Campers On Mission

Our Spring 2025 Rally will be at Hannibal LaGrange University. 

We voted to change the date to accommodate HLGU’s graduation. 

We will meet May 5-9, 2025. 

"Draw Near to God"

***Notice the change in date for this spring rally.  May 5-9, 2025***

Most plances that we go to serfe invite us back eventually but not usually immediately and not usually give us an open invitation to come every change we get.  It is nice to be needed!  That is how HLGU views COM: they want us again and often.  That is why we are meeting in Hannibal, MO for our Spring rally again this year.

We were asled to change the date because HLBU's graduation ceremony is on Saturday, May 3.  For that reason also, we ask that no one come earlier than 2 PM on May 3.  The Wagon Masters will need time to get wires and hoses run after the parking lot is cleared from graduation.  On Sunday you are welcome to come any time after noon.

Last year much work was accomplished but there was still much left undone.  Many of our men worked on Pullium dorm and that work continued thru the year with the Maintenance Dept. working on it in their spare time.  This year they need us to finish it because the Missouri Baptist Convention as aked that HLGU host Super Summer.  There will be plumbing, electrical, drywall, painting, and cleaning to be done.  There is also brush cutting and clearing on the nature trail and other places around the campus.

Anyone needing a dorm room to stay in can contact us at missouricom2018@gmail.com or call Cheryl at (573) 406-2589.  Everyone will be staying in Kleckner Dorm and there is a full kitchen there for your use.  Please bring your own linens and towels and pillows.  All beds are twin unless pushed together.  There are no private bathrooms, but we have a plan for some privacy.

• All meals, breaks, worship, activities and social events will be takin place in the Partee Center (Cafeteria).

• The cafeteria will be closed for meals that week, but we hope to have ice cream available for an evening treat each day.

• We will have the use of the kitchen facilities.  So, you are encouraged to bring snack food to donate the way we have in the past.

The Woodworkers will be using part of the Maintenance building the way they did last year when we were at HLGU.

The Crafters will be meeting in the lower level of the Crouch Dorm, where they met last year.  If you need to know what to bring for projects, please contact Wilma Grant or Audene Boehm.

The Sewing Ladies will meet in the Partee Center, private dining room, where they did last Spring.  There are small table available but feel free to bring your own.  They will only accept quilt tops made by COM members for tacking or machine quilting.  If you have completed quilts that you want to donate, please bring those with you.  REMINDER: If you bring quilt tops to the rally to be tacked and donated, please attach a label of some fort listing your name, date, and dimensions of the quilt top.  Knowing the size of the quilt tops will help the ladies at the tacking tables use the batting and backing more economically.  Questions?  Call Linda Thomas (417) 846-3120.

We will enjoy the traditional Fish Fry on Saturday evening at 6 pm.  Please bring a side dish or a dessert to share.  Also bring your own drink, chair, and table service to the picnic area in front of the Partee Center.

Calvary Baptist Church has offered to serve a light lunch on Sunday.  We will announce on Sunday morning where to gather at noon to enjoy that time of fellowship.

We want to encourage you to invite new people to join us at this rally.  It will be a good time for them to find out about COM and what ways e serve camps, churches and other Southern Baptist entities.  Remember that our service is not limited to the Spring and Fall rallies.  There are opportunities all year long both in Missouri and other states as well.

If you have any changes of address, phone numbers, email addresses, or church affiliation, please email them to us before the rally so that we can type an addendum to our Membership list.

We look forward to seeing you on the weekend of May 3-4.  Take care traveling and lok forward to serving God together while serving HLGU.

Blessings,

Jim and Cheryl Rawlings

Co-Presidents

Missouri Campers on Mission

(573) 406-3809 Jim

(573) 406-2589 Cheryl

Reminder: Come in the back entrance to HLGU.  That is the entrance on Highway 168.

From the North:  On Hwy 61 turn left on Hwy 168 at Tim Boland Ford as you come into Hannibal.  Make the first right turn into the back entrance of the University.

From the South:  On Hwy 61 come all the way thru Hannibal and turn right on Hwy 168 at Tom Boland Ford.  Make the first right turn into the back entrance of the University.

If coming from the east or west on Hwy 36/172, take the Hwy 61 North exit.  Go about 1 mile and Hwy 61 and then turn right on Hwy 168 at Tom Boland Ford.  Make the first right into the back entrance of the University.