Dear Friends of Pleasant Hill Outdoor Camp,

The past six months of the Covid-19 pandemic have been difficult, challenging and a bit thrilling at camp.  We are hopeful that you and those you love are settling into a new routine this fall and are able to incorporate some of your favorite activities back into your life.

By: Rachel Gieringer Mills (Camper Parent) 

By Matt Grant, Executive Director

Throughout the year we have a variety of groups, organizations, and programs come to Pleasant Hill Outdoor Camp for their retreats.  These groups can be church youth groups, colleges, adult groups, custom camps and many more.  One of the more unique groups that calls Pleasant Hill home is Man-Camp, offered by the Vineyard Church in Columbus, Ohio.  Man-Camp sets up shop in our Outpost Camping Area and prepares for a weekend of outdoor fun and bonding.  The participants park their cars at main camp and hike a mile into the woods, they set up their campsites and prepare their meals over an op

Since I have been able to walk I have spent my most of my life within the Christian camp world.  My father was an Executive Director at a Christian Camp for 40 years.  As a child I would follow my father around camp as he directed staff, led programs and performed many of the other duties that Executive Directors do.  Only God would know that years later I would follow in his footsteps and become an Executive Director myself.