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Friendly Atheist ★ The following is a guest post by Libby Bliss, the Camp Director for Camp Quest Chesapeake.

I’ve been an atheist since I was a kid. In my decades of non-believing, I’ve never really felt like I was missing anything. But when upsetting things in the world are happening, sometimes I do wish I could pray and feel like it would do something.

I may not have prayer, but I do have concrete action. When I was 16, I attended my first sleepaway summer camp, part of the nationwide Camp Quest network. (You’re reading this post on the Friendly Atheist because I found out about CQ from a post Hemant made 15 years ago. Thanks for changing my life, Hemant!)

Since the 90s, Camp Quest locations have been working toward a vision of the world where children grow up exploring, thinking for themselves, connecting with their communities, and acting to make the most of life for themselves and others.

Attending Camp Quest Chesapeake in 2011 gave me, for the first time, what a lot of people find in church: a community of people who share my beliefs and values. It also gave me confidence to develop as a leader . . . 

From Camper To Director 🪶 How Camp Quest Changed My Life

Friendly Atheist ★ The following is a guest post by Libby Bliss, the Camp Director for Camp Quest Chesapeake.

I’ve been an atheist since I was a kid. In my decades of non-believing, I’ve never really felt like I was missing anything. But when upsetting things in the world are happening, sometimes I do wish I could pray and feel like it would do something.

I may not have prayer, but I do have concrete action. When I was 16, I attended my first sleepaway summer camp, part of the nationwide Camp Quest network. (You’re reading this post on the Friendly Atheist because I found out about CQ from a post Hemant made 15 years ago. Thanks for changing my life, Hemant!)

Since the 90s, Camp Quest locations have been working toward a vision of the world where children grow up exploring, thinking for themselves, connecting with their communities, and acting to make the most of life for themselves and others.

Attending Camp Quest Chesapeake in 2011 gave me, for the first time, what a lot of people find in church: a community of people who share my beliefs and values. It also gave me confidence to develop as a leader . . . 

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