In 1979, Centrifuge launched as a youth summer camp for sixth through 12th grade students. Now known as FUGE Camps, this camp model combines small group Bible study with recreation, track times, worship and church group time. Nearly five decades later, FUGE Camps have served over 2 million campers and seen nearly 80,000 students make decisions to place their faith in Jesus … [Read more...]
Lifeway’s FUGE Camps team blesses church after devastating tornado
By Marissa Postell NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When the FUGE Camps team at Lifeway Christian Resources heard about the tornado that devastated Bremen, Kentucky, they jumped in to help Wade Wilkins take students to his 30th year of FUGE Camps. Wilkins has served as the music and youth director at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Bremen for 33 years. When a tornado destroyed their church … [Read more...]
Nearly dead for camp cred, but totally worth it
By Laura Erlanson NASHVILLE (BP) – During June, I did what many said could not be done. I pulled off the exhaustion hat trick, the triathlon of tired, the white whale of weariness – the SBC annual meeting, Vacation Bible School and CentriKid in back-to-back weeks. It was the Baptist Ironman of sleep deprivation. The first week of the month, I flew to Anaheim, where I … [Read more...]
Lifeway summer camps give kids and students the ‘best week ever’
By Marissa Postell JACKSON, Tenn. — Lifeway Christian Resources’ summer camps are in full swing across the nation, investing in kids, students and their churches for a week but making an impact that lasts both for a lifetime and for eternity. Yellow t-shirts stood out among the sea of humans on Union University’s campus for FUGE Camps. Big, bold letters across the front … [Read more...]
Lifeway summer camps staffers say experience prepared them for future ministry
By Y Bonesteele NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This past summer more than 87,000 kids and students attended Lifeway camps with over 475 summer staffers providing fun and inspiring experiences at FUGE Camps, CentriKid Camps, Student Life Camps and Student Life Kids Camps. Summer camps are not just spiritually edifying for campers, but they provide the training, experience and passion to … [Read more...]
