Summer Camp

Each summer the youth participate in the Santa Ana United Methodist District Summer Camps in July and August. There are three separate camps held at Camp Lazy W. for Elementary, Jr. High and Sr. High. Each camp has its own theme, such as the Junior High Camp “Legacy” and the Sr. High camp, “The In Between.” Each camp is an exciting program full of fun, education, and the Holy Spirit where youth experience God’s unconditional love.

Winter Camp

The youth participate each year in the Winter Retreat to Mammoth Mountain, which is held over the Martin Luther King Day Weekend in January. We stay in two condos, one for girls and one for boy, and enjoy two day’s of skiing or snowboarding. The youth are chaperoned by both adult skiers and non-skiers. We share in devotions on Saturday and Sunday night, as well as lots and lots of yummy food and fellowshipping. We promise a good time and fun in the snow!

Spring Camp

Family Camp is an exciting opportunity for families of the church to join together and share in games, crafts, fellowship, scripture, food, and fun. In the past the camp was held in January, but has been moved to a spring camp scheduled for April 21, 22, and 23 of 2006. Family camp is held at Camp Sky Meadows in Angelus Oaks, California .

Fall Camp

Youth Wayfarers is held each year in October at Camp Arbolado , The Fellowship of the Wayfarers program was created in 1965 by leaders of the First United Methodist Church of Orange, who saw a need for the gradual discovering of our Lord in people’s lives. They felt that within a camp atmosphere, people could have a chance to grow, learn, and discover some things about themselves and what it means to be a growing Christian and how to start the process, if they hadn’t already given it much thought. Goals of the program include:

  • To provide a time and place to seek out the Lord and establish a life-long relationship with Him.
  • To provide a time to be away from the hassles of everyday life and enjoy seeing and feeling God’s handiwork in nature, scriptures, and in the faces and voices of others.
  • To provide a time to focus on and make a personal commitment to God in an area of out life that we would like to explore and grow in during the next year.

The camp is not only a life changing experience, but a fantastic time for fellowship and fun!

Day Camps

The youth participate in several day camps, such as rock climbing, whitewater rafting, hiking, and more.

Please contact youth director Dana Churton for any questions. To sign up or to get on the youth mailing list, call 714-523-6363 ext.103, or email Dana.
 
 
 

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