I want to register my camper!
CLICK HERE: Registration Form
DOWNLOAD, FILL OUT, AND RETURN: Activity Waiver and Permission to Treat for Participants
(This form must be completed and turned in before your camper is considered officially registered for camp. You are welcome to e-mail the form to: [email protected].)
REGISTRATION IS DUE APRIL 15.
WANT TO VOLUNTEER? We would love to have you join us! Fill out the form below and download the background check. Every volunteer that is in contact with children must pass a background check. You can turn the form in to the church office.
CLICK HERE: Volunteer Registration Form
VOLUNTEERS – DOWNLOAD, FILL OUT, AND RETURN: Background Investigation Disclosure and Authorization Forms (1)
Cost for Camp:
(you can pay with cash or check made payable to: First Christian Church):
$140/camper (completed 2nd-3rd grades) This group stays overnight for 2 nights.
$300/camper (completed 4th-12th Grades) This group stays overnight for 4 nights and has an offsite fun activity and service project.
NOTE: A $25 deposit is due at the time of registration. Final payment is due Sunday, June 9. Campers are encouraged to participate in Camp Fundraisers to help reduce costs. A final “amount due” will be given to all registered campers on June 6.
We are excited to launch our own Summer Camp in 2024. In the past, we have typically participated with our Regional Church Camp but in recent years, we have been dreaming of putting together a camp that is unique to our students and one that would offer a chance to build strong relationships, do service projects in our area and give them an opportunity to invite friends. Here’s a little Q&A to help everyone understand the plan!
WHEN: Camp for 2nd-3rd graders (completed) will be July 8-10 and camp for 4th-12th (completed) will be July 8-12. All of our campers will be at the same campsite, we have just designed it so our youngest campers are only staying two nights so they can “get their feet wet” without being away from home for a full week.
WHERE: We will stay in the modern cabins at Central Oklahoma Camp and Conference Center. This camp is located on the southern edge of Guthrie and is one that some of our older campers will be familiar with from previous camps.
WHAT TO EXPECT: We will have adults staying with campers throughout the week. At Camp, we will have opportunities for Small Group time, meals, and fun activities — including swimming, fishing, canoes, paddleboats, indoor recreation, and cookouts. Our 4th-12th graders will also have an opportunity to do the ropes courses, participate in offsite service projects, and have a fun evening out at an event center and restaurant.
FUNDRAISING: Students will have multiple opportunities to earn money to help offset the cost. On March 3, we will have a spaghetti dinner with proceeds benefitting those who help shop, set up, cook, serve, and clean up. In May and June, junior high and high school students can volunteer at the Kiwanis Baseball Park concession stand and earn money per shift toward their camp fees. We have also been gifted boxes of Pokemon cards that will be sold at a Pokemon trading card event at the church. Students can help with those events to earn money. Dates will be coming soon for this.
CURRICULUM: We will be doing a curriculum similar to our Sunday morning and youth curriculum with some added fun. The title of the curriculum is: “On The Case!”
I HAVE ATHLETIC PRACTICE OR A JOB AND NEED TO LEAVE CAMP OCCASIONALLY: We understand that for some Junior High and High School students, school sports practices begin in July. If your student has an athletic practice they need to attend, they can leave for practice as long as the specific days/times are turned in before camp and your student has transportation to and from practice. If your student has a job and needs to leave for work, they will also be allowed to leave for work purposes so long as the days/hours are turned in ahead of camp. If your student drives, you will need to fill out a permission slip for them to leave camp and drive themselves to either of these activities.
SIGN-UP DATE: April 1 is the deadline to reserve a spot. The initial deposit is $25/student. The remainder will be due by May 31. We will not be able to take late sign-ups due to deadlines to reserve space at Camp.
WHO CAN I INVITE?: Students are welcome to invite friends who are within the age ranges of the camp they are attending. Friends will need to adhere to the deadlines for sign-up as well.
VOLUNTEERS: We will need a multitude of adult volunteers to make this successful. Following the April 1 deadline, we will have a better idea of how many we will need. There will be opportunities for small group leaders, meal prep, meal delivery, meal sponsorship, service project adult helpers, outdoor and indoor activity helpers, and overnight volunteers to stay with students in cabins and drivers for off-site activities. Adult volunteers are not expected to be there every day and there will be opportunities to work a few hours or help a couple of days; any amount of hours would be helpful!
GOALS: For this camp to be successful we need a minimum of seven students in each age group (2nd and 3rd graders, 4th-6th graders, 7th-12th graders). If we are unable to obtain those numbers in a specific group we will not be able to host that age group this year. As always, Regional camp opportunities are available as well for each age group.
PRAYER: Please commit to praying for this new adventure as we embrace something new and different. Pray for those who are planning, those who will come, and for our volunteers!