Summer Camp 2012 Information is Here!!!!!!!
Since summer camp ended last year, you’ve been holding your breath wondering when our offerings for 2012 will be available, haven’t you? We know you too well 
Head over to our summer camp page and check out our offerings for 2012 – REGISTRATION IS LIVE! Just in time for Christmas! If you’re dying to see your summer camp friends before then, nothing would be easier than heading over to the Winter Reunion page and getting registered!
If you’re on this website, you know that nothing compares to the Christian summer camp experience. You may or may not know that Vanderkamp is working to revolutionize how that looks. Sadly, many Christian camps have suffered from decreasing enrollment in the last decade or so. At Vanderkamp, we think that most that comes from a lack of perspective on what exactly Christian camping is. I’d like to give you a brief glimpse into what we are, and what we aren’t.
We aren’t interested in comparing our collection of stuff with any other camp’s collection of stuff. We have a number of amazing program offerings, and the fun to be had here is plentiful…but the point goes so much deeper than that. We believe Christian camps lose touch with who they are when they try to assert themselves as having the most stuff, or the glitziest this, or the most glamorous that. For us, it’s all about relationships, learning to love yourself, and following your own individual faith journey as you become closer with God. It sounds simple, but if you’ve looked into any of our essays on the Vanderkamp Method, you know we take that job extremely seriously and have thought about it a great deal.
A week at a Christian summer camp involves twice as many hours of Christian community as a year of Sunday school.
For those of you who have taken a language in school, I’m sure you know the difference between immersion in a culture that speaks a language and hearing a professor talk about the subjunctive and past perfect tenses. Vanderkamp is that unique Christian immersion experience. Children who come here as campers live in a community that focuses on helping people accept the Peace of Christ in their hearts for an entire week. That’s a whole week retreat from bullying or teasing. A whole week with young-adults showering them with love for exactly who they are. A whole week where what matters is who they are and who they can be, and not what they look like, how their math is, or how athletic they are.
Come here, or help your child come here, and see what a life changing experience looks like. Our dedication to taking children as partners in pursuit of Christ’s message is unparalleled. The love between the campers here and our staff is incredible. The friendships children leave with last a lifetime. Come here, and help us change the world. Sign up today and reserve your spot!
