Sue Nelson – Denver, Colorado … In preparation for the 2024 International Pathfinder Camporee, 22 delegates from the RMC club ministries joined on August 15 with visitors from Texas, Florida, and other states, in one of the summer tours to Gillette, Wyoming. Tours are being given in cooperation with the Center for Youth Evangelism, camporee organizers.
Ron Whitehead, the center’s director said, “It was great to see so many RMC club ministry lay leaders at the August 15, 2022, public tour. This will be the third time that RMC has hosted an NAD or International camporee. Those three camporees include 1985 (Camp Hale); 1994 (Dare to Care); and 2024 (Believe the Promise). Everyone is invited to one of the five tours in 2023.”
The Camporee, better known as the “Oshkosh Camporee,” comes to Gillette, Wyoming, right in our Rocky Mountain Conference territory. “How exciting it is to think of our Conference ‘hosting the world’ with an anticipated 60,000 Pathfinders,” said Sue Nelson, RMC club ministries executive coordinator.
These tours are giving us an insight into the possibilities that are being opened due to this move. “The town of Gillette is opening its arms to all needed to host a camporee of this size, and we in return, are showing them the love Pathfinders have for Jesus,” Nelson added.
The Rocky Mountain Pathfinder staff have already been scheduled to be part of the 2023 and 2024 4thof July parades in Gillette. The town knows about the thousands of Pathfinders who will be coming as they have videos of past camporees but have not seen any of them in person. “We aim to rectify that, as we set out to make this opportunity an outreach into the community,” Nelson said
The next tour is being planned for Monday, September 12, 2022. It is free to anyone who wants to participate, including lunch. There will also be five more tours in 2023. For more information, contact Sue Nelson at [email protected] Sign up with 22,000 other BTP International Camporee newsletter subscribers at camporee.org.
–Sue Nelson is RMC club ministries executive coordinator. Photo supplied.
