Rev. Mike Andrew - Board Member

Rev. Mike Andrew serves on the Camp Board and its Marketing Committee.  He is the pastor for Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church in Atkins, Iowa.  Mike grew up near Spokane, Washington where he later went to college at Eastern Washington University.  He earned a degree in Business Finance.  After college, he worked as an Operations Manager in the television industry, studying the demographic responses to pilot television shows and commercials.  He later moved to the Yellowstone National Park area in Montana where he helped manage a local hotel.  In West Yellowstone he became active in the community church where he eventually served as a volunteer leader for Junior High youth.  He found church work to be fulfilling and absorbed much practical experience during his time there.  Mike discovered his sense of call during his time in Montana, and credits the support of his mentors, Revs. Tom and Rev. Tammy Letts.  Both Tom and Tammy were instrumental in teaching the importance of camp ministry for today’s youth.  Mike later went on to graduate from the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, and actually met his wife Rev. Noelle Andrew (who serves as a pediatric chaplain at the University of Iowa Hospitals), when he spilled a pot of coffee at her feet on his first day of seminary classes.  Mike enjoys reading, fly fishing, hiking, and backpacking.  He has also maintained a lifelong fascination with meteorology.  His favorite food is ice cream and his favorite movie is “A River Runs Through It.”  Mike has a younger sister, Sheri, who works in marketing for a computer chip manufacturer in San Jose, California.  His mother was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and his father was a Research Scientist.  Both are retired. 

Mike loves how Camp offers “those special moments where youth can have an epiphany and open their spiritual eyes to the new things they have learned.  It’s amazing how that specific experience impacts a child’s life and stays with them forever.”  He is also inspired by the commitment of the counselors who work with the campers.  “The counselors make the camp what it is.  I am very impressed with the thought that goes into their Christ Walk character and how their role embodies and encapsulates their beliefs.”