By Christa Inouye, Youth Outreach

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“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” - Romans 12:2, NLT

 While transformation in Christ happens throughout a lifetime, UGM Camp provides an avenue for young people to experience significant change through the new experiences, deep relationships and thoughtful reflection time.

By Mike Sholtz, UGM Men's Recovery Counselor

The Good News of the Gospel is not only the fact that Jesus died on the cross for us, but that when we fully accept the Good News, transformation takes place. When I think about this, I am drawn to the verse in Romans 12 that is probably familiar to a lot of us.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here!” Samantha Ehli experienced this firsthand.

By Clare Pursch, UGM Camp Photographer/Blogger

One of the greatest privileges of serving at UGM Camp on Staff is that every week we are given the gift of watching children come to salvation and understand Christ’s love for the first time.

By Merrily Brast, Staff Writer

At the beginning of 2013, Shannon Duval was sitting in a jail cell. She had lost her children, her job, her home and her car.  The truth, however, is that she was in prison long before she was arrested.