What one word is guaranteed to make an entire room of RED Students start cheering? Camp!
RED Summer Camp is by far the greatest event that happens for our young people each year at Mars Hill. Here are five great things that they are guaranteed to experience at camp:
1. Great news
If you were to ask me my favorite things about summer camp, taking first place—like Usain Bolt in a fun run—is the way Jesus radically alters the trajectory of young people’s lives when they hear the great news of what he has done for them. Camp is about getting away from the norm for a few days to seek the face of God so we may be fueled for the mission of God. It’s a gospel injection. And when the gospel is proclaimed, the gospel happens and nothing comes close to that!
2. Great times
Both of our camp locations are set up for students to have a ridiculous amount of fun. Our junior high students are heading to the largest indoor waterpark in the Northwest complete with waterslides, a wave pool, glow-in-the-dark mini golf, plus a huge special surprise planned for you on the last day of camp (more details to come about that!).
Our high school students will be back at Washington Family Ranch in Oregon, which boasts a massive pool and lakefront complete with the blob, the biggest zip line you’ve ever seen, and an 88,000 square foot sports center offering basketball, volleyball, dodgeball, octaball, ping pong, billiards, climbing walls, a skate park, go-karts, and ‘The Screamer.’
3. Great friendships
RED Summer Camp is the best time to strengthen friendships and to make new ones. God has designed us in such a way that we are only truly healthy when we do life in community—and one of the most important ingredients to walking well through the junior high/high school years is being surrounded by great friends who will point you in the right direction.
4. Great worship
There are few things better than the sound of hundreds and hundreds of young men and women loving Jesus at the top of their lungs. We have some amazing bands joining us for camp, including our very own high-energy indie rock band, Citizens.
5. Great memories
As I’ve talked with many of our student leaders and think back to my own teenage years, some of the very best memories and defining moments in our journeys with Jesus happened at Summer Camp. I have memories of laughing hysterically, making a little bit of mischief, and meeting plenty of new friends. But best of all, I remember powerful encounters with Jesus through his word that changed my life.
So be sure to register yourself, and a friend or two, for RED Summer Camp this year! Or, alternatively, we would love to invite you to sponsor a student to camp who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend.
High school details
Date: August 26–29, 2014
Who: Students going into 9th–12th grade over the summer, as well as graduating seniors
Cost: $349 (early bird rate for first 100 students to sign up!)
Campsite: Washington Family Ranch—Canyon (Antelope, OR)
Register Here: www.marshill.com/summercamp
Junior high details
Date: August 4–6, 2014
Who: Students going into 6th–8th grade over the summer.
Cost: $299 (earlybird rate for first 50 students to sign up!)
Place: Great Wolf Lodge (Grand Mound, WA)
