As a small congregation church member, I was saddened when I found out that “conferences” are now responsible for church camps. The national church has put “camping” as a top priority but takes the local involvement away from the local congregations. Case in point – our local church camp was maintained by our local congregation for many users. Once Presbytery got involved – it added more complexity and local involvement dwindled. Due to the fact that many other congregations were now involved, things that needed to get done never did,
