Ingalls Creek Enrichment Center

2010 Jr. High Leadership Camp at Ingalls Creek Enrichment Center
by Loren Meloy

During the first week in August 2010 a group of around thirty 6-9th grade students, along with a few leaders from Christ Center Cashmere, were blessed with the opportunity to utilize the Ingalls Creek Enrichment Center. This was our inaugural Jr. [...]

Good Samaritan Ministries were so blessed with the use of the facilities at Ingall’s Creek.  What a beautiful place to have a retreat.  God’s presence was all around; in the beautiful setting, in the leaves with their fall colors, in the sound and beauty of the creek, in the solitude of nature, so conducive to [...]

Following the nuptials in the natural setting of the amphitheater, a receiving line accompanied with drinks and various cheeses, and an oven fired pizza dinner with the sound of Ingalls Creek in the background, Sarah Giannobile and Joel Kresse fed each other the first bites of their wedding cake.  Toasts, music and dancing made their [...]

Worship was an integral part of the Wild & Rugged camping experience  for West Side United Protestant Church of Richland, WA.   The woodsy amphitheater setting was perfect for talent night, singing, sharing s’mores and whop whops around the cozy campfire, and just visiting under the star studded skies.

Led by Charlie Scoma, Director of Elementary Ministries at University Presbyterian Church in Seattle along with two staff members, ten summer interns enthusiastically started their summer of learning and serving.  Having their overnight retreat along the banks of Ingalls Creek was a splashing success.

Before launching into a fun packed summer for youth living in the Tri-Cities, eight summer interns gathered at Ingalls Creek  for three days of preparation and getting to know each other.   “This place is so beautiful and it is truly a blessing to all who come” was the parting comment made by Erica [...]

Clearing and widening a scenic creekside trail at Ingalls Creek was the object of this Middle School Youth service group.  The work party of sixth through eighth graders, plus family members moved rocks, cut brush and opened overgrown pathways to allow for passage by the mobility impaired, especially those who may require wheelchairs or golf [...]

Never too old to try something new, Dorothea King of Cashmere, WA earns the title of our oldest rider on the zip line.  Anyone want to challenge her?

April 10th Pastor Cheryl Fears led a one-day retreat focusing on the book “Confronting Your Clutter” by Carolyn Koehnline.  This event was held at Alanna’s Landing, adjacent to the retreat center.  During free time some of the group toured the retreat center lodge under construction and rode the zip line.  Others took various nature hikes [...]