Cedar Crest Campers, are your toothbrushes and pillows packed?

The Cedar Crest Camping season is just over a week away! Lori Holliman is the 2008 Cedar Crest Camp Director. Rachel Neer is the Elementary Camp Director, and Avery Edwards is the Youth Camp Director. All three along with the rest of the staff are busy making sure that each camper will have both a safe and a fun camp week. Everyone is looking forward to great Cedar Crest camping traditions such as campfire meals, creek stomping, critter crawls, talent shows, fun and campers who are eager to learn more about God. If you are registered for camp, last minute camp details should be arriving in your mailbox any day now if they haven't already done so. Well, there is no time to waste, so campers get those toothbrushes and pillows packed along with your other camp supplies like your smiles and your Bible. Hurry now and get ready for the best camp week ever! We'll see you there!

More about our Cedar Crest Camp Director, the Elementary Camp Director, and the Youth Camp Director

Lori Holliman, 2008 Cedar Crest Camp Director. Lori is a Commissioned Deacon of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference with a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. She has a Bachelor of Science degree, Biology, from Middle Tennessee State University. She is presently Minister with Children and Youth, East End United Methodist Church, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Rachel Neer, Elementary Camp Director. Rachel’s home church is Gainsboro First UMC. She attends the University of Evansville with a major in Theological studies. Spent the last semester studying in England. Has attended elementary and youth camp at Cedar Crest for 9 summers and was an elementary camp counselor last summer. She states: “Camp is important for children to grow socially and spiritually. They make new friends and their counselors plant seeds that will grow and flourish over time.”

Avery Edwards. Director of Youth Camp. Home church is Hermitage UMC, but attended Algood UMC and was active in the Tennessee Tech Uuniversity Wesley Foundation. Graduated from Tech in May 2008 with a major in German and secondary education. She attended elementary and youth camp, and was a youth camp counselor at Cedar Crest 2004 and 2005. She stated “My spirituality is such an important part of my life, and camp provided part of the foundation from which I continue to grow. I love being a positive influence in the lives of young people, and I love camp."