The Hidden Acres Podcast

In this very special episode, Eric and Taylor give some shoutouts to people who have written in or (surprise!) left us a voicemail or (even bigger surprise!) made a financial contribution to the podcast. Plus a very special appearance by our own Jamespeter Lundberg on a tractor. To get a shoutout of your own, send an email to podcast@hacamps.org , leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, or leave a vo...

We’re happy to release all four session messages from the 2021 CCCA Fall Fellowship, which was held here at Hidden Acres on October 18-20, 2021. The speaker this year was Brandon Early, the pastor of Christian life at Valley Church in West Des Moines, IA. CCCA is the Christian Camp and Conference Association, which Hidden Acres is a member of. The Fall Fellowship is a gathering of all the CCCA cam...

We’re happy to release all four session messages from the 2021 CCCA Fall Fellowship, which was held here at Hidden Acres on October 18-20, 2021. The speaker this year was Brandon Early, the pastor of Christian life at Valley Church in West Des Moines, IA. CCCA is the Christian Camp and Conference Association, which Hidden Acres is a member of. The Fall Fellowship is a gathering of all the CCCA cam...

We’re happy to release all four session messages from the 2021 CCCA Fall Fellowship, which was held here at Hidden Acres on October 18-20, 2021. The speaker this year was Brandon Early, the pastor of Christian life at Valley Church in West Des Moines, IA. CCCA is the Christian Camp and Conference Association, which Hidden Acres is a member of. The Fall Fellowship is a gathering of all the CCCA cam...

We’re happy to release all four session messages from the 2021 CCCA Fall Fellowship, which was held here at Hidden Acres on October 18-20, 2021. The speaker this year was Brandon Early, the pastor of Christian life at Valley Church in West Des Moines, IA. CCCA is the Christian Camp and Conference Association, which Hidden Acres is a member of. The Fall Fellowship is a gathering of all the CCCA cam...

In this update episode, Eric and Taylor review October, and look forward to what November has in store. October Recap: Ben’s Trail dedication Senior Saints Day, Oct 5 Ladies’ Horse Retreat #2, Oct 8-10 CCCA Fall Sectional, Oct 18-20 Greatest recruiting day in Hidden Acres history, Oct 20 November Preview: Registration for all of our 2022 programming (including summer camp!) opens on November 1 Job...

Big news! We recently announced the theme for summer camp 2022 on social media, but if you missed it, hear all about it right here. Plus you’ll get a little behind the scenes peek into why we chose it, what it means, and why we’re so excited about it. Enjoy! For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org, call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to podcast@hacamp...

In this very special staff interview episode, Eric and Taylor talk to Charlie and Judy Swanson. Charlie is the head of our maintenance department and Judy is responsible for many, many things, including HR and finances (thanks for paying us Judy!). They’ve been involved with camp for a long time and have a lot of great stories to tell. For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visi...

For this interview, Taylor sat down with the chapel speaker for the 2021 Women’s Retreat, Molly Sanborn, a.k.a. “The Cheeseball Chick.” They talk about the retreat, speaking in general, why she tells so many stories, and much more. Find her everywhere online by typing “Cheeseball Chick” into a search bar, or follow these links to find her on the following social media platforms: Facebook Twitter (...

In this update episode, Eric and Taylor review September, and look forward to what October has to offer. September recap: Family Camp, Sept 3-6 Women’s Retreat, Sept 17-19 Ladies’ Horse Retreat #1, Sept 24-26 Pastors and Wives Retreat, Sept 27-28 Recruiting for summer staff October preview: Ben’s Trail dedication Senior Saints Day, Oct 5 Ladies’ Horse Retreat #2, Oct 8-10 CCCA Fall Sectional, Oct...

We’re happy to release all four chapel messages from the 2021 Women’s Retreat, which was September 17-19. The speaker was Molly Sanborn, aka “The Cheese Ball Chick.” Find her online at cheeseballchick.com, and on all the socials as @cheeseballchick . This is message #4, and it’s from the Sunday morning chapel session. Feel free to share with your friends! Enjoy! For more information about Hidden A...

We’re happy to release all four chapel messages from the 2021 Women’s Retreat, which was September 17-19. The speaker was Molly Sanborn, aka “The Cheese Ball Chick.” Find her online at cheeseballchick.com, and on all the socials as @cheeseballchick  This is message #1, and it’s from the Friday night chapel session. Feel free to share with your friends! Enjoy! For more information about Hidden...

We’re happy to release all four chapel messages from the 2021 Women’s Retreat, which was September 17-19. The speaker was Molly Sanborn, aka “The Cheese Ball Chick.” Find her online at cheeseballchick.com, and on all the socials as @cheeseballchick . This is message #2, and it’s from the Saturday morning chapel session. Feel free to share with your friends! Enjoy! For more information about Hidden...

We’re happy to release all four chapel messages from the 2021 Women’s Retreat, which was September 17-19. The speaker was Molly Sanborn, aka “The Cheese Ball Chick.” Find her online at cheeseballchick.com, and on all the socials as @cheeseballchick . This is message #3, and it’s from the Saturday night chapel session. Feel free to share with your friends! Enjoy! For more information about Hidden A...

In this episode, Eric and Taylor talk about what they’re up to these days. Topics range from summer camp to carpetball tables and everything in between. 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://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031 

In this interview episode, Eric and Taylor sit down with Brock Youngren, pastor at Algona EFC in Algona, IA. They talk about his background, how he got to Algona, and his passion for discipleship. 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 Ro...

2021 Labor Day Family Camp JUST wrapped up, and it was a blast. In this very special recap episode you get not one, but TWO interviews with chapel speakers. Taylor was able to catch up with Keith Carlson, the adult chapel speaker, and Carter Norine, who spoke at the children's chapels, and asked about their experience speaking at camp, history with camp, and what they liked most about speaking thi...

In this update episode: August Recap Summer season ended, but retreat season begins! Kicked off The Ministry School and The Residency September Preview Labor Day Family Camp, September 3-6 Women’s Retreat, September 17-19 House project update Eric, Taylor, Ryan, and Steve begin traveling and recruiting this month. Let us know if you want them to come to your church or college! For more information...

We’re back! For real this time! The 2021 summer camp season has wrapped up and it was a huge success in many ways. In this season 2 kickoff episode, Eric Smith and Taylor Mugge will tell you all about the summer ministries and what made them so great. (Spoiler alert: Eric cries first.) Plus, two surprise summer staff guests pop in to tell you about their summer. Link to the camp’s donate page (wit...

We're back! Well, almost. Season 2 of the Hidden Acres Podcast kicks off next week with a summer camp recap. Thanks for joining us!

In this bonus interview, Eric and Taylor sit down with Mike Shields, superintendent of EFCA Central, which is the association of Evangelical Free churches that owns Hidden Acres (so technically he’s Steve’s boss). Mike was the chapel speaker at our Memorial Day Family Camp, and was kind enough to sit down for an interview to talk about EFCA Central, camp, and peanut butter jelly toast. Enjoy! For...

Summer camp season is finally here! The day this episode is released is the day the first summer staff arrive at camp, and we couldn’t be more excited. To commemorate this special day, we’ve got an entire episode dedicated to summer camp. Hear about dates, speakers, activities, why we do summer camp, and why Eric and Taylor love camp so much. Plus, we decided to give the podcast a break for summer...

We just finished another year of The Ministry School, our gap-year program for high school graduates, so we thought we’d tell you a little bit about the program, and even introduce you to this year’s students. 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 Credi...

We ran out of time for shoutouts in last week’s episode, so they’re all here! Thanks to everyone who has written us an email or left us a review in the past few weeks. If you’d like a shoutout, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or send an email to podcast@hacamps.org. For more information about Hidden Acres Christian Center, visit hacamps.org, call our office at 515-547-2751, send an email to po...

In this longer-than-usual update episode: April Recap Summer staff spring training, April 16-18 Just You and Me Mom Retreat, April 23-24 Spring Blaze, April 30-May 2 May Preview Senior Saints Day, May 4 Just You and Me Dad Retreat, May 7-8 Memorial Day Family Camp, May 28-31 Plus, in a new segment called Steve’s Stories, our beloved Executive Director Steve Pinkley talks about a recent trip to Ber...