CAMP PENUEL

Getting To Know Us

Harry and Carole
Founder and President

For 34 years Harry has given his life has been Camp Penuel.  Inspired by God’s word, and driven by direct obedience, the vision still unfolds.  As an adopted child, he knows what it is like to be as he states, “a throw away kid”.  As God would have it, a loving Christian family adopted him and now his heart is to reach kids for Christ.  Because of his obedience the camp now owns over 700 acres of property and has seen over 57,000 campers.

 

Harry has also served as Senior Pastor of the Baptist church in Pilot Knob prior to beginning Penuel.  His wife Carole has supported him every step of the way.  She was a schoolteacher in New Jersey and in the Arcadia Valley as well.

Michael Pounds
Director
camppenuel1@yahoo.com

Fourteen years ago, Michael was introduced to Camp Penuel.  He was assistant director of the East St. Louis Children’s mission, which had two different sessions and transported approximately 240 kids to Penuel annually.  In addition to the mission, he worked closely with the Christian Activity Center, an East St. Louis organization that still attends Penuel each year bringing 100 plus kids.

In addition to the headquarters, he organized groups in New Jersey for Camp Penuel East, located in Eldred, PA.  Nine years later, the organization still sends kids from the Newark area every year.  Michael has 17 years of ministry experience in the inner cities and with at-risk youth.  He is originally from Tulsa, OK and is an ordained minister.

Dave Stuehmeyer
Building and Maintenance Supervisor

Several years ago, Camp Penuel received a number of ads in various magazines around the country.  Dave saw one of the full-page donated ads in Time.  He wrote the camp and began receiving regular mailers.  On a field trip with some kids from his middle school one Saturday, the bus was going down Highway 72 and passed the camp.  He decided to visit some time and see what the camp was all about.  Subsequently, he attended one of the annual spring banquets and began supporting the camp financially. 

 

One summer he had a few days in August, one of his friends said, "Why don't you go to camp Penuel and help on maintenance"?  He said he might but later states “I really don't think that I would have if my friend had not called to ask if they needed any help.”  At the time, Penuel needed some plumbing repairs in the basement of the staff house.   He went for the intent of helping only for a few days.  Seventeen years later and he is still working on repairs.    Dave writes, “To know Jesus is to love Him, worship Him, and serve Him.”  TO GOD BE THE GLORY!