Pastor Tony Schering: Spiritual Director

Pastor Tony, or "Tall Tony" as the kids call him at camp, is the Children's Pastor at Impact Church in Lowell.
He is one of our new trio of directors who work together to ensure the overall well-being of children and staff.
Tally Tony enjoys playing basketball.

Nicole Herrema:
Worship Director

Nicole Herrema attends Radiant Life Church in Sturgis MI. She is a stay at home mother of 6 children who has always been called to ministry beginning at the young age of 12! She has since volunteered in children's ministry, middle school ministry, at Family Camp with the middle school class, worked with her husband, the spiritual transformation pastor at Radiant Life, in middle school and youth ministry, leads the dance ministry for Radiant Life's women's ministry, and has been volunteering leading worship with Katie Bibb at Kids Camp.
Nicole is another of our new trio of directors, and will be working closely with Pastor Tony & Courtney as well as continuing to lead worship & being the MC during rallies
Fun fact about Nicole, she is crazy dyslexic but that doesn't stop her from stepping out or giving up even when she makes mistakes!

Courtney Smit:
Staffing Director

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Denise Verbrugge: Marketing Director

Denise previously attended LifeChange Community Church in Dorr and was very active in kids ministry. She's been volunteering in kids ministry since a very young age & has a passion for working with children.
She's been working as a ​Preschool Photographer at Lifetouch/Shutterfly since 2019 and was recently promoted to Supervisor in the Metro Detroit area. She's working on getting settled and finding a new church family on the east side of the state.
Denise is active around camp photographing and videoing camp fun for memories and promotional material, as well as utilizing every opportunity to interact and have fun with the kids!

Pastor James Perry: Activities Director

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Jess Perry:
​Middle School Director

Jess attends Kentwood Community Church, and has been working in children's ministry for years.
Jess is our new Middle School Director at camp, and will be leading the middle school track with worship, teaching, and mentoring.
Coffee is Jess's love language. But only good coffee. Only "extra" ish coffee...(but no dairy! Soy milk is greatness. Oatmilk is a beautiful last resort.) Jess loves artsy, fancy, bougie coffee and lattes so much that she brings her espresso machine to camp every year!