CAM CABIN CRAFTS
OUR MISSION
“The Mission of the Coalition for Appalachian
Ministry is to make a positive impact wherever
Reformed tradition and Appalachian culture
come together by networking with church and
community to provide educational and service
opportunities.”
CAM connects
‹ Local stories with a global audience
‹ Oral tradition with internet technology
‹ Local faces with national issues
‹ Dignity with justice and hopelessness with
vision
‹ Indigenous human needs with savvy
advocates in the center of power
‹ Experience and information with God’s
passion for people
‹ The faces of humanity with Christ’s
command to be servants
‹ Volunteers with mission service projects and
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‹ Service projects with willing hands and skilled
labor
‹ Home-based crafters with a regional fairmarket outlet
‹ Five Reformed denominations and dozens
of regional judicatories with opportunities for
common mission
‹ Hundreds of congregations and ministries
across thirteen states with a common cause
‹ Denominational funding programs with local
project support and evaluation
‹ Church pastors with the culture, history and
social structures of Appalachia
‹ Church people with the vitality of ministry in
small membership churches
HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE
IN MINISTRY
IN APPALACHIA
The Purpose of CAM Cabin Crafts is
‹ To encourage Appalachian crafters to provide
Appalachian made, hand crafted items that
share our culture with the purchasers;
‹ To provide an outlet for the sale of Appalachian
craft items and income for the crafters, many of
whom are low to moderate income persons;
‹ To promote the organizations and crafters who
provide the products;
‹ To supply a setting in which the values of
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for that culture are available.
Currently we work with 125 crafters and craft
groups located in 7 of the 13 Appalachian states.
The Coalition for Appalachian Ministry
began in 1965 as an agency of the Synods
and Presbyteries of its member denominations. Today congregations and
individuals are taking greater responsibility for mission in Appalachia, and are
getting involved in a couple of ways.
CAM VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
CAM’s Volunteer Program is a ministry of sharing
and mutual respect in which those serving and
those being served learn from each other. CAM
provides:
‹ Lists of places seeking volunteers and their
requirements;
‹ Manuals to help those planning to go on a
mission work trip and for those planning to host
a work group;
‹ Introduction to the Appalachia region and
culture.
The Weller Cottage
The CAM Craft Cabin is located 10 miles south of
Pigeon Forge on route 321 at:
1329 Wears Valley Road
Townsend, Tennessee 37882-3427
Phone 865-448-5940
‹ Open - March-December
‹ Hours - Generally, 10am to 5pm Monday-Thursday
12am to 6pm on Friday & Saturday.
Craft sales at churches and special events
can be arranged thru Coordinator, Therica
Breazeale ([email protected]). Mail orders
are also welcomed.
Online shopping is also available at:
www.appalachianministry.org/shop
The Weller Cottage, named after Jack Weller
who led in the establishing CAM, serves as a
modest retreat center for CAM. Located adjacent
to the CAM Craft Cabin, the cottage provides
lodging for volunteers helping with the ministries
of CAM and is also available as a retreat site for
individuals and small groups (e.g. Youth groups,
women or men’s fellowships, Sunday School
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(available for group use in the Spring of 2011)
For More Information:
www.appalachianministry.org or contact:
Therica Breazeale
Phone – 865-448-5940
[email protected]
You can share in this ministry as a
“Friend of CAM” or as a “CAM Partner.”
“Friends of CAM” are those who:
‹ Pray for CAM’s Ministry
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“CAM Partners” are judicatories,
congregations or individuals who:
‹ Participate in Educational events;
‹ Assist in the work of CAM;
‹ Pray for CAM;
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I would like to be a _______ Friend
_______ Partner
Name ________________________________
Address ______________________________
______________________________
Phone ________________________________
E-mail ________________________________
Congregation or Judicatory
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‹“Fundamentals for Survival
in the Parish”
‹“Accents of the Reformed
Faith for Appalachia”
‹“The Small Church as Right
Brain Community”
So, you see, Appalachia is not a simple place.
There are:
‹ rich and poor,
‹ big and little,
‹ new and old,
‹ and lots in between.
(From “This Land is Home to Me”)
What Is Appalachia?
‹A Powerpoint Presentation about
CAM (5 minutes)
A DVD version of the CAM Powerpoint
Presentation is available for $5.00
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The Appalachian Mountains form the spiny
backbone of the Eastern United States.
This whole stretch, which the Government
calls “The Appalachian Region” runs from
Southern New York to Northern Georgia
and Alabama. It contains 410 counties
in 13 states, parts of: Alabama, Georgia,
Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and all
of West Virginia.
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‹“Holiness and Hilarity”
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‹“A Primer for ‘Mainline’
Appalachian Congregations”
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‹ “A Workcamp Manual”
(Manual for those planning to
host work Groups)
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‹ “Volunteering in Appalachia”
(Manual for those planning a
mission trip)
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‹ “Introduction to Appalachia for
Volunteers”
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The following publications are available
on a single CD for $5.00:
In the region there are:
‹ mountain folk,
‹ city folk,
‹ country folk,
‹ coal miners and steel workers,
‹ union workers and non-union workers,
‹ industrial and service workers,
‹ farmers and farm laborers,
‹ housewives and children,
‹ teachers and health workers,
‹ ministers and rabbis and priests,
‹ artists and poets,
‹ professionals and technicians,
‹ lawyers and politicians,
‹ lobbyists and interest groups,
‹ executives and managers,
‹ little business people and big business
people,
‹ coal companies and chemical companies,
‹ industrialists and bankers.
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CAM’S RESOURCES FOR
MINISTRY IN APPALACHIA
Where Is Appalachia?
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A Cooperative Ministry of:
The Christian Reformed Church
The Cumberland Presbyterian
Church
The Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in America
The Presbyterian Church(USA)
The Reformed Church in America
1329 Wears Valley Road
Townsend, Tennessee 37882-3427
Telephone 865-448-5940
www.appalachianministry.org
Interim Coordinator: Frank Hare
740-448-4041
[email protected]