Camp Agape Mission Projects/ Needs

(Updated April 11th, 2020)

Jesus tells us in John 15:7  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 

We are humbly sharing this list of needs here at Camp Agape.  we are working tenaciouly to improve  Camp Agape on a daily basis. Our heart is to see each Believer grow in their walk with God and prepare them for missions. To do that we need to tune up a few areas at the camp. Please consider being a part of this vision by bringing a team of skilled and servant hearted disciples for an organized effort to complete one or more of the projects below. 

  We would like to ask you to consider ADOPTING A CABIN. Either as Family, a church or partnering with a few churches to maintain one of the cabins at Camp Agape.  

What would be required to Adopt a cabin?

The Church or family that adopts a cabin would be asked to:

(BETWEEN EACH CAMP SEASON: BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND THE END OF APRIL:) visit the camp for one full day or weekend  of missions work.

1. Work with the Camp Director to periodacally inspect the cabin for maintenance needs.
2. Paint Walls, Floors and Window frames inside the cabin.
3. Clean and Sanitize Bunk Beds.
4. Maintain window blinds and Curtains if needed.
5. Provide cleaning supplies for the cabin. (Mops, rags, etc)
6. Maintain Flower Beds outside the cabin
7. Any other basic cleaning and maintenance needs.
8. Optional Maintenance listed below

Specific Needs for each Individual facility are listed below.

CAMP AGAPE, BENTON TENNESSEE

NEEDS LIST(UPDATED APRIL 11, 2020)
CONTACT THE CAMP DIRECTOR  FOR MORE INFORMATION 423-338-4153
WELCOME CENTER / OFFICE/MAIN GATE/DIRECTORS CABIN

1. Continue to update Website/ Social Media Accounts
2. Install electric gate and keypad
3. Install security cameras
4. Repair and water seal the deck around Director’s Cabin
5. Suggest adding a sewer dump site at edge of parking area near Welcome Center

SIX ROOM DORMITORY BUILDING

1. Aluminum wrap windows
2. Replace window screens
3. Tile the floors in five rooms of the dormitory building. We can purchase materials and provide hand tools but we do not have a tile saw. It is possible to subdivide the project into separate projects. The dorm rooms are used heavily in June and July. This work should be done in the off-season (October through April).

MAIN KITCHEN AND DINING FACILITY

1. Repair heat and refrigeration in serving table (or replace entire unit)
2. Replace acrylic shield in serving table
3. Strengthen table to stabilize commercial can opener
4. Repair and paint the Sewer control box near the dining hall.
5. Install acoustic tiles or other sound absorbing material to the ceiling and walls of the main dining room/fellowship hall.
6. Repair/grout tile in Kitchen and back room off kitchen.  
7. Install a water filter system for the ice machine (main Kitchen).
8. Purchase and install a refrigerated drinking water cooler in dining hall. 

LAUNDRY ROOM

1. Repair or Replace Coin operated dryer
2. Replace one coin operated washing machine.

ZION AND SHILOH CABINS

1. Heat pump and heating/cooling system in each cabin
2. Tile floors in both cabins.
3. Draw architectural plans to add additional space for bathrooms in each cabin (Shiloh and Zion). 
4. Draw up plans for a sewer system at each of the cabins (septic tank and lateral lines). 
5. Obtain a perk test estimate to add bathrooms to each cabin. Seek funding for these two projects.

OAK GROVE CABIN

1. New hot water Heater 

CEDAR SPRINGS CABIN

1. Finish AC duct work. 

FIRST BAPTIST CABIN

1. Replace mismatched bathroom sinks.
2. Rework kitchen cabinet in commons room
3. Install gas logs in firepLace
4. Tile floors.

HAMMON'S HALL1. Repair/replace the foot bridge over the stream near Hammon’s Hall.  ATHLETIC FIELD 

1. Reseed field, fertilize and mow on regular schedule
2. Add a baseball/softball field in northwest corner
3. Add two concrete basketball court and basketball goals on west side of field. 
4. New Soccer goals.

DISK GOLF COURSE

1. paint disc baskets
2. mulch as needed in the Tee Boxes.

LAKE STORAGE BUILDING

1. Purchase 5 fiberglass or aluminum canoes
2. Repair plumbing for outside showers
3. Purchase and install floating swimming platform
4. Add 24 cubic yards washed beach sand

THE ROCK

1. Add 24 new folding chairs.
2. Add two roof wings on the north and south sides of the theatre seating section. Extend east side of roof 14 feet and add stage. Convert existing stage into equipment storage room. This will become the rear of renovated theatre.
3. Replace 400 yards of water line leading to the rv park and Rock Theatre.
4. Add solid floor to the seating area.

AMPHITEATER1. Remove all old timbers from the amphitheater, landscape, and add bench seating for 200 people. Also add a stage and electric service to accommodate musical instruments, sound system, etc.JUBILEE FIELD RECREATION AREA 

1. Improve outdoor stage lighting.
2. Add electrical plugs for instruments.
3. Add water service to corner of stage
4. Purchase and install playground equipment on Jubilee Field

RV PARK AND SHOP AREA

1. Replace railroad ties at perimeter of sites
2. Construct lattice wall around storage area
3. Replace/secure vinyl siding on white house
4. Add gravel and level parking sites
5. Landscape hillside to divert water away from roadway
6. Replace 400 yards of water line leading to the rv park and Rock Theatre.
7. Add new camp sites and/or pull through rv sites near the Rock

SHOP

1. Organize tools
2. Improve security camera system for remote surveillance.

TENT CAMPING AREA

1. Clean camp sites
2. Use decking to make a tent platform at each tent camp site
3. Add crushed rock and timber will be needed to level site.

BATH HOUSES

1. Tile floors and shower stalls
2. Add chairs or benches in shower stalls
3. Repair/replace windows and screens
4. Paint outside doors and screen doors

LAKE

1. Clear brush and make a rock garden north of the lake (, between lake and RV sites)
2. Remove brush and weed-eat backside of Lake Dam (once each summer)

SWIMMING AREA

1. Add floating dock or other floating attractions to swimming area of the lake. 
2. Clean lake bottom in swimming area. 

DESCRIPTION OF  PROJECT-- The swimming area of the lake has a depth of zero to 4 feet and an area of about 30 square yards. The bottom has a rubber membrane covered by about 4 inches of leaves and muck. This bottom muck is providing a substrate for leeches and fingernail size clams. The shore is a grass zone about 6 feet from the water to a rock wall. This grassy zone extends along the shore about 30 yards. The rock wall is about 2 feet tall. Above the wall is a grass covered lane that will support vehicle traffic. The challenge is to use a trash pump to remove the muck from the lake bottom and haul away the waste. The grassy shoreline needs to be scraped with a tractor mounted blade and washed sand added to provide a sandy shoreline.Bradley Rentals in Cleveland, Tn., has a three inch “trash” pump which rents for about $95.00 per day including taxes. This pump is equipped with a 20 foot suction hose and a 50 foot discharge hose. The pump can be mounted in a boat or on a floating platform. The suction hose can be used to suck the muck off the bottom and discharge it into a liquid holding container on a truck. The waste can then be dumped at some remote location.Estimated time: Three days to complete cleaning the lake bottom. Scraping the grassy area and adding sand will probably take an additional two days. This project should be done before the camp opens on May 1st.Items needed: Trash pump; truck or trailer with liquid holding tank; boat or floating platform; floats for discharge hose; tractor with box blade or front-end loader; Approximately 40 cubic yards of washed sand.  FIRE RING

1. Construct small woodshed near the fire ring.
2. Fill woodshed with firewood.

TRAILS

1. Distribute mulch on footpaths
2. Finish mapping trails.
3. Improve hiking trails by cutting overhanging limbs, raking, adding mulch where needed and marking directions.   

GROUNDS

1. Remove brush and undergrowth along stream between Calvary Hill and Jericho worship centers
2. Install culverts, deepen drainage ditches on sides of roadways, and grade roads, and add crushed rock where needed
3. Replace drinking water fountain at Faith Point
4. Dismantle and remove climbing tower
5. Renovate and repurpose the old headquarters building (White House).