Today marked the beginning of our second week at Hye Camp. We all enjoyed an extra hour of sleep and gathered in the chapel at 9:30 to celebrate the Divine Liturgy. Due to our more intimate camp size, we had the unique opportunity to approach the altar several times throughout
This morning, we enjoyed a later wake-up and began the day with helping our week 1 campers pack and gather their belongings to head back home. In order to successfully transition from our first to our second week, we had our first-ever Closing Program for all Hye Camp members and
After breakfast, we gathered in the chapel for morning service led by Der Tavit. He told us an intriguing story about the wonder in our flaws and how God designed us to be beautiful in ways that aren’t always conventional. After both our junior and teen campers went to both
Our day began with a typical 7:30 wake-up and breakfast at 8:00. During our morning service, we discussed Jesus’ constant presence in our lives and God’s continual protection and guidance. We were blessed to be joined by Rev. Fr. Tavit and Yn. Tirouhe from Sts. Joachim and Anne Armenian Church,
Today, all of Hye Camp came together for breakfast at 8:00 to enjoy a hearty meal of bagels with eggs and cheese, hashbrowns, cheese and choreg (compliments of the St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church’s Women’s Guild), and fruit. After our morning service, the teen campers went to sports to
Today was filled with lots of positive energy and excitement at Hye Camp. Rev. Fr. Hovhan Khoja-Eynatyan, pastor of St. James in Evanston, IL, taught the heritage classes and helped campers to become familiar with music from the Divine Liturgy. Rev. Fr. Tadeos Barseghyan, pastor of St. Sahag in Minneapolis,
Today was the first full day of Hye Camp! The weather was cool throughout the day, but sunny and perfect for a full day of activities outside. Wake-up was bright and early at 7:30 AM, followed by breakfast and morning service. Then we headed back to the cabins to clean-up
For more than 50 years campers from across the Midwest have come together to grow in their faith and heritage through the Hye Camp program. Today marked the start of a new camp season, and the start of new friendships for close to 200 campers, CITS and Staff. After three
Today was a bittersweet day since it is the last day of Hye Camp, but we enjoyed it very much. The day started with breakfast and morning service was given by Fr. Aren. The campers made door hangers in arts and crafts today by decorating them with vibrant colors. The
Today was a beautiful day! Not too hot or humid but just perfect for the day that we had planned. As usual, we had a wakeup call at 7:30AM and breakfast at 8:00AM sharp. Following breakfast, we had morning service in the chapel, which was led by Fr. Tavit. Today’s
