Wanake
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Camp Wanake is a camp and retreat center in Beach City
in northeast Ohio
.
Begun in 1946 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
, it is presently owned and operated by the East Ohio Annual (Regional) Conference of the United Methodist Church
. The word "Wanake" is a combination of three Delaware Native American
words
meaning "beautiful, spiritual place among the hills". Camp Wanake's first full time Director was the Rev. Dr. Melvin A. Moody, an Ordained Minister in the East Ohio Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church
(successor of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ). Dr. Moody was a pioneer and innovator in the field of Church Camping. Wanake has been one of the premier Church Camps in America, with many Church Camping professionals nationwide having been influenced, and even directly trained, by Mel Moody.
Beach City, Ohio
Beach City is a village in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,137 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Beach City is located at , along Sugar Creek....
in northeast Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
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Begun in 1946 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Church of the United Brethren in Christ
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ is an evangelical Christian denomination based in Huntington, Indiana. It is a Protestant denomination of episcopal structure, Arminian theology, with roots in the Mennonite and German Reformed communities of 18th century Pennsylvania, as well as close...
, it is presently owned and operated by the East Ohio Annual (Regional) Conference of the United Methodist Church
United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...
. The word "Wanake" is a combination of three Delaware Native American
Lenape
The Lenape are an Algonquian group of Native Americans of the Northeastern Woodlands. They are also called Delaware Indians. As a result of the American Revolutionary War and later Indian removals from the eastern United States, today the main groups live in Canada, where they are enrolled in the...
words
Lenape language
The Delaware languages, also known as the Lenape languages, are Munsee and Unami, two closely related languages of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family...
meaning "beautiful, spiritual place among the hills". Camp Wanake's first full time Director was the Rev. Dr. Melvin A. Moody, an Ordained Minister in the East Ohio Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
The Evangelical United Brethren Church was an American Protestant church which was formed in 1946 by the merger of the Evangelical Church with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ...
(successor of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ). Dr. Moody was a pioneer and innovator in the field of Church Camping. Wanake has been one of the premier Church Camps in America, with many Church Camping professionals nationwide having been influenced, and even directly trained, by Mel Moody.