July 6-11, 2025
$225 per camper - subsidies available
Program Director: Kate Berringer
What can you expect?
Camp Harding is a beautiful location in Cypress Hills Provincial Park. The camp has four bunk houses, three staff cabins, a washroom and shower facility and a kitchen and dining hall. The camp has running, potable water and electricity. We also have a large fire pit and outdoor chapel.
The goal with our youth camps is to create a transformative and fun experience that will keep them coming back for more. Lessons during the junior camp this year will focus on the parables of lost sheep and coins as well as the kingdom parables – leaven, pearl, mustard seed, treasure in the field. Lessons are either based on art, science, games, or drama. We will also be looking at the parable of the Great banquet for a final kingdom celebration feast on the last evening.
A typical day at our junior camp begins with wake up, breakfast (help with setting table and dishes), the lesson for the day, free time for about an hour and then lunch. During free time, they can play basketball, ping pong, badminton, soccer, spike ball, do crafts, play board games, or read. After lunch, we do an afternoon activity (swimming at the pool, horseback riding, wall climbing, beach visit, hiking), then back to camp for about 1.5 hours of free time and an opportunity to buy snacks from our tuck shop. Then supper, an evening activity (survival skills, group games, park program, etc.), then worship, a campfire program, back to cabins for devotional time and lights out.
We have themed graces, dress up themes for suppers, and we will be implementing a "fruit of the spirit" challenge this year. During the week of camp, anyone can nominate a camper who shows a "fruit" of the spirit (peace, kindness, self control, etc.) to be acknowledged at supper each night. This is a fun way to encourage those traits in our campers.
We look forward to having your kids for a week of fun and faith!
