June 2025

Our Voice
Megan Royer

“I Am Up For The Challenge”
Camp Innabah has had a special place in my heart for a long time. I have been going to camp since I was 4 years old, when my dad took me to day camp for the first time. Since then, I was at camp for at least a week every summer growing up. Children’s Hilltop, Archery Camp, Creative Arts, Late Night Gym & Swim… The list goes on and on. 

Dad himself had been going to camp since he was young, and began volunteering with the Challenge camps before I was born. These camps are specifically for those with mental, and sometimes physical, disabilities. He volunteered as a counselor every summer, and my mom soon joined him. When I was a teenager, I also started volunteering, and it became a family activity every summer. 

These days, the Challenge camps are keeping Camp Innabah alive. The campers keep coming back, as do the volunteer counselors. It is harder to volunteer during the summer when you have to work every day, but I still go to the weekend retreats throughout the off season. I hope to be able to continue volunteering for the rest of my life. This is a legacy of service that I hope will continue with future generations of my family.
May The Great Spirit Be With You Always!

Greetings, Rev.

Which one of us prayed for rain? We sure got it these past few weeks!! And so did our beloved Rigby Hall.  Rigby experienced mild flooding a few times this past month, and we were left bewildered until a wizard by the name of Master Geoffrey Way solved the puzzle. (Pictured above next to me, he is one of the instructors of Conrad's Martial Arts Center, which leases Rigby at the moment.) And the root cause was not so much that God was overwhelming in his response to prayer but a couple malfunctioning sump pumps.

What's pictured is a pump that looks prehistoric. We presume it was installed when the church was first built in the '50s. Before we uncovered this pump, we had actually been archaeologists ourselves, looking through old pictures and documents as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of our beloved church. And just as Geoffrey pulled this out of the water, I was suddenly able to connect the dots as to what we're actually preparing.

We are, indeed, celebrating over 75 years of God's faithfulness over our church and its service to the community. This pump is a reminder that 75 years is a long, long time. Our church did not come to be today because of a one-off or luck. No, our church continued decade after decade to love our community and its citizens as we love ourselves, and this drew people to the embrace of God. We are a testament to the history of both God's grace and our persistence to keep shining the light of Christ.

As we stand on this side of the 75 year-mark, we are called to continue to spread the kingdom of God to those around us. We are called to the same dedication and commitment that kept this church filled with life since 1949. Perhaps we need to renew some things inside us that are nearing the end of function. Whatever we feel led to do for our God and our church, we must continue to prolong the good work that God has started here at

St. Mark's.