Frogs, Owls and a “John Deer”
February 4, 2009
by Joy Stevensen
My husband Ed and I purchased an RV Park three years ago. In it’s initial life, the park was known as a “party park”. Through the chain of previous owners, the park had been “cleaned up” so Ed and I simply continued where they left off.
During our first two years we noticed a need for a Sunday morning church service and in our third year we started a short service. Although it is not well attended, it has produced some unexpected results.
One is that we lost about half of our seasonal members. It wasn’t a result of hounding them to come to the services. We only told them that the service was available to them. In a park that is struggling financially, their leaving was a bitter pill to swallow. However, we found that the drinkers left and those who have stayed – even tho they may not attend the service – are easy to talk to about spiritual things and thus the atmosphere is very comfortable. We have been able to be a part of there lives in a deeper way than just clients. Being with them in everything form weddings to funerals.
Today, as we rebuild our park, we are looking for a way to reach clients that want to be in nature and enjoy the beauty of our park where you can sit by the campfire, see the stars and sing a campfire song or just enjoy the laughter of being with friends.
We don’t have a water slide but we do have a lake full of frogs that serenade you to sleep.
We don’t have planes that fly over head but we have a owl that will swoop down like a stealth fighter.
We have a “john deer” that will walk through the park and stand in the adjacent corn fields watching us watch him.
In the evening you may hear the lowing of cattle – it sounds so gentle that way. But when the cattle are giving birth it is quite the sound to hear!
As you can probably tell, we are located in a rural community with farms all around. We are just about 35-45 minuets outside of the Quad cities in Cambridge, Illinois. We welcome groups of RVers from churches and supervised youth group campers.
We have a pavilion that can be used for meetings, bands and ………. church!
In Christ,
Ed and Joy Stevenson
The Old Timber Campground
www.theoldtimber.com
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