This year Family Camp will be crawling with Dinosaurs! Ok, maybe not live Dinosaurs…but there will be some. Matt Miles & Ryan Cox from Creation Truth Foundation will be bringing their fossil exhibits and teaching on Creation, Dinosaurs and how God created and designed the family in Genesis.
Here’s
a few things you really need to know this year!
1. Theme & Speakers: Matt & Ryan are back as our speakers throughout the weekend. They came about 7 years ago to present their incredible teaching. We are planning on having them every 6-8 years. This way, each kid who attends Family Camp for the forseeable future will be able to have this teaching during their Jr High or High School years. We believe it’s that important!
2. Register Online! Even though we aren’t charging, we still ask you to register online below to help us plan for meals, seating and lodging. Registration opens online on April 15th at 10am so don’t miss it!
There
are 2 options for attendance at Family Camp.
- Stay the whole weekend! Bring your family to stay on-site in the dorms OR bring your own camper or tent. We have a campground with space for 51 sites. (Read more about lodging below)
- Drive back & forth each day for each session. We’d love for you to make them all, but even if you can only make one or two it will be worth it.
3. Family Camp 2025 is FREE
REGISTRATION! We have done this the last few years and it’s been amazing!
Instead of a registration fee we take up an offering to offset the costs of
the weekend. With the larger amount of people at meals, lodging and speaker,
we are asking if you would partner with camp to give $50,000! Last year you
surpassed this amount! We know God has a big weekend planned, so we are taking
a leap of faith and asking for you to help us through giving.
We’ll be sharing about something special the offering will be supporting this
year, so be looking for updates on that soon!
4. Worship Sessions: Below are worship times so
you can attend the whole weekend or just come when you can. Friday at
6pm, Saturday at 10am and 6pm, Sunday at 10am and 6pm. Our sessions will be led
by a mix of Johnson University Students. They led last year in the morning
sessions and did a great job. We’re excited to have them back for all the
sessions!
The Saturday Night session will be a special, interactive Family Night
Session! Matt & Ryan will be speaking specifically on Dinosaurs and
making it fun for the kids! This is the session you definitely will not want to
miss!
5. Meals: All meals will take place in the Activity Building this year. We will have tables and chairs set-up similar to our Men’s Night Program. Read the Kids’ Programming section below to know why we are eating in the Activity Building.
6. Kids’ Programming: Our childcare we changed last year and it went so much better! We will be planning for it to be similar to last year.
0 – 2 yr: We will have an unstaffed nursery in the conference room / lobby of the Activity Building. The worship session will be streamed in the conference room.
2 yr – 4 yr: Will meet in the Cafeteria before worship sessions begin. Inflatables will be set-up for a play area. They’ll have rotating classes/activities during the worship sessions.
5 yr – 4th grade: Will start in worship, after a few songs they’ll be dismissed to the chapel. They’ll have rotating classes of lessons, games, worship, activities, crafts and more. Before worship ends, they’ll come back into the Activity Building to sit with their parents.
With that, we are looking for more volunteers to help in the kids’ area. If you or your children’s ministry team at church would be willing to help for a session, please contact the camp office.
7. Lodging: Bring your own RV
camper, tent or stay in our dorms!
If you’re bringing a camper or tent, we expect the campground to fill up. Therefore, we are having you sign-up online for
“First Come, First Serve” camping spots to save a site. The reservations do not assign you to any
specific site, but just 1 of our 51 sites.
If you register in time to get an RV Spot, the campground gate opens on
Saturday, Aug 23rd at 8am for campers to move-in ahead of
time. Please do not arrive earlier than that.
Last year we were able to utilize the fairgrounds and Charley Brown. If you’re
willing to camp in those locations, there will be a place to select those on
the registration form as well.
Thank you for sharing and inviting your congregation to Family Camp! Be sure to watch our website for more information as we approach the event!
Link to learn more about Matt, Ryan & Creation Truth Foundation