For at least one week this year, the palm pilots will be put away, video games will gather dust and e-mails will go unanswered. Life will return to a simpler, slower rhythm as families gather once again at the woodchip-covered Tabernacle for a week of spiritual replenishment during the 179th annual Salem Campmeeting, July 13 to July 20, on the historic Salem campgrounds in Newton County. The Salem Campmeeting, founded in 1828, is one of the oldest continuing camp meetings in the country, running every year except during the Civil War.