although playing surrogate parents to hundreds of
children was not in Glen and Doris' original dream,
the boys and girls were the impetus that inspired
today's DayStar.
Upon acquiring a pile of building materials in 1973,
Glen Loomis challenged the boys, who had been
helping on the ranch, to build a bunkhouse.
"They weren't excited about life or making any
contribution to it. We wanted to inflame them with a
project of their own," Mrs. Loomis said.
That project completed, the boys began work on
the lower story of a hexagon pine lodge under the
watchful eye of Loomis, who is a contractor as well
as a rancher.
The only regular support for the lodge came from a
group of Nampa women Doris regularly holds Bible
studies with. When special needs arose, they held
rummage sales, prayed and opened their own
pocketbooks. They weren't the only ones who
volunteered time or resources, however.
No sooner had the Loomises turned down a $2,800
bid they couldn't afford for laminated roofing beams,
when a fruit farmer offered to give them a train flat-
car load of beams if Doris would build him a cabin
fireplace. When it came time to lift the beams, the
Loomises-unexpectedly met an idle crane operator in
Cascade, who offered to lift them for practically no
pay.
Barn wood donated by a Canyon County couple
covers the interior of DayStar's main lodge, while the
exterior features pine logs from the Loomis property.
When the Loomis daughters —Glenda, who is
working toward a doctorate in clinical psychology at
Western Conservative Seminary, Portland, and
Gloria, a Boise nurse practitioner —planned a silver
wedding anniversary party for their parents in 1975,
they asked friends to bring as gifts anything they
were no longer using that might be used at DayStar.
A Eureka, Calif., couple, upon receiving the
invitation, bought a whole yard full of utensils, pans,
and plates at a restaurant sale. Subsequent donations
included six lavatories, an electric -forced air furnace,
grill, three refrigerators, a convection oven and a
dishwasher.
"One day a woman told me we ought to get a piano.
I told her, 'Just pray about it. Everything else we got
came through prayer.' Two hours later a local family
that was moving asked if we could use their piano,
that they no longer needed it," Mrs. Loomis said.
One woman — I'm sure she must have been a non-
believer —told me, `Nice things happen to everybody
once in a while, but there's got to be someone
working for you.' "
The DayStar lodge, which cost less than $50,000 to
build, is probably worth more than $500,000 today,
Mrs. Loomis estimates. The lodge, a two-story
hexagonal pine log building with store -front windows
and an outside walkway around the middle of the
building, houses dormitory rooms on the first level.
The second -story dining room, which features a
fireplace in the center and a kitchen unit on one side,
seats 80 to 100 persons at donated picnic tables and
tables made from electric cable spools. Homemade
banners of Bible scriptures hang from the cathedral
ceiling. Horseshoes and other trinkets of early
Cascade adorn the walls.
Two full jars of chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies
—Mrs. Loomis bakes 700 cookies at a time —sit on
the counter, along with hot cider, chocolate, tea and
coffee.
For the past two years, the Loomises have catered
to about 60 weekend church retreats for teen-agers,
married couples and singles. Glen and Doris do all the
washing, cleaning, and cooking. Big kettles of stew
with fresh homemade bread and French toast
saturated with fruit soup have become Daystar
hallmarks.
Rates are $70 for couples and $30 for singles.
DayStar can accommodate up to 100 persons and has
24 hookups for trailers.
Between retreats, the Loomises are sawing away
at a second major DayStar facility —an 85-foot-long
two-story building which houses the Starlight Inn for
married couples, a chapel and library.
Although this is the first year in 10 that they were
unable to take in any children — illness and moving to
a new home got in the way — volunteers are helping
them nail down the project.
"It's that old Quaker -Puritan work ethic in us. We
just can't quit," Mrs. Loomis said.
Boise, Saturday, August 15, 1981
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Photos by
Glenn Oakley
DayStar is nestled in
the pines near
Cascade Reservoir.
Above, Doris and
Glenn Loomis are
pictured inside near
the fireplace in the
dinning room.