With nearly a hundred people in attendance during the week and more than 400 on the weekend, Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting, in Republic, Wash., is a growing family camp meeting.
"The family atmosphere is what we like the most about Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting," says Loren Mandigo, of Oldtown, Idaho. "It's a beautiful country setting that is hard to beat."
The Sheridan Meadows camp ground, formerly a golf course, was purchased by area churches just three years ago when the camp ground they usually reserved was no longer available. Over a three-year span they have been able to drill a well and install infrastructure, bathrooms and shower facilities.
The eight churches involved in organizing the meetings have been working hard to get more people to come and enjoy the peacefulness of the setting and make meetings available for both adults and children.
Leroy Holms and Leroy Potter discuss the improvements that have been made at the Sheridan Meadows camp ground over the last few years.
Camp meeting attendees enjoy a thought-provoking sermon by Dennis Prebe under the main tent (an army surplus parachute), at the Sheridan Meadows camp ground.
Attendees listen intently to Dennis Prebe, speaker, at the Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting. A light mist of rain filters through the army surplus parachute that serves as the main meeting hall.
Dennis Prebe explains the differences between the adventist version of the gospel and a non-adventist version at the Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting near Republic, Wash. "In the Adventist version we really are the ones who choose to be saved or not, rather than being predestined," says Prebe.
