Give Thanks

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His love endures forever.” Psalm 136:1-3   His love endures forever. God’s enduring, steadfast, never ending, all consuming, tender, gracious, lavish love endures forever! His love endures forever. Give thanks! The Psalmist goes on to express all the amazing ways that God was with the people of Israel through ...

A Summer with Year-round Impact

Our family began attending Black Diamond Camp in 2016 when our kids were entering first grade, making this last summer our sixth year attending Camp! We truly feel that Black Diamond Camp has become a second home for our kids and each year, they beg to come to more and more sessions. Through the Day Camp program, our kids make friends, play outdoors, and have fun. When they get home, they are tired from all the fun they had all ...

The Coffee Shop

Camp pairs well with a good cup of coffee! At Black Diamond Camp, we LOVE coffee, and it plays a big role in making Camp happen. So of course, the Coffee Shop is one of my favorite features here at Camp. The Coffee Shop is located in the Mt. Baker Dining Hall and is open at all mealtimes. Our menu consists of 4 signature lattes called: The Graham, Campfire, Sasquatch, and Black Bear, each of which vary in sweetness and ...

My Summer Staff Experience: Rachel

This past summer, I had the privilege to work for Black Diamond Camp as a counselor. Originally, I came to Black Diamond for the Internship Program, but after getting my first real taste of camping ministry, I wanted to stay for Summer Staff. Throughout the summer, I got to spend time with the most amazing campers and be surrounded by an amazing team. Not to mention, I got to run activities like the 3D-Wall (my personal favorite), the Zip-Line, and ...

Welcome Stuart Jennings

Warm Beach Camp Ministries is so excited to welcome Stuart Jennings onto our team as Community Coordinator for Rainier Camp & Retreat Center. Stuart grew up attending camps at both Warm Beach Camp and Black Diamond Camp (when it was known as Camp Berachah) and joined Black Diamond staff in May 2022 as Summer Staff. After spending the summer leading worship, he decided to jump into this new role! We are currently hosting Crystal Mountain Ski Resort at our Rainier ...

Interns Fall 2022

We are so thankful to have the privilege of working alongside nine amazing Interns this year and are looking forward to getting to know them over this season. Here’s a little to help you begin to get to know them too! Jagger Riffle is a second-year Intern here at Camp, originally from Kent, Washington. He came out to Camp in Summer 2021 to do Summer Staff and has been here ever since. He loves making campfires for groups here at ...

Lodging Highlight: Glacier Peak

Perched on the hill overlooking Black Diamond Camp is a massive two-story building called Glacier Peak. This amazing structure contains two meeting spaces that each hold 250 people and room accommodation in the form of 78 hotel-style rooms. It’s divided into two meeting spaces called Mt. Zion and Mt. Hermon. Both are fully equipped with sound systems, projectors, coffee & tea bar along with a full size fridge. Your church group or retreat will sleep easy with Tempur-Pedic queen size ...

Growing Together

Sound Christian Academy brought 100 high school students for a few days at the end of August to help build connections among scholars for the new school year. They participated in several group development activities where students stepped out of their comfort zone to complete the 3D Web as well as the TP Shuffle; unique team building activities at Camp. The dean of students expressed how great it was to see several of their new students talk about how much ...

The “Why”

Working at Camp or, in another ministry, can be a lot. It can feel like there is consistently something that wants our attention. We bounce from one place to another and have about a million thoughts that race through our minds of what has been done or what needs to get done. It’s pretty easy to get caught up in the rush of it all, or to go through each day as if it’s a checklist that needs to be ...

Summer 2022 Recap

Have you ever met someone filled with so much excitement, so much happiness, and joy that you want to be around them all the time!? Everyone at Black Diamond Camp this summer was blessed to be around a camper just like that this summer, and his name is Royal. His happiness is so infectious that you can’t help but laugh or smile being around him. Having Royal and other kids just like him come to camp this summer was a ...