Summer Camp
Summer Camp is a sleep-away Christian Camping Program of Camp Deerpark for children ages 8-13 and teens ages 14-16. Summer Camp for children typically runs Sun-Fri for 5 consecutive weeks in July and August with children attending any number of weeks and returning home every weekend.
Parents and Potential Campers: Summer Camp Page | Program Info | FAQs
Staff Resources: Summer Staff Manual
Ministry Model
Summer Camp uses The Journey Map discipleship framework for our Camper-Staff Discipleship, and Staff Development Discipleship which is the core of our ministry. This framework uses the Belong > Become > Believe progression for human spiritual journey at all ages and stages for both individuals and groups.
A similar resource applying the Belong > Become > Believe progression to multi-ethnic children’s ministry: Katey Hage: Belong, Become, Believe: A New Model for Children’s Ministry Building toward a Holistic Vision of Discipleship and Diversity in Multi-Ethnic Children’s Ministry. Seattle Pacific University Digital Commons, January 1, 2018. https://digitalcommons.spu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=spseminary_etd
History
Summer Camp has happened in some form at Camp Deerpark every year since July 1969, two months after the camp was founded — with the exception of 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic. You can read about Summer Camp experiences in Chapter 2 “Children’s Camp” in the Forever God is Faithful history book available in paperback and online.