#004
May 2024
Hume Subdivision News Vol 4
A Hume Lake leaseholder community connection
Purpose: The Hume Subdivision News is a community newsletter for the Hume Lake Christian Camp Subdivision. The intent is to communicate to HLCC leaseholders relevant, current, and upcoming information about this unique community that will foster a sense of community and draw people closer to the ministry of Hume Lake Christian Camps.
The Grass Is Greener Where You Water It
By Chuck Bosman
Sometimes, it takes a new set of eyes to gain a different perspective. In this case, several sets of eyes bring a fresh perspective on being a Leaseholder at Hume Lake. Recently, Jonathan and Monica Lee and their two children, Jackson and Mackenzie, had the privilege of purchasing the lease on Lot #69 from the Knode family.
The Lee’s first interaction with Hume Lake Christian Camps was only a couple of summers ago. While dropping off their son at Wagon Train for the first time, someone asked, “Where are you staying for the week?” They had no idea this was even an option. By the following summer, they were dropping Jackson off at Wagon Train again and staying in a cabin in the Subdivision. Right away, Monica knew they needed a cabin at Hume, and it took her the rest of the week to convince Jonathan. Together, they saw it as an opportunity to “Build an anchor in their kid’s spiritual lives and become deeply involved in a community rooted in their faith.”
Knowing nothing about cabin ownership, they prayed and began searching for a cabin at Hume. Their search soon led them to Doug and Liz Knode in Lot #69 on East Fir. The Knodes saw the Lee family was where their family was years ago and provided a simple and smooth transition for the Lees. This was a huge blessing and answer to prayer for Jonathan and Monica.
Believing “The grass is greener where you water it,” the Lees jumped into the community quickly to connect and seek out relationships with other leaseholders and staff. Still not knowing much about owning a cabin, they found great help from people like Dean Schmidt on the Hume Lake staff as well as other leaseholders and staff members. Likewise, one of their new neighbors reached out to Monica and spent a significant amount of time sharing her family’s Hume story and the legacy that Hume has built in their family over several generations of having a cabin here.
Back at home, word quickly spread at the Lee’s church about the cabin at Hume. As friends began enquiring about staying at the cabin, the Lees saw this as an opportunity to use the cabin to bless people at their church and support the ministry of Hume at the same time. As people began to use the cabin to get away and rest, instead of asking for rent, the Lees provided a link to donate to the Hume ministry and send a kid to camp. Win. Win.
It’s always encouraging to hear the stories of leaseholders using the resources God has given them to bless people and further the ministry of Hume. Let me encourage each of you this year as you go about opening your cabins, working on your cabins, and making family memories at your cabins, to think about how, with grateful hearts, you can continue to use what God has given you to bless others and support the ministry of Hume.
And when you see the Lee family on the hill (or any other new leaseholders), introduce yourselves and share your Hume story with them!
Upcoming Events
It has been an amazing winter/spring season of ministry. Please continue to pray for the ministry of Hume as we head into our summer season.
- 5/26 Memorial Day Weekend Leaseholder Meeting
- 6/11 Subdivision Coffee Hour Tuesdays at 10am
- 8/31-9/1 Country Fair Weekend
- 9/1 Jordan Feliz Concert
- 9/1 Labor Day Weekend Leaseholder BBQ
Memorial Day Weekend Leaseholder Meeting
Sunday, May 26th 2–3:30 PM
We encourage all HLCC leaseholders to come to our annual Memorial Day Weekend Leaseholders meeting. The meeting will be Sunday, May 26th, from 2:00pm- 3:30pm. This is a great chance to hear in person about any leaseholder updates and a great time to connect with other leaseholders.
Subdivision Coffee Hour
Tuesdays at 10AM
This summer, we will be continuing our tradition of having the Subdivision Coffee Hour. This summer, it will be on Tuesdays at 10am at the Ponderosa Coffee Co staring on June 11th. If you are on the hill this summer please come join for a free drink at the coffee co. and a chance to ask questions and meet other leaseholders.
Reminders
The safety of our campers is a primary responsibility at Hume. One of the many ways we do this is by restricting access to our summer camp facilities to registered campers only. Please know that Wagon Train, Meadow Ranch, and Ponderosa Camp are all closed camps, and leaseholders and guests are not allowed in these areas. However, there are many facilities open near the lake for leaseholders and their guests during the summer season.
Here is a map showing the restricted areas.
We appreciate your cooperation in keeping our campers safe.
Cal-Fire requires that leaseholders remove all needles and debris from the lot, decks, and roofs. As they do every year, they will be up here inspecting beginning in June. We appreciate your help in keeping us in compliance with Cal-Fire and keeping our fire risk to a minimum. A list of people available to rake needles is located on the leaseholder’s portal at hume.org/leaseholder. As a reminder, the Needle Dump is only for needles and tree debris. There is no dumping of lumber, construction debris, or trash allowed.
Just a reminder that proof of insurance must be submitted with your annual service fee each year. You can also set this up automatically by asking your insurance company to list HLCC as an interested third party so that we receive automatic notices when your renewal comes out.
On the leaseholder’s portal hume.org/leaseholder we have included a Fire Insurance Letter from our Fire Department that may help with your rates.
There have been some questions about the Service Fee due date. All Service Fees need to be paid by September 1st. However, when our accounting department enters these fees as an invoice to leaseholders, it shows they are due in 30 or 60 days. Unfortunately, this is a software issue and cannot be changed. Feel free to ignore the 60 to 90-day due portion of the notice. Please make sure your annual Service Fees are paid in full by September 1st. A monthly late fee of 1% will accrue after September 1st on any remaining balance.
Just a reminder that yearly property taxes are due on December 10th and April 10th each year. If you have not gotten a tax bill recently, you can go to Fresno County Property Tax Application (fresnocountyca.gov) to see the current tax status on your lot.
Don’t forget the Country Fair will be August 31st this year and our Labor Day Weekend Leaseholder BBQ will be September 1st.
You can find up-to-date leaseholder information and documents at the Leaseholder Webpage.
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events!
#003
August 2023
Hume Subdivision News Vol 3
A Hume Lake leaseholder community connection
Purpose: The Hume Subdivision News is a community newsletter for the Hume Lake Christian Camp Subdivision. The intent is to communicate to HLCC leaseholders relevant, current, and upcoming information about this unique community that will foster a sense of community and draw people closer to the ministry of Hume Lake Christian Camps.
Leaseholder Spotlight
By Chuck Bosman
One of my favorite things to do is interviewing potential new leaseholders. A critical part of the interview process is sharing the original intent of the Hume Subdivision. Our founding leaders created the subdivision to help start the ministry and to bring people on board that wanted to donate their time, talents, and treasures to make the ministry of Hume Christian Camps what it is today. I always encourage potential new leaseholders to find their way to connect with Hume and help springboard the ministry into the future.
One such couple that recently leased a cabin is Dave and Becki Van Verst. They have been connected to Hume for many years and their son and daughter-in-law worked on our full-time staff. In the past, they have come up to Hume for extended periods of time and volunteered their services in maintenance and food service.
This last year they had the privilege of becoming the new leaseholders of lot #406 with the intention of living at Hume most of the year. Like any cabin there is a lot of work to do that keeps them very busy, but they continue to make time to jump in wherever there is a ministry need. Recently, they were asked if they would be willing to make new signs around camp as many of our existing signs are old and mismatched. Even with no previous sign making experience, they said they would be willing to take on the task. Making the new signs from raw materials is a very time-consuming and intricate process that they have learned over the last few months.
Hiring this work out to a sign-making company would have gobbled up tens of thousands of donated ministry dollars. We are very grateful for the time and effort the Van Versts have given and continue to give to the ministry of Hume. When you see new, freshly painted signs around camp you know who to thank.
There are thousands of untold stories like this that come out of the subdivision. We want to say thank you to all the leaseholders that continue to help this ministry share the gospel with everyone that comes into contact with it.
We encourage every leaseholder to find a way to help the Hume ministry. If you are interested in volunteering your services and want to find out more, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Morgan Zielsdorf at volunteer@hume.org.
Upcoming Events
It has been an amazing summer of ministry. Please continue to pray for the ministry of Hume as we head into our fall retreat season.
- 9/2-3 Country Fair Weekend
- 9/3 Don’t forget to buy your Rend Collective Concert Tickets!
- 9/2-3 Subdivision Clean-up Weekend
- 9/3 Leaseholder BBQ
- Fall Retreats
- Fall School Ministries
Leaseholder BBQ
Sunday September 3rd, 5pm – 6pm at the Wagon Train Pavilion
This year we are changing the annual leaseholder Labor Day Potluck into a BBQ. No need to bring any food we just want to see as many of you there as possible. We will be providing Hamburgers, Hot dogs and drinks for all leaseholders and their families that are able to attend. There won’t be a public leaseholder meeting. This is just a great time to eat some good food and connect with other leaseholders.
Subdivision Clean-up Weekend
September 2-3
During Labor Day weekend we encourage all leaseholders to pick up around their lots and clean up the subdivision. For this reason, we will again be renting a dumpster specifically for the Subdivision. It will be located in the Bus Parking area and will have a leaseholder sign on it.
Please do not put these items in the dumpster:
- No construction debris – Major construction debris must be taken off the hill.
- No daily household trash – Please take all trash to the Homeowners trash drop off.
- No tree needles, branches or logs – Please take them to the needle dump.
- No tires, paint or chemicals
Please be considerate and leave room for all leaseholders to benefit from this dumpster.
Reminders
For those of you who rent or loan out your cabin, please use this new address when giving out information to your renters/guests.
https://hume.org/lake/cabin-rental-resources/
This page contains:
- The Cabin User Form
- The Rental List
- Hume Guest Rules
- Subdivision Map
- Lease Transfer List
Please do not direct non-leaseholders to the Leaseholder Webpage as we want to keep that resource only for leaseholders.
Just a reminder that each leaseholder must annually show proof of Fire and Liability insurance. If you haven’t done so, please send a copy of your insurance to Sharon Hensley at [email protected]. You can also set this up automatically by calling your insurance company and listing HLCC as an interested third party so we receive an automatic notice when your renewal comes out.
If you are planning on doing any major construction, additions, ground work, sewer work, or renovations, you must first submit a Construction Approval Form to Hume before beginning any construction. The form can be found on the Hume Lake Leaseholder portal at hume.org/leaseholder
Guests and Renters are not allowed to bring up pets (unless they are a registered service animal) or off-road vehicles while they are here. Only leaseholders and their immediate family members have these privileges. We would appreciate leaseholders informing all guests and renters of this before they come up to stay.
You can find up-to-date leaseholder information and documents at the Leaseholder Webpage.
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events!
#002
October 2022
Hume Subdivision News Vol 2
A Hume Lake leaseholder community connection
Purpose: The Hume Subdivision News is a community newsletter for the Hume Lake Christian Camp Subdivision. The intent is to communicate to HLCC leaseholders relevant, current, and upcoming information about this unique community that will foster a sense of community and draw people closer to the ministry of Hume Lake Christian Camps.
Life Change at Hume Lake
Number 42 Is Here
By Chuck Bosman
As many of you know, our Joshua Wilderness Institute program is up and running again after being shut down for several years. It can’t be overstated how much life change happens to the JWI students during their nine-month stay at Hume, and we are excited to see this vital ministry back in operation.
This year 42 students committed to the JWI program. The first individual enrolled in the program came from difficult circumstances and truly needed what this nine-month program offers and the opportunity to grow closer in his walk with Christ. When check-in day finally arrived, the JWI staff were anxious to meet and start relationships with all 42 students enrolled. At the end of check-in day, they realized one student was missing, and it was the first student that enrolled. That evening they Face-Timed the student to find out why he hadn’t shown up. They learned he had been emailing them for weeks through an incorrect email address, letting them know he would not be attending. He truly wanted to be there and knew it was what he needed, but he could no longer afford the program and would not be able to attend.
Through God’s provision and timing, some unused JWI scholarship funds were still left from donations given by Hume’s Ministry Partners. The JWI staff could see the student genuinely wanted and needed to be there and offered to provide him with a scholarship so he could still attend. He was appreciative and accepted the gift. Seeing this as a teachable moment, they reminded him that even though he had completely given up on God’s provision and plan, God had not given up on him and provided a way.
The next challenge he faced was to pack up his whole life and make his way up to Hume
Lake as quickly as possible since the program had already begun. A few days later, the JWI program was underway, with students spending their first few days experiencing Wildwood. When this student arrived, he walked into Wildwood, and the students cheered as he came down the road into camp. Upon his arrival, the JWI director, Dallas DeWitt, gathered all the students and said, “Number 42 is here. Our Joshua family is complete.”
Throughout these next nine months, I encourage each Hume Lake leaseholder to keep all 42 JWI students that live above your cabins in your prayers. It’s a rigorous life-changing program with the potential to change the trajectory of 42 young adults this year. And don’t forget, even though you may have given up completely on God’s provision and plan for your life, He hasn’t given up on you and will provide a way.
Hume Bridge Update
You’ve missed a big change downtown if you haven’t been up to the lake in a while. The crews working for the Forest Service have put in a temporary bridge across Long Meadow Creek and have begun to take apart the old bridge. Here’s a link to find out more about what’s going on. Click the button to visit the US Forest Service’s social media post with more photos and updates.
Upcoming events
Adult Retreats
We are currently in the middle of our Fall Adult Retreats season, and we would love to have you join us.
- OCT 21-23 – Men’s Retreat #2
- OCT 24-27 – Volunteers Week
- NOV 4-6 – Hume Lakers Retreat
- NOV 4-6 – Family DIRT
- NOV 11-13 – Father-Daughter Retreat
- DEC 30 – JAN 1 – New Year’s Family Camp
Sunday Evening Church
If you are on the hill during the weekend, you are invited to fellowship with the Hume Community at the Hume Lake Community Fellowship. Church services are Sundays in Cedar Chapel at 6:00 pm.
Needs
Subdivision Volunteer Snowplowing
Before we know it, winter will be here, and when the snow falls, winter access can be challenging in the Subdivision. To keep as many roads open as possible, we need a team of able-bodied volunteers to help drive equipment to remove snow from the roads during and after storms. Without these volunteers, we won’t be able to keep many of the subdivision roads accessible. Volunteers will be trained in the use of Hume snow removal equipment and be placed on Hume’s liability insurance while they are operating equipment.
If you can help, please contact Chuck Bosman at [email protected] or 559.305.7667.
Reminders
Our Volunteer Week (formerly Servants Week) will be October 24-27. To find out more or to volunteer for another time of the year, please get in touch with Morgan Zielsdorf at [email protected].
Just a reminder that each leaseholder must annually show proof of Fire and Liability insurance. If you haven’t done so, please send a copy of your insurance to Sharon Hensley at [email protected]. You can also set this up automatically by calling your insurance company and listing HLCC as an interested third party so we receive an automatic notice when your renewal comes out.
If you still have a boat at the end of the grass area at the lake, we would appreciate it if you could move it back to your cabin for the winter.
If you are planning on doing any major construction, additions, ground work, sewer work, or renovations, you must first submit a Construction Approval Form to Hume Lake before beginning any construction. The form can be found on the Hume Lake Leaseholder portal at www.hume.org/leaseholder
- For those who would like to begin filling out your Leaseholder Rental Income Report for your 2022 rentals, it can be found on the leaseholders portal at www.hume.org/leaseholder. The rate is 8% for rental income in 2022 and will increase to 15% starting January 1, 2023.
For those of you interested in renting your cabins, before renting, please fill out the Leaseholder Application to Rent that can be found at www.hume.org/leaseholder. It’s only necessary to do this once, so if you’ve done it in the past, you do not need to fill out another.
Just a reminder that liens, loans, or mortgages from banks or credit unions are not allowed on Subdivision lots according to the terms of the lease with HLCC. If you have any questions, contact Chuck Bosman at [email protected] or (559)305-7667.
You can find up-to-date leaseholder information and documents at the Leaseholder Webpage.
Updated Subdivision Map
Check out and save this new and improved map of the Hume Lake Subdivision!
As the season changes, we have much to be thankful for.
The ministry of Hume Lake Christian Camps had an incredible summer season that saw tens of thousands of students’ lives changed across three different campuses. As the Fall weather approaches, we are excited to shift gears and welcome students for Outdoor Education and Spiritual Emphasis and adults for Guest Groups and Adult Retreats.
Whatever the season, we are blessed to see God work through this ministry.
We are very thankful for your continued support as Subdivision Leaseholders and Ministry Partners.
#001
August 2022
Hume Subdivision News Vol. 1
A Hume Lake leaseholder community connection
Purpose: The Hume Subdivision News is a community newsletter for the Hume Lake Christian Camp Subdivision. The intent is to communicate to HLCC leaseholders relevant, current, and upcoming information about this unique community that will foster a sense of community and draw people closer to the ministry of Hume Lake Christian Camps.
What is the Hume Subdivision News?
Welcome to the very first Hume Subdivision News! The Hume Subdivision News is an every other month online publication to connect the community of Hume Lake subdivision leaseholders. We don’t want to add just another email to your inbox. Instead, we hope to send out important information each leaseholder should know and information about what is going on in the ministry of HLCC. We encourage you to look through each Hume Subdivision News as this will be where we will share all the critical information and reminders for leaseholders. Our goal with this newsletter is simple. We want to help connect the community of the HLCC subdivision, communicate important things leaseholders should know, and draw people closer to the ministry of Hume Lake Christian Camps. |
As a leaseholder of the Hume Lake Christian Camps subdivision, you are a part of a unique community that has always been integral to the ministry of Hume Lake Christian Camps. We consider each leaseholder a Ministry Partner in helping share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible in the time the Lord has given us. We continue to value your partnership in ministry and look forward to seeing how God will be glorified through the ministry of Hume Lake Christian Camps and the Hume Lake Christian Camp Subdivision. Philippians 1:4-6 |
New Leaseholder Relations Director
As many of you already know, this year, the HLCC board of directors chose to create a new full-time Hume Lake subdivision position called the Leaseholder Relations Director. This position was created to bring management and oversight to the subdivision and help grow relationships between leaseholders and Hume Lake Christian Camps.
My name is Chuck Bosman, and it’s my privilege to be the Leaseholder Relations Director for the Hume Lake Subdivision. I’ve worked for Hume Lake Christian Camps in various capacities since 1992. Little did I know that working at Hume for a summer job after graduating from college would become a lifelong ministry career. In many ways, the ministry of Hume Lake has changed and shaped my life just like it has for many of you.
Early on, I was asked to be the Wagon Master in Wagon Train. If you’ve had your cabin since the 90s, it may have been my voice waking you up on the PA in the mornings during the summers. I’ve also held many other leadership roles at Hume, including Outdoor Education, Winter Camp recreation, Wildwood Director, HR supervisor, and the Director of Adult and Family ministries. God has blessed me more than I deserve with many years of seeing students and adults change the trajectory of their lives here at Hume Lake.
I met my beautiful wife Sarah at Hume while she was on summer staff, and now we have three teenage boys that love living at Hume Lake. As a family, we enjoy vacations and road trips where we can experience new things and create memories as a family. Like you, many of our best family moments have Hume Lake attached to them in some way.
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege to get to know many of the subdivision leaseholders, but there are still many of you that I’ve never met. I look forward to meeting each of you in person at some point soon. Next time you are at Hume, please let me know so we can connect or just stop by my office when you are here this summer.
Together with Sharon Hensley, our Subdivision Coordinator, I look forward to helping you as we all serve together as ministry partners with Hume Lake Christian Camps
Life Change at Hume Lake
Used for His Glory
By Jocey Pearsey, Lot 84
This summer I’ve spent a lot of time on my hands and knees, scrubbing and cleaning between renters in our cabin. Each time I enter this posture I can’t help but feel my heart do the same. As I clean my mind inevitably begins to dwell on this space and the people it holds. Each time I am humbled and overwhelmed with gratitude and praise, not because I’m cleaning, but because I know God is working in special ways through the cabin and I still can’t believe I get to be a part of it. It’s His cabin after all, and I’m merely the steward.
Over our six years of renting, we’ve welcomed so many different types of people: Couples celebrating anniversaries or their “Babymoon”, new grandparents coming to meet their first grandbaby, past staff who haven’t been back in ages, two separate authors working on their books, a teacher on sabbatical, and countless families seeking quality time together. Two separate families evacuated due to fires, have found a safe haven in our cabin, and as evacuees ourselves from the 2015 Rough Fire, we can’t help but gather evacuees to our cabin as we remember our own uncertain situation.
In 2020, when Hume canceled summer camps, we even had a small group of high school girls and their counselor come and stay. We learned later that one of those girls accepted Christ that week. I couldn’t be more grateful to see glimpses like this, that God is working not only down in main camp, but He’s changing lives in the subdivision too. In your cabin and in mine. To Him be ALL the glory.
Dathan Brown's Resignation
Click the button to read the HLCC Board’s Official Statement
Upcoming events
Let’s clean up the Subdivision! On Country Fair weekend, we will have a 50-yard dumpster in the Bus Parking area (on the right just before you get to the Maintenance Yard). This will be an excellent opportunity for leaseholders to clean up around their cabins and lots, with an emphasis on cleaning up around the outside. Let’s all pitch in to make our little areas of the subdivision look great!
What can go in the dumpster:
- Debris and trash from around the outside of your cabin
- Items from inside your cabin you are getting rid of – beds, furniture etc.
- Old appliances
What cannot go in the dumpster:
- Tires
- Paint and Chemicals
- Please do not dump debris from large construction in this dumpster. – Debris from major construction must always be hauled off the hill.
- Needles, branches and logs – They go to the Needle Dump.
- Daily household trash – Normal trash goes to the Homeowners trash drop off.
Please remember there is one dumpster for over 200 cabins. Once the dumpster is full we cannot take anymore, so leave room for others to clean up their lots as well.
Join us Sunday September 4th at 4:30 pm at the Wagon Train Pavillion for a Subdivision Potluck. This is a great opportunity to hang out with friends and get to know other leaseholders as well. The drinks, plates, and plastic utensils will be provided. Please bring an entreee dish or dessert that will feed a typical family. This will be in place of the typical leaseholder meeting that took place on Country Fair weekend.
Leaseholders ladies and Hume staff ladies are invited to attend the Women’s Tea on Thursday September 1 at 2:00 pm at the Wagon Train Pavilion. Beverages will be provided. Please bring an appetizer or dessert to share. If you have questions or would like to help please contact Linda Scianna at [email protected].
Don’t miss out on this year’s Country Fair hume.org/country-fair
Once summer ends, and the weather turns cooler, that means it’s time for our Fall Adult and Family Retreat season. Check out our line up of Fall Retreats that we have available. hume.org/lake/adult-retreats
At Hume Lake Christian Camps we are busy putting on camps and retreats year-round. Please consider helping out the ministry while you are here at your cabin. We can use volunteers with various skill levels.
For more information, please get in touch with Jenny Brannan at [email protected].
Reminders
New Leaseholder Webpage
During our Memorial Day Leaseholder meeting, we announced a new resource for Leaseholders. Now you can find up-to-date leaseholder information and documents at hume.org/leaseholder. Currently, on the leaseholder webpage, you will find:
- Current Hume Lake Christian Camps Fire Restrictions
- Current Water Conservation Stage
- Hume Lake Guest Rules and Regulations
- Hume Lake Subdivision Cabin User Form
- Rental Cabin List
- Lease Transfer List
- Leaseholder Application to Rent
- Application for Proposed Leaseholder Construction
- Application for Lease Transfer or Family Transfer
- Application for Lease Change to Trust
As more leaseholder information and documents become available, we will add them to the webpage.
