Upcoming Camp Events
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Judson Collins Center
You deserve to relax and be spoiled on the shores of Wampler Lake in Southeast Michigan’s beautiful Irish Hills. Enjoy an entire weekend of crafts just in time for holiday gift giving, delicious food you don’t have to cook, and refreshing worship for your soul. Bring your own projects and/or enjoy any of our optional craft projects. Everyone welcome.
Scheduled craft workshops:
- Peace Pole Painting ($25 – two time blocks)
We’ll have examples and inspiration for you to paint your own 36-inch Peace Pole.
Instruction and supplies included. - Christmas Wreaths ($15 – one time block)
Festive decorations bring joy to your home and those who visit. Make this fun holiday wreath for yourself or a gift.
The cost is $125 per person. Registration deadline is October 28th.
Check in: 7 pm Check out: 10 am
You deserve to relax and be spoiled on the shores of Wampler Lake in Southeast Michigan’s beautiful Irish Hills. Enjoy an entire day of crafts just in time for holiday gift giving, delicious food you don’t have to cook, and refreshing worship for your soul. Bring your own projects and/or enjoy any of our optional craft projects. Everyone welcome.
Scheduled craft workshops:
- Peace Pole Painting ($25 – two time blocks)
We’ll have examples and inspiration for you to paint your own 36-inch Peace Pole.
Instruction and supplies included. - Christmas Wreaths ($15 – one time block)
Festive decorations bring joy to your home and those who visit. Make this fun holiday wreath for yourself or a gift.
The cost is $75 per person. Registration deadline is October 28th.
Check in, 9 am; checkout 9 pm.
This is the registration for adults for the Snow Zone event. Registration for adults is free, but required.
One adult required for each gender for housing purposes, max 8 guests per room.
Registration deadline is January 6th.
Check-in 10 am; checkout 10 am.
You don’t have to wait for summer to have fun at Judson Collins! Snow Zone at Judson Collins puts a winter twist on camp: with tubing, a snow sculpture contest, a live worship band and great speakers to lift you up for the new year, plus your favorite camp games, a hot cocoa bar and extreme snow cones! Come with your youth group or on your own.
$135/person individual (we provide chaperones), or $115/person for groups of five or more (adult chaperones required and FREE). 1 adult required for each gender for housing purposes, max 8 guests per room.
Registration deadline is January 6th.
Check-in 10 am; checkout 10 am.
Praise music, engaging speakers, hands-on workshops, and camp fun add another dynamic level to your confirmation program.
$20 per student includes lunch and day programming. Make it a one-night retreat for an additional $30 per person per night (adult chaperones are required and FREE). One adult is required for each gender for housing purposes, with a maximum of eight guests per room.
The event runs from 9 am to 5 pm.
Lake Huron Retreat Center
This is a weekend retreat designed for adults with special needs. Come and enjoy crafts, music, Bible stories, worship and much more! A nurse and experienced counselors will be here to care for guests. Cost is $170 per person and includes two nights of lodging, four meals, snacks and craft supplies.
Check in: 4 pm Check out: 11 am
Adults with mental and/or physical challenges enjoy crafts, outdoor recreation, swimming, music, drama, and Bible study. Interested campers should contact Site Director Ann Emerson at 810-327-6272 to determine availability at the camp.
Adults with mental and/or physical challenges enjoy crafts, outdoor recreation, swimming, music, drama, and Bible study. Interested campers should contact Site Director Ann Emerson at 810-327-6272 to determine availability at the camp.
A retreat for seniors to come to the lakeshore for Bible study, music, campfires, outdoor recreation, and relaxation along the waterfront.
An overnight retreat for all adults who love music! Arrive Friday evening and jump right into rehearsals and fellowship. Rehearsals continue throughout Saturday, with a break in the afternoon for enjoying the local sights in the Blue Water area. The weekend concludes with a special concert in Poole Chapel for the local community. Retreat fees include a full set of sheet music that covers the liturgical year for each participant. This is open to individuals, as well as choral groups from local churches.
Lake Michigan
Beautiful, wooded sites just on the other side of the dune from Lake Michigan.
Season: May 1 – Oct 15. Please call for post-season sites without hook ups. Now taking reservations for 2019!
Max RV size: 35ft. Most sites are for RVs under 30ft.
Platform canvas tents & cabins: Available by reservation
- Our campground is open to the public and offers a positive Christian camping experience for individuals, families, groups and churches.
- Reservations are strongly encouraged, though walk-ins are possible, especially weekdays.
- Pavilion with kitchen facilities attached is available for group use.
- Large gathering area with seating for campfires and worship services.
- Restrooms and shower facilities convenient to campsites.
- Bikes and kayaks available to registered campers.
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Individual Reservations: email campgroundregistrations@umcamping.org or call 989-272-1116.
Group Reservations: Lake Michigan Camp & Retreat Office, 231-869-5627 or lakemichigancampdirector@umcamping.org.
Tour the winter wonderland of Lake Michigan during an relaxed President’s Day weekend. Make new friends and renew friendships of the past during this weekend full of wild winter games, crafts, snow tubing or ice hockey, a service project, snow painting, dig deeper in the Bible, and late nights around the fireplace drinking hot cocoa.
Deans: Becky Burton and Joel Hamstra
Questions? Call Lake Michigan Camp & Retreat, 231-869-5317 or email lakemichigancampdirector@umcamping.org
Check-in 7 pm; checkout noon.
Lakeview Camp
Camping Season: May 1 to October 15. Now taking reservations for 2019.
Everyone is welcome at Lakeview Family Camp. We are a secluded campground on a beautiful inland lake in Montcalm County. It’s an easy drive from Grand Rapids, Mt. Pleasant, and Big Rapids, Michigan.
Our peaceful campground welcomes families and friends to renew, refocus, and reconnect in Christian fellowship surrounded by natural beauty.
We offer family and group grassy camping sites for RVs, trailers, and tents with electric, water, and more (including some 50 amp sites). We have also six cabins available.
Activities are offered most weekends, with extra special fun planned near holidays.
Reservations:
Office: 989-352-6896
lakeviewfamilycampdirector@umcamping.org
Wesley Woods
Explore the camp, enjoy a relaxing fall weekend, and have some family fun November 1-3! Enjoy go karts, archery, canoeing, kayaking, playground, inside/outside games, campfires, and crafts! You are also welcome to bring your own games to share (of course some activities are weather dependent). Sunday morning, we will attend a local United Methodist Church for worship.
Come and spend a leisure weekend using our Retreat Center, share delicious meals prepared for you and your family, all while under the November skies at Wesley Woods. Our schedule is flexible, so you can check out local attractions, shopping centers, or just spend quiet time as a family at camp. Check-in is from 6-8 pm on Friday, and check-out is Sunday by noon. Cost includes lodging and four meals: $110 per adult (13 and over), $65 per child (3-11). Registration deadline is Monday, October 28.
Come have a blast in the snow, play lots of games, make new friends and reconnect with old ones, and get in some great worship. Bring your youth group or come on your own. The more friends, the more fun! For more information, contact the camp at 269-721-8291.
Check in: 6 pm Check out: 12 pm
Winter Blast is the best way to beat the winter blahs! Crazy fun with night tubing behind the pool house, broomball on the lake, awesome times in chapel together, and so much more! For more information, contact the camp at 269-721-8291.
Check in: 6 pm Check out: 12 pm
Who says camp is just for summer? You’ll love the fun found at Winter and find new ways to connect with God and friends! For more information, contact the camp at 269-721-8291.
Check in: 6 pm Check out: 12 pm