For many years, Pleasant View has ministered to pastors and their people with two Camp Meetings a year; one in the summer and one in the winter. The Camp Meeting, though just one of the many ministries of PVBC, has certainly been one of the most loved and appreciated. Churches have been coming to these meetings and have left refreshed and revived - many times taking the spirit of the meeting back to their own church. God has used this camp meeting to be a tremendous blessing to a lot of people down through the years.

Since I arrived as Pastor back in August of last year, I have been praying for direction from the Lord about the Camp Meeting ministry. I have always loved this meeting and know that many people do also. However, I began to feel that if we only had one Camp Meeting per year, it would open the door for our church to have more revivals and special services. Our people do such a great job hosting the Camp Meetings that the meeting is actually a ministry of our church for other churches. Our men and ladies are so busy behind the scenes that they normally only get to participate and attend the evening services.

I proposed to the church last night my desire to drop the December meeting and just have one Camp Meeting a year. When the church heard my reasons, they agreed unanimously. The December meeting has grown over the years, with the 2005 meeting being the largest winter crowd ever. We had a wonderful meeting in 2006, and God blessed us with some wonderful preaching and singing.

My desire is to have one really big Camp Meeting each year during the month of June. In the past, pastors and people had two meetings to choose from. Now, they will only have the one, and I believe we can have bigger and better meetings as a result of that. Another factor is the increase in Camp Meetings across the country. Many churches now host their own, and for us to continue to host two a year no longer seems necessary. Lest anyone get the wrong impression, we are not backing up or slowing down. We are just making room for growth in other areas. I have so many new ministry and outreach plans that streamlining the current ministries only opens up more doors for growth, participation and efficiency.

We will not be having the December camp meeting this year, so please make note of this change. The June meeting will be the same dates as earlier announced (June 4-7) Pray for us as we continue to seek God's direction for the future of this ministry, and pray for the meeting that it will be a blessing to others as it has been in the past. Make plans now to attend.

Serving the Lord with Gladness,

Pastor Stacey Shiflett