My name is Megan Agnew. I have been married to Taylor since September 2017. I grew up in Andover, Minnesota. Attending church wasn’t a big part of my upbringing but prayer always was. My parents divorced when I was young, the plus side of being raised by divorced parents is that I got to see life from different perspectives. I realize that sounds “fluffy” but as I’ve grown up, I know this to be true.
When I was in elementary school I attended camp for the first time. That summer changed my life in many ways. I went to many weeks of day camps with Park Ave Church. I met a diverse group of kids my age from just about all walks of life represented in Minnesota. For a suburban girl, much of it was new and I was soaking in many things.
My week at Honey Rock I fell in love with camp life. I found myself asking more about where staff lived, what their families did, what they did during the winter and so on, it was all so intriguing to me. I had many of the same counselors and leaders throughout the whole summer. There’s something so special about the people who volunteer in a transformational setting like that. Conversations they likely don’t remember today will always stick with me, that’s camp ministry to me.
That week I committed my life to Christ for the first time, the Holy Spirit was working in so many hearts. Camp has a way of creating this safe, fun, and invitational place where kids are outside of themselves, they are already trying new things socially and emotionally and the spiritual side of that is what typically lasts forever.
Through my high school years I made some poor choices, many poor choices actually. I was a good student and held multiple jobs but my social life wasn’t healthy. From high school and through the first years of college life, it was more of the same. I was in a relationship and when it ended, I was so broken and so lost. God had been calling out to me and I finally came back home.
When I was 23 I recommitted my life, I was baptized, started serving in kids ministry and was a youth youth leader with church. God placed some amazing leaders in my life, who saw my gifts and encouraged me to follow them. I worked in a few different different ministry roles and when I left my last ministry role a dear friend told me “Megan, this isn’t the end of ministry for you.” those words have always resound.
There are two things I wanted to do “when I grew up”, I wanted to be a wife and mother and I wanted to work at camp. So here we are, 20 years later about to start our mission in camp ministry. Camp changed my life and if I’m lucky, I’ll be able to be a part of that for somebody else.
Agnew Family Ministry 