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1974 2002
God planted the seed for In 2002 Jeri Gregg moved to
―Camp Hope‖ when Jeri Gregg Bibb County, Alabama. By then
was 19 and attended Camp her children were grown; she
Victory, in Alabama. and her husband found them-
selves raising their grandson,
Hunter as theirs.
Webber and Corinne Walker and campers at Camp
Victory-First Southern Methodist Church 1975
CBM of Central Alabama-The God of Second Chances
he beginning of a God-given vision for
a Bible camp began many years ago in
T the mind of a young girl who loved the
Lord, but had no idea a simple, but
sincere prayer could change her life over
thirty years later!
That young lady
is me - Jeri Madi-
son Gregg. In the
Jeri Madison Gregg
summer of 1974, at
Camp Victory counselor 1974
the age of 19, I had
an opportunity to attend a CBM camp in
South Alabama called Camp Victory. I was a
member of Coker Baptist Church, which is
located in Tuscaloosa County. Mrs. Gail
Jackson, a lady of our church, and her father,
Irvin Walker, loaded up a group of young
kids to go to Bible camp – a new experience Rev. Webber Walker
for most of us. We drove south to Centre- church camp director—1974
ville, Alabama in Bibb County to meet Rev. Webber Walker and his
wife Corinne. I had never met anyone like Bro. Walker! I don‘t think
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2007
For the first time in thirty years, in June of 2007, Jeri Gregg went
back to Camp Victory with Hunter and five other children from
Bibb County! For her, that week at camp was almost like going
back in time! It brought back so many good memories.
l-r:
Jamie,
Dalton,
Olivia,
Hunter,
Dustin &
Randi
Camp
Victory
2007
I‘ve ever known a happier person and
one who smiled so much. I also
attended camp the following summer in
1975.
After that, four summers came and
went before I could visit Camp Victory
again in 1979. By then, I was married
Campers from my cabin (1975) and the mother of a two-year old daugh-
ter, Kristina, an eight-year old stepson,
David, and I was pregnant with a son, Steven. It would be thirty years
before I would see Camp Victory again.
One day, in 2007, as I was talking to my pastor, Jack Allen, I told him
of my intent to take Hunter, the grandson Billy and I were raising, to a
Bible camp. I expressed my desire to take other children too. So, for
the first time in thirty years, in June 2007, I went back to Camp Victory
with Hunter and five other children! For me, that week at camp was
almost like going back in time! It was such a blessing, and brought back
so many good memories.