Page: Camps And Retreats Youth Summer Camp
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Ready for a Spectacular Week at Summer Camp?
Each summer, over 3,000 junior high and high school students **Encounter Jesus, Experience Transformation, and Engage the World. **
Join Us for Summer Camp 2025
Summer Camp at Forest Home is designed to challenge, encourage, and engage junior high and high school students. Each activity during the week is purposefully planned to get them out of their normal routines and challenge them into something more significant, more adventurous, and more intentional!
Experience a Life-Changing Summer
We strive to keep the teaching relevant and Biblically based, providing campers with the opportunity to have deep discussions, prayer and quiet times.
Campers will enjoy living in community, making new friends, and creating memories that will give them confidence as they navigate the changes and challenges that middle school and high school brings.
Zip Line
Big Swing
Lake
Hiking
Milkshakes
Fellowship
Worship
Solo Time
Summer Camp in Action
What Does One Week of Camp Look Like?
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SUNDAY
Arrivals/Check-In
Dinner
Team Meetings
Gathering
Cabin Time/Debrief
Cabin Checks
Lights Out
MONDAY
Counselor Coffee/ Optional Worship
Breakfast
Gathering
Solo Time
Regroup
Competition
Lunch
Free Time
Dinner
Team Meetings
Gathering
Cabin Time
Cabin Checks
Lights Out
TUESDAY
Counselor Coffee/ Optional Worship
Breakfast
Gathering
Solo Time
Regroup
Competition
Lunch
Free Time
Dinner
Team Meetings
Gathering
Cabin Time
Cabin Checks
Lights Out
WEDNESDAY
Counselor Coffee/ Optional Worship
Breakfast
Competition
Regroup
Forest Center Takeover
Free Time
Dinner
Team Meetings
Gathering
Worship Experience
Cabin Time
Cabin Checks
Lights Out
THURSDAY
Counselor Chapel
Breakfast
Gathering
Solo Time
Regroup
Competition
Lunch
Free Time
Dinner
Church Debrief
Gathering
Cabin Time
Cabin Checks
Lights Out
FRIDAY
Cabin Move-Out
Breakfast
Gathering
Departure
SUNDAY
Arrivals/Check-In
Dinner
Team Meetings
Gathering
Cabin Time/Debrief
Cabin Checks
Lights Out
MONDAY
Counselor Coffee/ Optional Worship
Breakfast
Gathering
Solo Time
Regroup
Competition
Lunch
Free Time
Dinner
Team Meetings
Gathering
Cabin Time
Cabin Checks
Lights Out
TUESDAY
Counselor Coffee/ Optional Worship
Breakfast
Gathering
Solo Time
Regroup
Competition
Lunch
Free Time
Dinner
Team Meetings
Gathering
Cabin Time
Cabin Checks
Lights Out
WEDNESDAY
Counselor Coffee/ Optional Worship
Breakfast
Competition
Regroup
Forest Center Takeover
Free Time
Dinner
Team Meetings
Gathering
Worship Experience
Cabin Time
Cabin Checks
Lights Out
THURSDAY
Counselor Chapel
Breakfast
Gathering
Solo Time
Regroup
Competition
Lunch
Free Time
Dinner
Church Debrief
Gathering
Cabin Time
Cabin Checks
Lights Out
FRIDAY
Cabin Move-Out
Breakfast
Gathering
Departure
What Youth Pastors Say about Forest Home
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Camp Housing
Lakeview Cabins
Bunk bed housing with private bathrooms. Bed and bath linens not provided.
Lakeview Lodge
Bunk bed housing with jack and jill bathrooms with a sink located in each room. Bed and bath linens not provided.
Creekside Cabins
Bunk bed housing with private bathrooms. Bed and bath linens are not provided.
Creekside Loft
Mixture of single and bunk beds with private bathrooms, and access to communal lounge. Full linens provided.
What Our Campers Say about Us
Before camp, Jayden was really struggling. He would show up to youth group most nights high on drugs, with his sweatshirt hoodie over his head, and didn’t even seem to know where he was or what was going on. We were nervous about having him go to camp but felt God leading us to scholarship him (thanks for Forest Home) to see what God wanted to do in his life. About half way through camp, Jayden’s leaders caught him using marijuana and had to confront Jayden. Before this conversation, it seemed nothing was going to break through Jayden’s hardened heart, but everything changed during that next conversation. Jayden finally admitted that he brought drugs to camp and they were getting in the way and he chose to surrender his life back to God. During our baptism celebration, one of Jayden’s friends got baptized and afterwards, Jayden ran into the water to give his friend a huge hug. I haven’t seen Jayden smile like that in forever. The best part of all is that Jayden has come back from camp a changed young man. He shows up every week to youth group with a smile and an excitement to grow his relationship with Jesus. His friends are holding him accountable and he’s drug free and pursuing Jesus. Everything changed at camp for Jayden!
Eric High School Pastor
Silvia is a mom in our ministry and she brings a van full of her daughters' high school teammates/friends who do not attend church to our youth group every single Wednesday night. These kids are inner-city urban students who often spend their days after school and in the summer at Silvia's house because their own homes are broken or unsafe. Silvia had it on her heart to bring all of these kids to summer camp, so we called this project "Silvia's 10.” With the help of Forest Home giving us a huge scholarship for inner city kids, along with Silvia raising money, and Purpose Church providing them scholarships, we were able to bring 8 students to summer camp (the other 2 were not available that week) who have never been to a camp before, nor the mountains. They all had an incredible time, and one student named Bladi got baptized in the lake at camp! This was all made possible with the financial help of Forest Home!
Haley Sophomore Girls Life Group Leader
Josie is one of our 11th grade girls from the inner city, urban area of our church. She's been involved in our high school ministry since she was a freshmen, but struggled to connect with God as well as her fellow students. However, at Forest Home, we saw Josie's heart soften as she had opportunities to get away from her normal routine and make room to hear God's voice. The night of the worship experience, one of the other students in her Life Group offered to wash her feet. Josie saw that as an act of deep service and love, and made a decision to recommit her life to Jesus and get baptized in the Forest Home lake. Josie has continued seeking God in her faith journey, and we are excited to keep watching the Lord grow her!
Claire Associate High School Pastor
During one of the games, our team was getting destroyed and Lewis (junior high student) was pretty sad because he had gone last for us in the relay race so he felt like it was his fault we lost. He was super down and extremely bummed but 5 of the 8th grade boys had walked over to him afterwards and cheered him on, told him he did a great job, and they just hung out with him for a good while afterwards and he just had the biggest smile ever after all that. They loved on him and just offered him some words of encouragement. It was really cool to see.
Andrew Junior High Guys Life Group Leader
After we did the worship stations, all of my girls that I had with me wrote a "but God" testimony and three of them shared with the group when we got back to the cabin. They had been disrespectful to me and the other leader and to each other the whole week—and then everything changed. During cabin time, the girls started being vulnerable and sharing their “but God” stories. One girls talked about how she had been doubting her faith “but God” showed up at camp and transformed her mind. Another girl who has a hard family life and battles with insecurity shared how she was able to find her worth in Jesus. Lastly, a girl who begged to go home since the first hour at camp shared how she was influenced by the stories her group was sharing and decided that night she wanted to take God seriously and make Him a priority in her life. After that cabin time, the dynamic shifted. They had gained respect for each other!
Claire Junior High Girls Life Group Leader
