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February 14, 2026

Casowasco Camp Clean-up Week

Casowasco Camp Clean-up Week  Casowasco is preparing for re-opening April 1st, but to get there we need to call on interested Casowasco volunteers! Come for a day, a night or several days during the week of March 20-29, that includes two weekends! We...
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December 18, 2025

Celebrating 20 Years of Partnership with CCE of Warren County

Celebrating 20 Years of Partnership with CCE of Warren County  by Hannah Lasher, Skye Farm Assistant Director    2025 marked Skye Farm's 20th year of partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren...
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October 9, 2025

New Range & Griddle for the Dining Hall

New Range & Griddle for the Dining Hall! At the start of this summer, we were able to purchase a new piece of vital equipment for our dining hall kitchen,...
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February 26, 2025

Casowasco Sabbath

Early last month all programming and hosting at Casowasco was suspended. Minimal staffing will be maintained to ensure the site's safety. This sabbath is foreseen to last through the fall...
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January 17, 2025

A Fast from Meta

A word from our Director, Matt Williams: Eight years ago, we introduced our Hemlock Community Values as a way to help campers better understand what it means to be a...
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December 24, 2024

the twelve days of christmas (harvey’s version)

Harvey is dropping what is sure to be a platinum-gold-selling album on Epiphany But you'll get to preview the track listings beginning Christmas morn on Facebook, Instagram, and even on...
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June 30, 2024

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June 13, 2024

Come Home to Asbury

65 and SO alive: Asbury Retreat Center Serving Christ Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Asbury is Celebrating 65 years of ministry this year, and we have an exciting weekend planned that...
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April 1, 2024

Introducing the Sky Lake Foundation

One of the big ideas that sprang forth as Sky Lake and our sibling sites of Upper New York Camp and Retreat Ministries emerged from the pandemic, was the value...
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February 29, 2024

Special Needs Camps 2024

It was great to see more campers return in 2023 and we’re looking forward to welcoming even more campers in 2024 as we leave the Covid-19 days in the dust!...
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March 20, 2023

Special Needs Camps 2023

It was great to see more campers in 2022 and we’re looking forward to welcoming even more campers in 2023 for what we hope will feel a lot more like...
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December 12, 2022

Camp for Christmas 2022

We are excited to offer the opportunity for you to give the Sky Lake camper (or campers) in your life the gift of Camp for Christmas! Summer 2023 is going...
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June 24, 2022

COVID-19 Update for 2022

Summer programs are happening at UNY (Upper New York) camp and retreat centers this year and we are making sure our programs prioritize the safety, health, and well-being of all...
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April 26, 2022

Sun Safety at Sky Lake

Sky Lake is pleased to announce that we now have an official sun safety policy that will help us all more safely enjoy time in the great outdoors. We are...
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April 22, 2022

Current Covid-19 Guidelines for Guests

We yearn and pray for the day when Covid-19 is truly a thing of the past. In the meantime, we invite you to join us in working to make it...
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March 12, 2022

The 2022 Summer Camp Registration Portal is OPEN!

2022 marks Sky Lake’s semisesquicentennial (the big, fancy term for 75th anniversary) AND we are able to return to full capacity, which means we're going to spend the whole summer...
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March 12, 2022

Special Needs Camps 2022

It was great to see so many campers in 2021, but we're looking forward to welcoming even more campers in 2022! We are once again devoting the first three weeks...
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September 10, 2021

Alternate Route to Sky Lake Until November 2021

Updated: Friday, 10 September 2021 Old Route 17 (Country Road 28) is now closed for construction between Damascus and the Sky Lake Private Road until November. Our Private Road remains...
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December 8, 2020

Manna Pathways Network Volunteers

MANNA IN THE WILDERNESS When the ancient Hebrew people fled from Egypt, they were faced with a real need for daily sustenance in the desert. The manna sent from God...
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November 30, 2020

Giving Tuesday

  #GivingTuesday is a global day of generosity that takes place annually on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. Upper New York Camp and Retreat Ministries invited you to get involved in...
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June 29, 2020

Passes Available

The sacred grounds of Sky Lake were closed for hiking and fishing for most of the spring, but that changed in June. To ensure everyone's safety, we will be limiting...
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March 10, 2020

A Hand-Washing Playlist

We strive to provide a time and place in which campers and guests can get away from the hectic pace of the world and just be… with God, with Creation,...
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May 10, 2019

Sky Lake Desktop Wallpaper Calendars 2019

We’ve created a monthly series of desktop wallpaper calendars for 2019. Each month you’ll have a variety of sizes from which to choose. We update this page monthly, so you’ll...
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April 5, 2019

Sustainable Forest of Giving

Celebrating Sky Lake’s 72 Years of Ministry by Sustaining its Future In 1947, twelve pastors and laypersons pooled their personal financial savings to purchase the Sky Lake property. On April...
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November 22, 2018

Be A Donor

What does it mean to be a donor? It means actively engaging with the ministry of Aldersgate and Upper New York Camp & Retreat Ministries. It means doing something more...
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November 22, 2018

Be A Donor

What does it mean to be a donor? It means actively engaging with the ministry of Asbury and Upper New York Camp & Retreat Ministries. It means doing something more...
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