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Parish Life<br />
Campers rotated according to<br />
age groups, 7/8s, 9/10s, and 11-13<br />
for daily swimming, sports and recreation,<br />
paddle boating on the lake,<br />
and workshops in Christian education.<br />
Teens, Ages 14 and older, followed<br />
a separate schedule for the<br />
program “Sacraments” developed<br />
by Ms. Kim Metz, Ms. Tatiana<br />
Bohush, and Mr. Nick Macura.<br />
Chaplaincy duties were shared<br />
by Archpriest T. Stephen<br />
Kopestonsky and Priest Milorad<br />
Orlic who served Morning and<br />
Evening Prayers and gave homilies<br />
on the Gospels each day. As choir<br />
director, Mrs. Lory Nescott, led the<br />
singing during prayers and at<br />
Friday’s Vespers and the Saturday<br />
morning Divine Liturgy. Campers<br />
served as readers.<br />
The children and teens acknowledged<br />
the contributions <strong>of</strong><br />
camp benefactor Mr. Paul Wozniak<br />
by signing a huge poster that was<br />
presented to him on his 88 th birthday<br />
on July 12. The campers also<br />
made greeting cards to be delivered<br />
to Archpriest Basil Stoyka, a longtime<br />
chaplain and friend <strong>of</strong> camp,<br />
who was unable to attend this year.<br />
Weather was superb for the<br />
much-anticipated traditional activities:<br />
the hike to Flat Rock; a pinata,<br />
and Thursday’s barbecue, hayride,<br />
bonfire, and talent show. Those not<br />
wishing to hike stayed back with<br />
Mrs. Black who challenged them in<br />
a different kind <strong>of</strong> physical activity,<br />
a simulation <strong>of</strong> the World Eskimo-<br />
Indian Olympics that are held in<br />
Alaska each July.<br />
Older campers competed in<br />
the basketball tournament, and the<br />
youngest competed in the Washer<br />
Board Tournament. Fr. Vladimir<br />
(Poszywak), a riasophor monk from<br />
Lorain, Ohio, instructed campers on<br />
making three craft projects, and<br />
many children competed for prizes<br />
in The Answer Box competition. After<br />
Thursday’s hayride with Martin<br />
driving the tractor, campers rode to<br />
a nearby dairy farm where they could<br />
feed the cows and watch them being<br />
milked. Then they visited a<br />
nearby airfield to see radio-controlled<br />
airplanes and watch one being<br />
flown. Once back at camp, the<br />
children gleefully stuffed Martin with<br />
hay—another long-standing camp<br />
tradition.<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> camp’s most important<br />
work is done in the dorm, since the<br />
week’s stay requires campers to get<br />
along with roommates and counselors.<br />
Mrs. Veronica Bilas, who<br />
dubbed herself “the problem solver,”<br />
took charge <strong>of</strong> administrative details<br />
in the dormitory and instituted<br />
Caught Doing Good, a program to encourage<br />
and reward good behavior.<br />
Recognition was given for the<br />
cleanest rooms for each <strong>of</strong> the agegroup<br />
designations.<br />
Although the three aspects <strong>of</strong><br />
friendship as defined by the Church<br />
Fathers were intended for discussion<br />
among only the older campers<br />
Ages 11-13, the priest presenters<br />
wove comments about these aspects<br />
through the fabric <strong>of</strong> their homilies<br />
and talks during the week. So campers<br />
heard about these three aspects<br />
34 Alive in Christ www.doepa.org
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