YOUTH CAMP is for students who completed grade 6-12 during the 2025-2026 school year.

Tuesday, June 16th - Saturday, June 20, 2026 | The most current, detailed schedule is always available Here.

• Access to YOUTH CAMP Main + Breakout Sessions

• Awesome Free-Time Activities + After Parties each Night

• 10 Quality Meals

  • Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

  • Saturday | Breakfast

• Serve Shirt for BIG Serve Day

• Lodging on High Quality Bunk Beds

Safety

The safety of our students is of the utmost importance. Student cooperation with Counselors and Serve Teams is imperative to help everyone be safe and have a great week. Any person not cooperating, creating an unsafe situation or participating in illegal activity, may be required to leave camp at their own expense.

Counselors

We will bringing leaders from our Crew team. These leaders will act as camp counselors and have been background checked.

MEALS

MEALS INCLUDED

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Saturday | Breakfast

MEAL SERVICE

All onsite meals are served in House Hall.

Serve Day Lunch will be packed and sent to your Serve Day site.

Please check the schedule and arrive on time to be sure your group does not miss a meal.

CONCESSIONS

The Snack Shack is open in the afternoon and during evening After Parties. The menu changes each time it is open and students can purchase items such as nachos, slices of pizza, milkshakes, etc. for a reasonable cost.

LODGING

Our rooms are clean and bright and our bunks are high-quality and very comfortable. Once all groups have their Rosters submitted, your group will be assigned to a specific dorm room for the duration of YOUTH CAMP. We will try our best to keep your group together or to at least have a few people from your group together in a room. Students are required to sleep in their own bunk by themselves and will need to bring their own pillow and bedding (sleeping bag or sheets and blanket).

Please place medications in a Ziploc bag along with an index card with the student’s name and list of all medications. All medications must be in the original container and will be checked in with the camp nurse who will administer them as prescribed.

Click Here for an itemized packing list.

What Not to Bring

We require students to leave their phones at home for this week so they can participate fully and connect with God without any distractions. In case of emergency, parents can contact their Youth Leader/Pastor who can connect them with their student.

We will be doing bag checks before leaving for camp to make sure no students bring phones or other items not allowed at camp.

OTHER ITEMS

This is not an exhaustive list of items not permitted at YOUTH CAMP. Anything illegal, unsafe or unbiblical is not allowed and may be grounds for a student being sent home at their own expense. All personal items are subject to be searched and items may be confiscated.

● Tobacco, marijuana or alcohol products of any kind.

● Gaming devices, laser pointers or drones.

● Knives or weapons of any kind.

● Skateboards

WHAT ARE COLOR WARS?

Color Wars are high-intensity team competitions that happen throughout your time at YOUTH CAMP. Each student will be placed on one of 4 teams. The teams compete during the week in various challenges in an effort to be crowned Color War Champions. You will receive your group's Color War assignment about 2 weeks before YOUTH CAMP and will want to communicate it to your students so they can pack clothes corresponding to their color to earn points for spirit.

WHAT ARE TRIBES?

Tribes are our small groups that are divided by gender. They meet during the morning sessions and are led by your counselors. A space will be provided for you by our team!

WHAT IS BIG SERVE DAY?

On the final full day of camp, students participate in a massive Serve Day in and around St. Louis and Jefferson County. Students are broken into groups and the groups are each assigned a different serve site. This is a great opportunity for students to put what God has done in their lives during the week into action. The day begins with a Serve Rally in the Auditorium after which you will drive your group to your serve site. A team of adult leaders will be there to lead the Serve Day with all needed supplies and lunch.

WHAT ARE AFTER PARTIES LIKE?

Snack Shack, Frozone, inflatables, dance parties, basketball, Go-Karts and a whole lot more!

WHAT SHOULD WE WEAR?

For daytime, please bring clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty! We encourage athletic attire that will keep everyone comfortable and cool. There will be lots of fun and physical activity. You can never go wrong with a t-shirt, shorts and sneakers. Crop tops, sports bras and shorts less than fingertip length are not appropriate and students will need to change. For evening sessions, you’ll want to shower and change into clean clothes. Many of our leaders wear casual attire you’d wear if you were going to church on the weekend or out with friends.

WILL WE HAVE ASSIGNED SEATS?

During evening sessions we will rotate groups through the preferred seating area so each group will have the opportunity to experience the camp from that location. On your group’s night, plan to arrive early to the session and be in your seats 10 minutes before it begins.