Camp Restore Detroit Summer Highlights 3: The White House
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To anyone else this house may look abandoned and hopeless. To us at Camp Restore Detroit, this house embodies many hopes, dreams, and plans. This summer we were so blessed…
Camp Restore – New Orleans Leadership Transition
Executive Director Rev. David Goodine has reached retirement after nine years of service, with Deputy Director Kurt Jostes stepping up to take his place. Jostes is in his 12th year…
Camp Restore Detroit Summer Highlights 2: Campers
Construction and Home Repairs During June and July, Camp Restore Detroit was bustling with campers doing incredible work in our community. All the work campers accomplished at Camp Restore Detroit…
Camp Restore Detroit Summer Highlights 1: On-Campus
The summer season at Camp Restore Detroit is quickly coming to an end. So many exciting things happened this summer from kids’ programs, to construction, to blight removal, and we…
Youth Mission Trip Purpose: Q&A with Rev. Emily Kellar
A look at youth mission trip purpose from a perspective of three decades of youth ministry. Kurt Jostes, Camp Restore – New Orleans: Please introduce yourself and give us a…
Multigenerational Mission Trips: Q&A with Christ Memorial
How multigenerational mission trips provide opportunity to grow together as a church family. Kurt Jostes, Camp Restore – New Orleans: Please go ahead and introduce yourselves and your age, if…
Tree-Planting Results Five Years Later in St. Bernard
Some volunteer projects have an immediate impact that can be seen, while others don’t seem like much at first but can grow to a big difference over time. A great…
Alternative Break in New Orleans: Q&A With Morgan Somerville
A decade’s worth of group-leader secrets, from FEMA trailers and red gravy to self-care and the future of alternative breaks. Kurt Jostes: So first off, please explain the background story…
Meet Our 2018-2019 SDI Interns
This volunteer season marks the fourth year we have partnered with Soziale Dienste International e.V. to host interns from Germany at Camp Restore – New Orleans. We’re excited to have…
Mission Trips and Religion
Lessons Since Katrina by Rev. David Goodine, Executive Director, Camp Restore – New Orleans (RAI Ministries) One of the questions that we often receive from groups is: How do you…