Trailside Story
Trailside Chapel & Retreat Center began when Pete and Donna Peterson grabbed hold of a God-sized dream to make a difference in the lives of families, adults, and young people. They purchased the land and invested their finances and lives into starting this small retreat center. With years of hard work, many hours swinging a hammer, along with Pete and Donna’s creativity to make resources go as far as possible, and the help of gracious supporters, God has brought them to this point.
Their desire is to continue to grow the camp so they can reach out to more people.
Trailside is a camp that is open to all… whether you need a weekend get-away as a couple or family, or whether your group would like to host your next event at Trailside, we are offer the perfect solution! Plus, we have many volunteer serving opportunities.
We are excited to share the vision with you and maybe in some way, whether big or small, you can become a part of that dream.
The Journey
2018
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Churches responding to the vision of Trailside Chapel. He is doing a mighty work!
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Bailey Christian Church Men’s Group worked on water hookup, furnace and vents installation…praising God!
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Bailey Christian Church Men’s Group
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Bailey Christian Church Men’s Group
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Bailey Christian Church Men’s Group
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He gets all the glory!
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Fellowship, food and projects coming together at The Meeting Barn.
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Ravenna Baptist men came together to connect water lines for bathrooms, kitchen sinks and utility room.
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Ravenna Baptist men came together to connect water lines for bathrooms, kitchen sinks and utility room.
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Ravenna Baptist men came together to connect water lines for bathrooms, kitchen sinks and utility room.
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Thank you, John and Laurie, for the materials and love put into Tccc’s new cooking fire pit.
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Thank you, John and Laurie, for the materials and love put into Tccc’s new cooking fire pit.
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Enjoying Miss Betty’s treats around the new firepit. Thank you John and Laurie!
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Making room for 5th wheel parking & future pavilion. Thank you, Randy and Deb, for the use of your equipment.
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Making room for 5th wheel parking & future pavilion. Thank you, Randy and Deb, for the use of your equipment.
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Trailer loaded with gently used and new lumber for building projects! Thank you, Ryan and families and your dad!
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Donated gently used and not so perfect new lumber from Ryan and families and his dad.
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Gently used and not so perfect new lumber for building projects donated by Ryan and family and his dad.
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Tccc fire pit is almost complete!
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Tccc fire pit is almost complete!
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Clearing more woods for the future. Randy & Pete…faithful helps ministry, preparing a place for others.
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Campus Life 2018
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Pop’s day job…
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Pop’s day job…
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Pop’s night job…
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Our 3rd annual event with the Calvarymen Quartet!
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Prepping the interior trim for the Meeting Barn.
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Prepping the interior trim for the Meeting Barn.
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Prepping the interior trim for the Meeting Barn.
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Installing the interior trim for the Meeting Barn.
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Completed flooring in the Meeting Barn! Praising God and thanking everyone who contributed!
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Completed flooring in the Meeting Barn! Praising God and thanking everyone who contributed!
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Completed flooring in the Meeting Barn! Praising God and thanking everyone who contributed!
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Good morning from the Meeting Barn at Trailside Chapel Caffey Corner, Upper Peninsula of Michigan!
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2017
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Bailey Christian Church (Ravenna, MI) Men’s Group Work Weekend – Fellowship at the Meeting Barn
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Quarry Fishing
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Men cook at TCCC! More than able to feed the crew!
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Bailey Christian Church men came to help the bunkhouse get her siding on! Thank you, guys!!
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Meeting Barn is getting a furnace!! Thankful for the companies that donated the furnace and the duct work.
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Bailey Christian Church Breakfast in the Meeting Barn!
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This old tractor was offered to TCCC in pieces. Now repaired and ready for spring clean-up.
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Bus filled with men, food, and supplies…but also hearts filled with a desire to serve God and to help TCCC prepare a place.
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There are great natural resources @TCCC. Cedar timber that will be dried for building materials.
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The BBC crew got all 3 batteries in all 3 little work tractors and lawn mowers.
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Thank you BCC for a great start to this season and all your help @TCCC!
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TCCC gets spray foam insulation, June 17th & 18th!
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June 17th…the bunkhouse gets a 12′ x 16′ deck!
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June 17th…the bunkhouse gets a 12′ x 16′ deck!
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Flowers to fill our planters and the Flower Wall, plus the driveway, and the TCCC Welcome sign .
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2017 Flower Planting
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2017 Flower Planting
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2017 Flower Planting
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Making the new “drum set” (6/17/2017).
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June 19th – Finalizing and prepping the Meeting Barn ceiling before drywall.
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6/19 – Prepping the Meeting Barn ceiling before drywall. Start with scraping off any overspray.
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Youth for Christ 2017
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Youth for Christ 2017
2016
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The arrival of The Calvarymen Quartet.
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Pete & Donna greeting guests.
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Pete setting up for The Calvarymen Quartet concert.
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Pastor Phil Parkin of The Calvarymen Quartet setting up for the concert.
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Chapel was stained on both gable ends and caulking in the cracks. Awesome job Ladies!
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Family Mission Week: 27 of God’s children came to serve @ TCCC. What a blessing they all were!
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Donated tables were refinished and the pedestals sanded to remove old paint…..Beautiful!
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As always, food, fun, fellowship…and this time live music, too!
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The TCCC office is getting partitions!
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The mopsink/utility room and bathrooms get partitions! Praise God!
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These were newly planted last fall. How beautiful they are this year!
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All of these sunflowers were planted either by the birds or chipmunks… we humans planted none of them!!
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TCCC Reflection Garden Flower Wall
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Blessed with 6 families who tackled many projects. So thankful for everyone!
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As trail was cut, we gained firepit wood and cedar poles for construction.
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Praise God another young man “Luke” proclaimed that JESUS Is his Savior in baptism in Lake Michigan.
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Competition at the Chinese checkers board while they eat ice cream! There’s always fun to be had…inside or outside…at TCCC!
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Blessed with a double bowl sink, so Pete’s making us two! One for each bathroom in the Meeting Barn.
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Diving at the quarry…all five in the air!!
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A hummingbird got caught in a spider web in the Meeting Barn. Pete set him free.
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TCCC Teaching Moments: Father teaching son how to operate a chainsaw.
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TCCC has a new chainsaw operator!
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Taking time to teach brings a lifetime of possibilities before him.
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Logs are cut, carried out by hand, peeled, and stacked to dry
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TCCC cedar log deck begins to grow.
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