How we chose hope at the Erie Beach Reunion 2025

By Kelly Knight, , Erie Beach Planning Team

What a blessing this year’s reunion was, and what a beautiful theme to remind us of our community, our beautiful campground, and our amazing future. We had over 200 in attendance throughout the week, including 138 overnight campers, and a strong children and youth program.

We were blessed in so many ways this year and welcomed some that we have not seen in many years. This is very promising when looking ahead.
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Brother K, Kristen Parmera, Leandro Palcios, and John Nicols were our guests this year. They were enfolded into our Erie Beach family very quickly, and we were blessed by them. We were so happy to have Ken Barrows back this year—he is a very important part of our Erie Beach community, and we welcome the spirit that he brings.

We had many activities that created joy in all of us this year. Some of these activities included: a beautiful baptism, wonderful classes for all ages, roaring campfires, a beautiful “Hula” lesson from Brother K, swimming at the beach every day except one, canteen, a baseball game and barbecue, inspiring worship services, wonderful food in the dining hall, kids everywhere, a spectacular fireworks display over the lake, and ending with us coming to the table for communion before we parted.

We have the BEST planning team, grounds maintenance team, and campground board. It takes a huge army to make things work, and we have it.

God’s love for us was running over. We welcome everyone and anyone to join us and feel the community that we have.

​Planning for Erie Beach Reunion 2026 is underway! Come experience it all with us—July 25 to August 2, 2026!