In this very special episode, Josh and Taylor are joined by Ministries Director Ryan Graden himself to talk through some of the details for our upcoming Telethon Fundraiser, which will be livestreamed on Facebook and Youtube on Tuesday, December 3, from noon to 8 pm.

If you’d like to partner with us in this exciting project, here’s our donation page. For more information, visit our website.

The other upcoming event they talk about is the Summer Staff Worship Night, which will be on Saturday, November 20, from 6-8 pm at camp.

If you’d like more information about being on our Summer Staff, here’s the Staff Website.

For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org, call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org, or look us up on social media.

Music Credit: Life by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031

In this very special episode, Josh and Taylor walk through the theme for Summer Camp 2025: Wilderness

Register for camp today at hacamps.org. Here’s the Staff Website, the link for our Quick Info Form, as well as the full Staff Application.

For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org, call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org, or look us up on social media.

Music Credit: Life by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031

In this month’s update episode, Josh and Taylor recap October and look forward to November.

October Recap

• Senior Saints’ Day, Oct 1

• Ladies’ Horse Retreat 2, Oct 4-6

• EFCA Young Adult Retreat, Oct 4-6

• The big SALT retreat, Oct 11-13

• CCCA Fall Fellowship, Oct 14-16

• Ladies’ Horse Retreat 3, Oct 25-27

• Started interviewing for 2025 summer staff

November Preview

• Summer Staff Worship Night, Nov 30

• Giving Tuesday, Dec 3

Recruiting Update

• Northwestern in St. Paul Wednesday, October 30, 2024

• Bethlehem College in Minneapolis Wednesday, October 30, 2024

• Cedar Valley Christian School in Cedar Rapids Wednesday, October 30, 2024

• University of Sioux Falls Monday, November 4, 2024

• Christ Community Church in Ames Wednesday, November 6, 2024

• Crosswinds EFC in Spirit Lake Wednesday, November 6, 2024

• Ankeny EFC Friday, November 8, 2024

• Grace Church in Mason City Sunday, November 10, 2024

• SALT Company in Ames Thursday, November 14, 2024

• Grand View Christian School in Des Moines Monday, November 18, 2024

• Pella Christian Wednesday, November 20, 2024

• Indianola Community Church Sunday, November 17, 2024

• Ankeny Christian Academy Tuesday, November 19, 2024

• Emmaus University in Dubuque Wednesday, November 20, 2024

• Oakdale EFC Sunday, November 24, 2024

• Summer Staff Worship Night at Camp Saturday, November 30, 2024

Here’s the Staff Website, the link for our Quick Info Form, as well as the full Staff Application.

For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org, call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org, or look us up on social media.

Music Credit: Life by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031

In this very special episode, Josh and Taylor interview Dr. Jacob Sorenson, an innovative camp researcher and founder of Sacred Playgrounds, an organization dedicated to the study of Christian summer camps.

To find out more about Dr. Sorenson and Sacred Playgrounds, visit www.sacredplaygrounds.com. The findings from the Rhythms of Faith Project can be found at www.rhythmsoffaith.com. You can also find The Sacred Playgrounds Podcast wherever you listen to the Hidden Acres Podcast.

For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org, call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org, or look us up on social media.

Music Credit: Life by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031

Welcome to the new season! In this season 6 kickoff episode, Josh and Taylor recap the incredible summer season we had, and look forward to the new school year.

Fall Preview

• Sr Saints Day, Oct 1

• Two more Ladies Horse Retreats, Oct 4-6 and 25-27

• EFCA Young Adults Retreat, Oct 4-6

• Summer Camp (and all other event) registration opens November 1

• Marriage Retreat Dec 6-8

• Fundraiser Telethon on Giving Tuesday, Dec 3

• Pool closed for updates in December

Recruiting Update

• Kairos in Ames, Wednesday, Oct 2

• FCA Fields of Faith in...

• • West Sioux, Wednesday, Oct 2

  • Sioux Center, Sunday, Oct 6

  • Storm Lake, Wednesday, Oct 9

• Ankeny EFC, Wednesday, Oct 9

• Northwestern, Wednesday, Oct 9

• Dordt, Wednesday, Oct 9

• UNW in St Paul, Wednesday, Oct 30

• Bethlehem College in Minneapolis, Wednesday, Oct 30

Here’s the Staff Website, the link for our Quick Info Form, as well as the full Staff Application.

For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org, call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org, or look us up on social media.

Music Credit: Life by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031

Today we’re pleased to bring you all four of the chapel messages from our 2024 Women’s Retreat, which was September 13-15, 2024. The main chapel speaker was Rebekah Johnson from Veritas Church in Iowa City, where she serves as the Director of Women's Ministries and Small Group ministry leader.

This message is from chapel session #4, which was on Sunday morning, September 15, 2024. The speaker for this session was Mandy Stenberg, who is on staff at Hidden Acres.

For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org, call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org, or look us up on social media.

Today we’re pleased to bring you all four of the chapel messages from our 2024 Women’s Retreat, which was September 13-15, 2024. The main chapel speaker was Rebekah Johnson from Veritas Church in Iowa City, where she serves as the Director of Women's Ministries and Small Group ministry leader.

This message is from chapel session #3, which was on Saturday evening, September 14, 2024.

For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org, call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org, or look us up on social media.

Today we’re pleased to bring you all four of the chapel messages from our 2024 Women’s Retreat, which was September 13-15, 2024. The main chapel speaker was Rebekah Johnson from Veritas Church in Iowa City, where she serves as the Director of Women's Ministries and Small Group ministry leader.

This message is from chapel session #2, which was on Saturday morning, September 14, 2024.

For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org, call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org, or look us up on social media.