STEVE & TERRI McFARLAND
Terri & Steve, Camp 08
“What I want more than anything else in these camps is for kids and teens to know God's love for them, that He has a purpose for their lives and to have fun in the process. We stress personal relationship with Christ, the importance of the Word, love and obedience to parents, and the significance of involvement with a local church. We run a very relational focused camp and strive to communicate love and acceptance to all the adult leaders, as well as the campers. We are not the biggest nor the fanciest. We don't have the most toys, but no one cares more for teens and kids than we do. We are dependent on the volunteers from the churches that send their kids. We do not want to be seen as a camp that a church sends their kids away to as a completely separate entity, but more as an extension of the local church. We desire to be an asset to its ministry to teens and children.”
Steve & Terri, Camp 07
Steve is the Director of Paradise Fellowship Ministries (PFM) and Pastor of New Hope Fellowship (NHF) in Chico. He spoke at his first kid's camp in 1971 (38 years ago.) He has been the camp director for 33 years and also a member of the board of directors for Nathan Thompson Ministries of Mexico. He works very closely with wife, Terri, who is the worship worship team member at NHF, Sunday School teacher, Theophostic Prayer counselor, home school mom to Seth.
Hobbies & favorite activities: camping in their trailer, playing cribbage at City Plaza and watching the people, reading, having friends over for dinner, watching movies
"We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.” ~Stacia Taucher
