Mission Statement
The Anglican Church Camp of the Midwest exists to form youth as disciples of Jesus Christ through a week-long program, which includes daily worship, sacramental and sound teaching, Christian fellowship and life together in Christ, faithfully rooted in the Anglo-Catholic identity and theological principles of the Diocese of Quincy. We seek to lead campers into a deeper knowledge and love of Jesus Christ, nurturing hearts and minds to live faithfully as members of His Church and to walk confidently in the historic faith once delivered to the saints.
Vision Statement
The Anglican Church Camp of the Midwest is a community formed by the Word of God and the Sacraments, where campers and staff are grounded in the historic faith of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church as received in the Anglican tradition. We seek to form disciples who know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and whod are equipped to follow Christ faithfully within His Church and when they leave camp to return to the world.
Core Values
● The Gospel of Jesus Christ: We proclaim the good news that Jesus Christ is truly God and truly Man, who died for our sins, rose from the dead, and reigns as Lord. All camp life—teaching, worship, fellowship, and service—is ordered toward knowing, loving, and following Him faithfully.
● Holy Scripture: We affirm the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God, containing all things necessary for salvation, and we commit to teaching and living under their authority.
● The Catholic Faith Received in the Anglican Tradition: We hold and teach the faith summarized in the Nicene Creed, as confessed in the Anglican tradition and faithfully taught within the Diocese of Quincy.
● Sacramental Life: We affirm the Sacraments as outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace given by Christ for His Church. The Holy Eucharist stands at the center of camp life, alongside daily teaching, small group time, and Compline, as primary means of grace and formation.
● Worship Ordered by the Book of Common Prayer: We value worship that is biblical, creedal, sacramental, and reverent, shaped by the Book of Common Prayer and the historic liturgy of the Church, forming campers in doctrinal belief and liturgical worship.
● Christian Formation and Catechesis: We are committed to forming the whole person—heart, mind, and soul—through catechesis that teaches what Christians believe, how Christians worship, how Christians live, and how Christians pray.
● Life in the Body of Christ: We cultivate a Christ-centered community marked by love, humility, obedience, and mutual care, teaching campers to live faithfully as members of Christ’s Body, the Church. We teach campers to return home to be faithful witnesses in the Church and the world, by loving God, loving others, telling the truth, showing kindness and serving those in need.