"The very first Easter taught us is this: that life never ends and

love never dies"

-Kate McGahan

Registration link are LIVE!!!

2024 Youth Camps & Family Camp

Children's Camp May 31 – June 1, "Made in your image, a walk in the clouds" Director: Lanea Furst
Jr Camp June 16-19, "Faith over fear: factoring Jesus into it all"

Director: Ada Darnell & Mackenzie Brewer

Jr High Camp June 15-19, "Here I Am-Send Me" Director: Erin Roberson
Family Camp July 6-11, Directors: Brendan Cary & Lanea Furst

The Reunion 2024 theme is "Heal the Earth: A Restoration Imperative."

Sr. High July 26-28, Director TBD
Spectacular July 13-20, " Be" Spectacular Leaders: Brandon & Erin Stevenson

2024 Family Camps

2024 Youth Camps

JR. HIGH & SR HIGH

Camp Haven-We need you!!

Camp Haven is moving right along to happen on June 9-14, 2024. We are beyond blessed and excited to offer this camping experience to youth who have been impacted by loosing a parent or sibling to cancer. Share with anyone who may be interested in volunteering!

Do you want to help? We are seeking volunteers to help during the week of camp:

SideKicks (camp counselor)
Support Staff-Nurse, EMT, Counselor, Pastor, Social Worker
Day Volunteer- kitchen helps, class leaders or assist in morning/afternoon activities
Lifeguard
Security
Ground crew/logistic-help set up/tear down
Camp Committee Support
Overnight Volunteer

Use the link below to apply to be one of out amazing volunteers!

Volunteer Application

Sponsors for Camp Haven

A BIG THANK YOU to Cargill for their generous donation to help fund Camp Haven!!! We sincerely appreciate the support as we start Camp Haven.

We are looking for sponsors!! Are you or do you know of a business or family that would like to help financially support Camp Haven? The link below provides our different levels and options to provide support. Please help us spread the word of our need of volunteers & sponsors.

Sponsorship Information

Far West Mission Center Women's Retreat

Women's Retreat Registration Form

Coffee, Conversation & Community

From Cameron's Coffee, Conversation & Community Gals!

Thank you to everyone who extended invitation, who responded to invitation in support of community within the Far West Mission Center.

Twenty-six friends gathered at Dino's Diner in Cameron on March 23rd. We visited for two hours and still didn't want to go home!

Cameron's own, Susan Holzfaster, shared a wonderful testimony about what community means to her. Thank you, Susan!

Thanks to Denise Youtsey (Cameron), everyone had a filled gift bag to take home and additional prizes were shared.

*Prizes awarded to: Sharon Hayden for traveling the farthest, Dawn Wagner for being the first to arrive and Barb Heath for having the most knowledge! Cartha

Community . . . have the time of your life!

"Why Quit There?"

A quote Catha Sherman challenges each of us as we consider our

2024 camping season.

From successfully inviting over ninety people to submit Reunion Memories/Testimonies, I decided, "Why quit there?"

Becky, a friend, who did not hesitate to share her Reunion Testimony, had not been to Reunion for decades. Becky's first Reunion experience was a result of personal invitation. Jim and Naomi Taylor invited her to attend Reunion with their family of five. When I invited Becky to one day of Reunion 2023, she said she was afraid to get out of her car. As a child, her recollection of Camp Farwesta could be described as massive. I asked her to text me when she arrived; she did. We had the best day ever . . . in spite of me! The following day, Becky brought her adult daughter to spend a day at Reunion. As of lately, Becky said she would like to take her grandkids for a day or two of Reunion 2024.

Who can you extend a personal invitation to, to spend one day at Reunion 2024? A free tour of Camp Farwesta is part of the deal! Just text me.

With optimism, don't forget to invite early so our Cooks can be prepared!

Campus Connections

Calling all post-secondary students aged 18 to 25! Explore Campus Connections, a ministry where you can connect with peers in weekly online gatherings. Sign up or share the link:

https://cofchrist.org/news/introducing-campus-connections/

Reunion Memory Book

If you didn't get a Reunion Memory Book, that's ok, more can be made. Have a story/testimony that you'd like to have added to the book, please send those to Cartha by June 1st, carthas@hotmail.com.

Within our congregations

Guilford Congregation

By: Sharon Hayden

Ellen Hayden was on the State Championship basketball team for the Platte Valley

co-op. She was also a candidate for Winter Court Warming. Ellen is a senior at South Nodaway, Barnard. Ladies from Guilford attended Cameron’s coffee& conversation. Dawn Wagner and Sharon Hayden were two of three who got prizes. Guilford had 25

at Sunday School & church Sunday. The children participated in Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The also hunted for eggs inside because of the rain. And the rabbit ears…need I say more?

Abundant Life Center

Please join us!

We had so much fun at the Egg Hunt! Thank you to all that came out!! We had about 60 people from our congregation and community join us. A big thank you to all those who helped make this day possible! Without the fellowship support, we couldn’t have done it!

World Church News

On Tuesday, 5 March 2024, Community of Christ announced a historic investment in the church’s future. This was made possible through the sale of the Kirtland Temple, the Joseph Smith Historic Site in Nauvoo, nineteenth-century manuscripts and materials related to the development of church scriptures, including the Joseph Smith Translation manuscripts and Phinney bible, Joseph and Emma Smith portraits and letters, and various other manuscripts and artifacts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For additional information:https://cofchrist.org/faithfully-funding-our-future/

2024 Central USA Mission Field

Priesthood Gatherings

Central Mission Field leaders look forward to sharing with priesthood across the field in formation experiences that promote relevant gospel witness in a changing world.

All sessions begin at 7:00PM CST and last 90 minutes on Zoom.

One time Registration Required at: https://forms.office.com/r/PnCwvvmGnK

Monday, April 22 – Pursuing Peace through Sacraments

Explore sacrament ministry that promotes just peace on and for the earth.

Send us information

If you have any congregational or community news that you would like to share, please let us know. We welcome anything your congregation is doing to be added to our newsletter. Let's share the good news and all the wonderful things our congregations are doing.

Please send updates for your congregation to

Lynn Wilson at thealc@socket.net.

We will get them added to the upcoming newsletters.

If you would like to submit a testimony, a poem, or other original inspirational material for our Farwest Mission Center “Staying Connected” newsletter,

please email to fwmccommunications@gmail.com .

Use of submission will be determined based on available

space and uniformity with theme.