Catalina, here we come

We're going to summer camp!

Our interest and participation in Forest Home Winter Camp has grown substantially in the last couple of years, and many of you have asked if we would be going back for the summer. Unfortunately, our group was too big for Forest Home to accomodate in the weeks they had openings. So in March we started looking for sites we could rent to do our own. The potential sites were few.

But - amazingly - Campus by the Sea, which is owned by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and located on Catalina Island was available the weekend we wanted. And - amazingly - the boat company still had all the seats available that we will need. We booked both, and camp is on.

Camp will run Friday, August 10-Sunday, August 12 and include an afternoon in Avalon, followed by a short boat ride to the camp facility. Our church will program Friday night through Sunday morning, so we can tailor the message and theme to what we think our kids need.

The cost is $235 for the weekend - higher than winter camp, but the boat ride to and from the island was an extra expense. If you've been the beneficiary of a Christian camping experience, you know how profound a camp set in nature can be.

This will be a major event for our ministry. Our goals will be to bond kids to one another and to their adult leaders, who are our current small group leaders serving on the weekends.

Please consider sending your child - it'll be worth it!