Un ministerio de la Diócesis Episcopal de Virginia
Nuestra misión
Shrine Mont Camps will provide life-enriching experiences for campers to sense God’s love and creation.
​Goal 1: Campers and staff will care for one another in a safe and nurturing environment.​
Goal 2: Staff and chaplains will be highly trained to lead and model Christian values that welcome and include all.​
Goal 3: Campers will engage in fun, challenging, and formative experiences that contribute to their growth and development.​
Goal 4: Campers and their families will become more connected, because of their camp experience, to parishes, diocesan, and Episcopal Church communities for continued faith formation and fellowship.
Our History
1961 - The Rev. James Lincoln holds camp on the present site of St. George's Camp with campers sleeping in tents.
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1962 - First permanent camp building is in place under the supervision of Mr. Lincoln and Shrine Mont Director Wilmer Moomaw.
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St. George's camp dedicated and Choir Camp, predecessor to Music and Drama (MAD) Camp, opens.
1964 - The Rev. Churchill J. Gibson, Jr. begins serving as chaplain.
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1968 - St. George's becomes coeducational, adds two cabins and Lincoln Pavilion expands capacity to 90 campers.
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1973 - Wilderness Odyssey, predecessor to today's Explorers' and Explorers' the Great Camps, opens.
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1979 - Shrine Mont purchases Orkney Springs Hotel property, including Bear Wallow Camp facility.
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Senior High Youth Conference begins.​
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1980 - Art Camp opens.
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1988 - St. Andrew's Camp founded.
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Happy Pullman becomes program director.
1989 - Choir Camp becomes MAD camp.
1999 - St. Elizabeth's Camp meets for the first time with five campers and five volunteers.
2007 - St. Sebastian's Camp (successor to Soccer Camp) opens.
2012 - Celebration of 50 years of camps at Shrine Mont.
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2020 - Light in the Valley virtual camp took place during the global pandemic.
2025 - Shrine Mont celebrates its 100th Anniversary. ​
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