FALL 2017

300 E Scott Lake DriveScott City, KS 67871

620.872.2021Fax 620.872.3023

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From the Director’s ChairMeg Anderson, Director

It was such a blessing having your kids this summer. My first summer at Camp Lakeside is one for the books and I’m very thankful to be a part of Camp Lakeside’s family!

I’d make this a lot longer, but let’s be real you want to see the summer pics!

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FALL 2017

Reed’s Ramblin’by Reed Rolfs, Maintenance Manager

Cookie’s Cornerby Brenda O’Dea, Food Service Manager

As with every camping season, this summer had its challenges. One of the good things associated with a challenge is that it makes us reach deeper to find solutions. A good thing about reaching deeper is that we can reach beyond ourselves and find that He who is with us always has that solution. We have more than ourselves to rely on; we have the power of the Holy Spirit. That allows us to continue our efforts to bring the best of

our resources to bear on the difficulty at hand. We can trust that our prayers of, “Lord, give us what we need”, will be answered. We thank each and every one of you who has contributed towards this camp. Whether it be prayer, time invested, money, or sending your loved ones to us for the summer, we appreciate it from our hearts. It cannot be done without you. May God richly bless you.

Fall. Back to school. Science.Did you know making cookies is a

science? When you put cookie dough in the oven, you’re setting off a series of chemical reactions.

Most cookie recipes start with the same basic ingredients: a fat, sugar, eggs, flour, salt, and a leavening.

Fats add moisture, flavor, and texture to cookies. Sugar makes cookies sweet, but it does more than that. Brown sugar gives cookies a caramel flavor, and granulated sugar makes cookies crispy. Eggs provide a good amount of water and a well emulsified source of fat, so other than butter, eggs are the main source of water in a cookie dough recipe. Flour holds all the ingredients together. All purpose is the most commonly used flour, but bread flour or cake flour can also be used. Salt brings out the sweetness of the sugars that are used in the dough. Baking soda and baking powder are the leaveners that can be added. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate and creates air bubbles in dough causing it to rise. Baking powder is baking soda mixed with cream of tartar, it’s not as powerful of a leavener as baking soda.

There are three major steps in the cookie baking process: the spread, the rise, and color and flavor injection.

The Spread – as the cookie dough starts to heat up, the fat inside melts. The ball of dough loses its structural integrity and spreads out. The diameter of the cookie is set by how long the

cookie expands. When shortening is the fat used, it has the highest melting temperature. The dough is able to hold its shape for a longer time before the shortening begins to melt. As a result, the flour and eggs have time to set in place before the cookie begins collapsing. Margarine and butter only have slightly different melting temperatures, so they offer a similar amount of spread. Using butter or margarine causes the cookies to spread more during the baking process. The cookie will be flatter and crisper, and can burn if not watched. To prevent them from spreading too much, chill your dough before putting them in the oven.

A side-note about butter: the butter’s temperature will affect the cookie’s texture. It changes the air pockets left behind as the water in the butter converts into gas. Melted butter in the dough makes the dough wetter which spreads faster creating a lot of small holes, resulting in a chewier cookie. If cold butter is used in the dough, there are larger air pockets, and a fluffier, cakier cookie. Butter also gives the most flavor.

The Rise – at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, the water in the dough turns into steam. The cookie starts to rise as the vapors push through the dough. Eventually the baking soda or powder (the leavenings) starts to break down into carbon dioxide gas, which

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Did you know Camp Lakeside is open year-round

and open to everyone? Lakeside offers space for church outings, quilting groups, business workshops, 4-H retreats, family reunions, Outdoor Education workshops, and so much more. Your group can book an event at Camp Lakeside for just $70 a day per person. This includes overnight accommodations and 3 wonderful meals. Don’t need a bed or meals? No problem! Lakeside offers day rentals, single meal prices or any combination. Give us a call at 620-872-2021 or email amber@camplakeside.net for details.

Fall Calendar Sept.

1-2 Family reunion17-22 V.I.M.30 Kalvesta/Cimarron UMC retreat

Oct.1 Kalvesta/Cimarron UMC retreat13-15 C.B.H retreat20-21 Comfort Zone27 Board Meeting26-29 Woman to Woman

Nov.17-18 GP Board meeting

SPRING 2015SUMMER 2015

2017 Wish ListEach year we put out a wish list of tools, supplies, and equipment that

would be beneficial to better conduct on-site operations

Maintenance and Grounds • Small Pickup- gas (no diesel) -no extended cab• Shop bench grinder• PTO Sickle mower

Program• Skilled Volunteers (Rappelling Instructors, Art Instructors, Wildlife Instructors)• Rappelling Gear (ropes, harnesses, carabineers)• Sports Equipment (volleyballs, basketballs, soccer balls)• Arts and Craft Supplies• 8-10-man tents• Large group, lightweight campfire cooking gear• Pool Items (fence netting, new buoys)• Kayaks• Gently used Children or Teen Bikes• Portable 9 Square Ring• Musical Instruments• New Curtains for Cabins (Please call for size)

Kitchen• ELECTROLUX ULTRA ACTIVE BAGLESS CANISTER VACUUM• ¾” Anti Fatigue Mat, 42” x 21” Commercial Grade Non-Slip Non-Toxic and

Waterproof Foam for Kitchen (3 Black)

Administrative• Equipment, Installation or donations

toward expanding Wi-Fi access on site• New laptop• New laptop projector• Portable Projection Screens• Tablets (4-6)

We appreciate your prayerful consideration in these matters.

FALL 2017

THANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOU2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!2017 Summer staff and volunteers!!

Here is a list of our AWESOME Lakeside summer crew. If you see these hard-working individuals out and about give ’em a high five and slap on the back, they earned it!

In addition, we want to thank the many volunteers who give us their time!! Unfortunately, the name of volunteers is entirely too long to list.

Camp would not run as well as it does without these awesome devoted individuals!!

THANK YOU ! �

Kitchen staff• Becky Dunn-Rebarcheck • Julie Hutchins • Pamela Harris • Samantha Chacon-Hernandez • Valarie Whipple

Program Staff• Cassie Cooper • Cort Peterson • Dallas McCobb • Elizabeth Soodsma • Jessica Disque • Sarah Harris

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FALL 2017

Amber’s Gardenby Amber McMurray-Stanley, Program Director

“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all, if we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son purifies us all from sin.” 1 John 1:5-7

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CottonwoodSeeds

A Camp Devotional

Children of God

1 John 3:16-18

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.Cookies’ Corner (Continued from page 2)

raise up the cookie. All these gases leave little holes in the cookie, which makes it light and flaky.

Color and Flavor Injection – in this process the magic really starts to happen. Just as the cookie is almost finished baking, two chemical reactions fill it with hundreds of flavors and infuse it with its characteristic brown hue. First, there is caramelization: This reaction involves the removal of water (as steam) and the breakdown of the sugar. As sugars in the dough break down, they transform from clear, odorless crystals into a brown, fragrant liquid that overflows with aromas and tastes, resulting in a nutty flavor and brown color.

The second process is called the Maillard reaction. This reaction is a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar, so it involves not only the sugars in the dough but the proteins from the egg and flour as well, churning out toasty, nutty, and savory flavors and helping to darken the cookie. White granulated sugar doesn’t cooperate well in the Maillard reaction because it contains mostly sucrose. Darker sugars, like molasses, honey and brown sugar are packed with glucose and fructose which are more conducive

for stirring the rich, complex tastes from the Maillard reaction.

You want a thin and crunchy cookie? Butter and granulated sugar will give a cookie more spread, making it thinner and crunchier. If you want a fat and fluffy cookie, you can use cake flour which has a lower protein and ties up less water in the gluten formation. Shortening will give it a quick set and fluffier texture. Recipes that use more eggs, which have great binding and coagulating properties are less apt to spread, giving it more rise. Egg whites have a drying affect that promises a light and airy interior. Baking powder increases acidity so will quicken thickening. How about soft and chewy? Chewy texture depends on moistness plus density. Vegetable oils and melted fats don’t trap air as well as solid fats contribute to soft and chewy. Look for brown sugar, honey or molasses for the sweetness. Extra egg yolks add fat and richness as well. Bread flour can also be used for a more compact chewy cookie because it has a higher protein content.

So now, understanding how ingredients in a cookie recipe work together you’re better equipped to choose recipes for the cookies that are most appealing to you. Or you could even take a recipe from the family files and experiment on your own to make it how you would like it!

This summer came with many challenges such as: staff injuries, being short staffed, implementing changes, technology issues and not to mention my unexpected “vacation” due to an emergency surgery.

However, we did it and Camp was a memorable experience for all and you know what, it was BEAUTIFUL!! We persevered and all because He was with us always. We walked in the light regardless of the hurdles and trusted in Him to provide all that we needed, and like promised He did.

Right here, right now I want to take

the time to acknowledge all the extra work that Meg, Reed, Brenda and Summer staff took on to ensure that our Campers wouldn’t be affected by the chaos and my health scare. They truly are rock stars and a valuable piece of what makes Lakeside so special. I am beyond blessed to be doing God’s work with such amazing individuals.

If you see these fantastic individuals out and about, please tell them how wonderful they are, because they don’t hear it enough and they truly are.

May you ALL find something you love to do and people you love to work with!!

Lakeside Camp for United Methodist Church

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Directions: Fold copy paper in half and cut along the fold. Place a leaf (vein side up) under a piece of copy paper and begin coloring the paper. Continue coloring over the leaf and watch the leaf shape and veins appear. Use glue to attach the leaves to scrap paper

1. How did the big mountain know that the little mountain was fibbing?

2. What advice can you give a fish so he can avoid being caught?

3. What did one shrub say to the other shrub?

4. What did the baby porcupine say to the cactus?

Answers: 1.Because it was only a bluff. 2. Don’t fall for any old line. 3. Am I bushed. 4. “Are you my mother?”

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Trail or construction paper. When the glue is dry, punch a hole in the top corners of each leaf “page.” Gently thread the ribbon through the holes. Hang your banner from a mantel, on a wall, in a doorway or wherever you want.

This homemade fall leaf banner can be made bigger or smaller depending on what you want to do with it. Make it unique for your home and family!do with it. Make it unique for your