The Hidden Acres Podcast

Today we’re pleased to bring you all four chapel messages from our 2022 Labor Day Family Camp. The chapel speaker was Mike Hartwig, a financial counselor and national marriage speaker from Des Moines, IA. Mike and Lee Ann Hartwig have worked with marriages for over 25 years. As the leaders of Marriage Matters®, they have trained hundreds of couples in the principles of a strong marriage. Mike is c...

Today we’re pleased to bring you all four chapel messages from our 2022 Labor Day Family Camp. The chapel speaker was Mike Hartwig, a financial counselor and national marriage speaker from Des Moines, IA. Mike and Lee Ann Hartwig have worked with marriages for over 25 years. As the leaders of Marriage Matters®, they have trained hundreds of couples in the principles of a strong marriage. Mike is c...

We’re back for season 4! We've missed you two. In this episode, Eric and Taylor recap the entire 2022 Summer Season, which includes our Family Camps, and, of course, Summer Camp. Plus a surprise guest drops by. 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. Music Cr...

SUMMER BONUS! We’re pleased to bring you the audio from some of our 2022 High School Week Seminars. This seminar was led by Jack Bertilson from the SALT Company in Ames. The seminar title was “Am I actually forgiven? Understanding the grace of God.” Enjoy!

SUMMER BONUS! We’re pleased to bring you the audio from some of our 2022 High School Week Seminars. This seminar was led by Gabe Casciato, senior pastor at CrossWay EFC in Fort Dodge. The seminar title was “What's that got to do with Jesus?” Enjoy!

SUMMER BONUS! We’re pleased to bring you the audio from some of our 2022 High School Week Seminars. This seminar was led by Mark Henderson, executive pastor at Christ Community Church in Ames. The seminar title was “Anxiety – Why am I shaking?” In this seminar, Mark uses a long video clip, which can be found by following the links below: Blog post about resources on anxiety (includes several more...

SUMMER BONUS! We’re pleased to bring you the audio from some of our 2022 High School Week Seminars. This seminar was led by Mark Vance, lead pastor at Cornerstone Church in Ames. The seminar title was “Good and Evil: Lessons from Job.” Quick content warning: Mark discusses some details about the fatal shooting that took place at Cornerstone on June 2, 2022. If you’re sensitive to violence or liste...

SUMMER BONUS! We’re pleased to bring you the audio from some of our 2022 High School Week Seminars. This seminar was led by Danny Daugherty, a ministry resident at Veritas Church in Cedar Rapids. The seminar title was “God, Gender, and Sexuality: Exploring the doctrine of God as creator and designer.” Enjoy!

SUMMER BONUS! We’re pleased to bring you the audio from some of our 2022 High School Week Seminars. This seminar was led by Kenzie Kraling, ministry resident right here at Hidden Acres. The seminar title was “Confessing Sin.” She uses a lot of visuals in this seminar, but I think she describes them well enough that it’ll make sense. Enjoy!

SUMMER BONUS! We’re pleased to bring you the audio from some of our 2022 High School Week Seminars. This seminar was led by Nick Harsh from the SALT Company in Ames. The seminar title was “Processing Emotions.” Enjoy!

SUMMER BONUS! We’re pleased to bring you the audio from some of our 2022 High School Week Seminars. This seminar was led by Mark Duvick, Family and Groups Director at Cornerstone Church in Ames. The seminar title was “Fighting With Friends.” For this seminar, the audio system actually cut out about 15 minutes into the message, and the early audio was lost, but we were able to capture the last 20 m...

SUMMER BONUS! We’re pleased to bring you the audio from some of our 2022 High School Week Seminars. This seminar was led by Damian Peasley, lead pastor at Madrid EFC in Madrid. The seminar title was “Social Media & Technology: Are You Using It or Is It Using You?” Damian has members of the audience read most of the scripture passages, but they aren’t picked up by the mic. If you’re able, I’d r...

For this episode, Taylor was able to sit down with our Memorial Day Family Camp chapel speaker, Jonathan Lotz. Jonathan’s passion for sharing the gospel and making disciples comes through in every conversation he has, including this one. We posted his messages on this feed, so if you weren’t able to make it to Family Camp this year, you can listen to them now, and then hear a little more from him...

Chapel message #4 from our 2022 Memorial Day Family Camp. This message was given on Sunday evening, May 29. Our speaker this year is Jonathan Lotz. Jonathan comes from a well-known family. He is the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham and the son of Danny & Anne Graham Lotz. Even so, Jonathan is no stranger to pain and suffering. He has experienced athletic disappointment, abuse, cancer, divor...

Chapel message #3 from our 2022 Memorial Day Family Camp. This message was given on Sunday morning, May 29. Our speaker this year is Jonathan Lotz. Jonathan comes from a well-known family. He is the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham and the son of Danny & Anne Graham Lotz. Even so, Jonathan is no stranger to pain and suffering. He has experienced athletic disappointment, abuse, cancer, divor...

Chapel message #2 from our 2022 Memorial Day Family Camp. This message was given on Saturday evening, May 28. Our speaker this year is Jonathan Lotz. Jonathan comes from a well-known family. He is the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham and the son of Danny & Anne Graham Lotz. Even so, Jonathan is no stranger to pain and suffering. He has experienced athletic disappointment, abuse, cancer, div...

Chapel message #1 from the 2022 Memorial Day Family Camp. This message was given on Saturday morning, May 28. Our speaker this year is Jonathan Lotz. Jonathan comes from a well-known family. He is the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham and the son of Danny & Anne Graham Lotz. Even so, Jonathan is no stranger to pain and suffering. He has experienced athletic disappointment, abuse, cancer, div...

In our final episode before summer break, Taylor and Eric recap May, look forward to everything summer camp, and read some staff answers to a very insightful set of questions from a mom. Thanks for listening and you’ll hear from us again in September! May Recap: - Spring Blaze, April 29-May 1 - Lead Staff Training, April 29-May 1 - Senior Saints, May 3 - Just You and Me Dad, May 6-7 - Memorial Day...

For this episode, Taylor was able to sit down with all 6 of our Ministry School students and our 2 Residents. As a reminder, The Ministry School is our gap year program for high school graduates, and The Residency is our brand new master’s program for college graduates. All the students learned a lot, grew a lot, and worked a lot this year, and we hope you enjoy hearing a little bit about their ex...

This week is a little different because Eric and Taylor were so busy with TWO big events this past weekend: Spring Blaze (our retreat for 4th-6th graders) as well as a training weekend for our summer leadership staff. But Taylor was able to talk to a few of them and record their conversations on his phone. We hope you enjoy meeting some of them and please join us in praying for them! For more info...

In this month’s update episode, Eric and Taylor recap April and look forward to May. Also, summer camp check-in, shoutouts, and everyone’s favorite, Questions for Kids! April Recap Summer Staff Spring Training, April 1-3 Volunteer Day, April 9 Just You and Me Mom, April 22-23 Lead Summer Staff Training, April 29-May 1 Spring Blaze, April 29-May 1 May Preview Senior Saints Day, May 3 Just You and M...

Eric was out sick this week (allegedly), so Taylor had to fly solo. But don’t skip this one just yet! Ryan Graden jumped in to share an old memory of his in a new segment we’re calling “Ryan’s Remembrances.” Take a walk down memory lane with us! Plus, three more answers to Taylor’s favorite new segment: Questions for Kids. For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org...

For this month’s staff interview, Eric and Taylor sat down with Matt Ites and Jonah Pals, two of our mighty maintenance men, to get a little taste of what they do and why they do it. 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. Music Credit: Life by Roa https://so...

Zeke spoke at the 2022 Sportsmen’s Retreat chapels and was kind enough to sit down for an interview. He talks about ministry, storytelling, and his passion for reaching men with the gospel. His messages from that retreat were posted a few days ago, so if you didn’t get a chance to listen to them, they should be in your podcast feed now! You can find Zeke and his resources online at https://www.zek...

We’re happy to release all four chapel messages from the 2022 Hidden Acres Sportsmen’s Retreat. The speaker was author and pastor Zeke Pipher from Heartland EFC in Central City, NE. This message is from chapel session 4, which was on Sunday morning, March 27, 2022. For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org , call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcas...