Due to popular demand, we now have a new map showing the locations of all our cabins and the number and type of beds in each. You can jump to it here, or find it at the bottom of the Maps page. On that page you'll also find links to a PDF of this new map, which you should download if you'd like to print out any hard copies. Trina McDaniel provided me (David, your Camp webmaster) with a very helpful hand-drawn map with all the info, and from that I produced the versions you'll find here. We hope this will help your planning needs!

Greetings!

One of our groups had to cancel their event at Camp Myrtlewood, so if you or anyone you know was wishing they could get into our busy summer schedule, please spread the word or give us a call today! June 28th, 29th, and 30th (Friday through Sunday) are now open. Weekends are a very popular time for family reunions and other retreats. We would love to welcome a new group this year! Our contact information is listed on the right side of this page. We look forward to hearing from you!

-Trina, Sol, John, Margaret, Jennie, and of course, Marley

Theme: TRANSITIONS

Leaders will be Rev. Mike and Merry Titus with Sarah and Justin.

Morning workshop presenters will be:
Steve Gregory
Lani Wright
Debbie Roberts

Afternoons will feature contributions by Merry Titus, Ben Green, John Jones and others.

Thursday is Beach Day. (Cranberry Sweets anyone?)

Family Camp will start on Tuesday afternoon, July 16th and end Sunday morning, July 21st. After Sunday breakfast, there will be a service ending before noon. No lunch is provided on Tuesday or Sunday.

We are looking forward to this summer!

Myrtlewood Song & Story Fest

Between Sky and Sea

July 21-27, 2013 - Camp Myrtlewood - Bridge, Oregon

A Family Camp featuring Brethren musicians and storytellers in the coastal mountains of western Oregon!

NOTE: As of May 9th, enrollment is FULL! Ken Smeltzer is keeping a waiting list of folks who want to come, should openings appear. His contact info is provided below. (if you've clicked Read More so that you're seeing the full article).

Isaiah 55 says, “Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters... Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good…Incline your ear, and come to me; listen so that you may live.” (1-3) And later, “For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands…instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle.” (12-13)

The 2013 Brethren Women's Retreat will start with dinner on October 18th and end with lunch on October 20th. When those dates get closer we will post more information about the theme and registration.

It would be nice to say that things don’t change much here at Camp Myrtlewood but, unfortunately, I think I’d be wrong. I’ve lived and worked here for the past twenty-nine years and have had close daily contact with our eco-system—I’ve developed an affinity for the land. I’ve watched surrounding old-growth forests continue to be clear-cut. I’ve observed timber corporations and many other private land owners harvesting their lands with what I would call less than an ethical stewardship ethic. Every winter I cringe to see the intensely muddied streams of our Coquille River Watershed knowing that the siltation from thousands of miles of logging roads and clear-cuts will suffocate—once again—millions of freshly laid salmon eggs. Summer stream temperatures are definitely warmer, resulting from smaller stream run-off through clear-cut areas. The smolt and fry of anadromous fish and trout do not do well in water that is too warm with inadequate numbers of trees to make shade. And I also think about all that carbon that has been removed from the land—newly planted monoculture forests are poor substitutes for the perennial polycultures that were lost.

Margaret & John Jones, our camp managers of 28 years, were honored by the Human Rights Advocates of Coos County during its annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

Read the whole article on The World (Coos Bay newspaper).

No one who knows Margaret and John will be surprised by this, we're sure, but it's wonderful to see them receive such well-deserved acknowledgement. Congratulations, you two!