The Hidden Acres Podcast

Audio from Chapel Session #3 of our 2025 Memorial Day Family Camp, which was May 23-26, 2025. The speaker is our very own Jesse Evans, Army Chaplain, and Education Director here at Hidden Acres, but also a former EFCA pastor. The theme of the weekend is The War On Sin. For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org , call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to po...

Audio from Chapel Session #2 of our 2025 Memorial Day Family Camp, which was May 23-26, 2025. The speaker is Jesse Evans, Army Chaplain and Education Director here at Hidden Acres, but also a former EFCA pastor. The theme of the weekend is The War On Sin. For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org , call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps....

Audio from Chapel Session #1 of our 2025 Memorial Day Family Camp, which was May 23-26, 2025. The speaker is our very own Jesse Evans, Army Chaplain and Education Director here at Hidden Acres, but also a former EFCA pastor. The theme of the weekend is The War On Sin. For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org , call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to pod...

Now that summer camp is right around the corner, it’s time to put the regular podcast schedule to rest for a while. In this episode, Josh and Taylor talk about summer camp, look back on a great year of ministry, and say thanks for listening. See you in the fall! For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org , call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@h...

What’s better than a two-day conference for EFCA churches packed with solid teaching, great worship, engaging workshops, and camp cookies? Mini-interviews of course! As is tradition, we sat down with some pastors and ministry leaders at the 2025 EFCA Central District Conference at Valley Church in West Des Moine, IA, and it was an absolute blast. We’re so thankful to be a part of such a thriving a...

In this month’s update episode, Josh and Taylor recap March AND April, and look forward to May. May Preview Spring Blaze, May 2-4 Just You and Me Dad, May 9-10 Senior Saints DAYS, May 13 and 14 Memorial Day Family Camp, May 23-26 For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org , call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org , or look us up on soc...

Audio from Chapel Session #4 of our 2025 Sportsmen’s Retreat, which was March 20-23, 2025. The speaker is Terry Baxter, co-founder and full-time missionary with GoServe Global, but also a former EFCA pastor and Iowa State Representative. The theme of the weekend is Spiritual Boot Camp: Ephesians. For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org , call our office at 515-5...

Audio from Chapel Session #3 of our 2025 Sportsmen’s Retreat, which was March 20-23, 2025. The speaker is Terry Baxter, co-founder and full-time missionary with GoServe Global, but also a former EFCA pastor and Iowa State Representative. The theme of the weekend is Spiritual Boot Camp: Ephesians. Discussion Questions: 1. What did the spiral of sin look like in your life? 2. What are the three bibl...

Audio from Chapel Session #2 of our 2025 Sportsmen’s Retreat, which was March 20-23, 2025. The speaker is Terry Baxter, co-founder and full-time missionary with GoServe Global, but also a former EFCA pastor and Iowa State Representative. The theme of the weekend is Spiritual Boot Camp: Ephesians. Discussion Questions: 1. What enemies are aligned against you? 2. What are the two most amazing words...

Audio from Chapel Session #1 of our 2025 Sportsmen’s Retreat, which was March 20-23, 2025. The speaker is Terry Baxter, co-founder and full-time missionary with GoServe Global, but also a former EFCA pastor and Iowa State Representative. The theme of the weekend is Spiritual Boot Camp: Ephesians. Discussion Questions: 1. How does each member of the Godhead contribute to our salvation? 2. What is t...

Today, Josh and Taylor step out of the way and let you listen to the message given by Josh Denhart at our 2025 Friends and Family of Hidden Acres Gala and Auction (FAFOHAGAA) on Sunday, February 16, 2025. To hear more from Josh, visit LeadVolunteers.com or listen to the Lead Volunteers Podcast wherever you listen to the Hidden Acres podcast. And if you know of anyone looking for a summer job, here...

In this month’s update episode, Josh and Taylor recap January and look forward to March. February Recap Winter Blast 2, Jan 31-Feb 2 Summer Staff Spring Equipping Class starts, Feb 3 Winter Blast 3, Feb 7-9 Gala Fundraiser, Feb 16 March Preview HA Marriage Retreat, March 14-16 Sportsmen’s Retreat, March 20-23 Summer Staff Spring Training, March 28-30 Recruiting Update Soteria Church, Des Moines, W...

Today, Taylor is joined by Hidden Acres’ own Ministry Director, Ryan Graden, to talk about the upcoming Friends and Family of Hidden Acres Gala and Auction Fundraiser event (a.k.a the FAFHAGAF). This event will be held at Hidden Acres on Sunday, February 16 at 3:30 pm. It’ll have a great meal, a silent auction, a live auction, and a dessert auction. Plus a great message given by former camp counse...

In this month’s update episode, Josh and Taylor recap November/December/January and look forward to February. November/December/January Recap - Summer Staff Worship Night, Nov 30 - Giving Tuesday Telethon Fundraiser, Dec 3 - Impact Youth Conference, Jan 3-5 - Men’s Retreat, Jan 17-19 - Winter Blast 1, Jan 24-26 February Preview - Winter Blast 2, Jan 31-Feb 2 - Summer Staff Spring Equipping Class s...

Chapel session #4 from our 2025 Men's Retreat, held in the Chris Clark Airnasium on Sunday morning, January 19, 2025. The chapel speaker is Alex Tunnicliff, Lead Pastor at Redemption Hill Church in Kingsford, MI.

Chapel session #3 from our 2025 Men's Retreat, held in the Chris Clark Airnasium on Saturday evening, January 18, 2025. The chapel speaker is Alex Tunnicliff, Lead Pastor at Redemption Hill Church in Kingsford, MI.

Chapel session #2 from our 2025 Men's Retreat, held in the Chris Clark Airnasium on Saturday morning, January 18, 2025. The chapel speaker is Alex Tunnicliff, Lead Pastor at Redemption Hill Church in Kingsford, MI.

Chapel session #1 from our 2025 Men's Retreat, held in the Chris Clark Airnasium on Friday, January 17, 2025. The chapel speaker is Alex Tunnicliff, Lead Pastor at Redemption Hill Church in Kingsford, MI.

Merry Christmas! In this gift-wrapped episode, Josh and Taylor look back at all God did at Hidden Acres in 2024. Plus the top 10 books we read this year. Thanks for a great ministry year and we look forward to seeing you in 2024! Josh’s Top 10 books of 2024: 1 Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die by John Piper 2 Praying Like Monks: Living Like Fools by Tyler Staton 3 Three Views on Remarriage After...

Today it’s our annual call-in show! In this time-honored tradition, we open up the phone lines and take questions from callers. Ask us anything! For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org , call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org , or look us up on social media. If you’d like more information about being on our Summer Staff, here’s the...

In this very special episode, Josh and Taylor are joined by Ministries Director Ryan Graden himself to talk through some of the details for our upcoming Telethon Fundraiser, which will be livestreamed on Facebook and Youtube on Tuesday, December 3, from noon to 8 pm. If you’d like to partner with us in this exciting project, here’s our donation page . For more information, visit our website . The...

In this very special episode, Josh and Taylor walk through the theme for Summer Camp 2025: Wilderness Register for camp today at hacamps.org. Here’s the Staff Website , the link for our Quick Info Form , as well as the full Staff Application . For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org , call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org , or loo...

In this month’s update episode, Josh and Taylor recap October and look forward to November. October Recap Senior Saints’ Day, Oct 1 Ladies’ Horse Retreat 2, Oct 4-6 EFCA Young Adult Retreat, Oct 4-6 The big SALT retreat, Oct 11-13 CCCA Fall Fellowship, Oct 14-16 Ladies’ Horse Retreat 3, Oct 25-27 Started interviewing for 2025 summer staff November Preview Summer Staff Worship Night, Nov 30 Giving...

In this very special episode, Josh and Taylor interview Dr. Jacob Sorenson, an innovative camp researcher and founder of Sacred Playgrounds, an organization dedicated to the study of Christian summer camps. To find out more about Dr. Sorenson and Sacred Playgrounds, visit www.sacredplaygrounds.com . The findings from the Rhythms of Faith Project can be found at www.rhythmsoffaith.com . You can als...

Welcome to the new season! In this season 6 kickoff episode, Josh and Taylor recap the incredible summer season we had, and look forward to the new school year. Fall Preview Sr Saints Day, Oct 1 Two more Ladies Horse Retreats, Oct 4-6 and 25-27 EFCA Young Adults Retreat, Oct 4-6 Summer Camp (and all other event) registration opens November 1 Marriage Retreat Dec 6-8 Fundraiser Telethon on Giving T...