Wayside Friends Church, North Valley Friends Church, Cascade Church, and Pearl Church are teaming up this summer to offer a Jesus-centered camping experience for 6th-12th grade students. One of our primary purposes will be to create and foster a safe, trusting, and caring (aka: Christlike) community that brings to life the fruit of Jesus’ Spirit.

Every camper, counselor, teacher, and director at Fireside and The Woods will be affirmed as a child of God regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.

  • Monday-Thursday | July 7th-10th 2025
    Camp begins at 11:30am on Monday, July 7th — lunch provided — at Suttle Lake Camp [29551 Suttle Lake Road, Sisters, OR 97759] and concludes at noon on Thursday, July 10th. Medications will be collected by the camp nurse from students before departure to camp.

  • The cost of summer youth camp is $375 per camper, this includes a $50 deposit. $20 additional for those who need transportation.

    Registration Deadline for camp: Sunday, June 2nd. If you register after June 2nd, your camp cost will be $390.

    In the memo line, “camp” + your camper name(s). Each student will need to have a fully paid balance when dropping off Monday, July 7th.

    STEP ONE
    Register your camper(s).

    STEP TWO
    Pay for your camper(s)

  • TBD

  • All students have been registered for transportation automatically. There is a $20 roundtrip fee to ride the bus, due before departure. Transportation to and from camp will be leaving from North Valley Friends Church (4020 N College, Newberg, OR 97132) at 8:30am on July 7th. Students will return from camp at 3:30pm on July 10th, again meeting at North Valley.

    If your student/s do NOT need transportation from Newberg please email Rachelle [Wayside + North Valley] or Sarah [Cascade] or Kylie [Pearl] to remove them from the list.

    Families are welcome to choose to send their campers to camp via church provided transportation, or to drive their campers to camp themselves and enjoy the afternoon/morning in Sisters or Bend.

WHICH CAMP WILL MY CAMPER(S) ATTEND?

FIRESIDE

A camp for students entering 6th through 8th grade in the Fall of 2025.

THE WOODS

A camp for students who completed 8th through 12th grades in the Spring of 2025.

CAMP LEADERSHIP + EMERGENCY CONTACTS

PACKING LISTS

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    Things To Pack

    Clothes for moving, jumping, crawling, sweating, and climbing

    Warm + dark clothes for night games

    Swimsuit

    Tennis Shoes + Sandals

    Ridiculous/Silly dress-up clothes for Lip Sync Battle

    2 Towels | one for swimming, one for showering

    Toiletries | shampoo, soap, face wash, toothbrush, toothpaste, tampons/pads, deodorant, etc.

    Sunscreen

    Water Bottle

    Small backpack

    Flashlight

    Sleeping bag + Pillow

    Bible + Journal + Pen

    Medications

    Cabin decorations | not required but daily cabins will be decorating for points

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    Things To Leave At Home

    • Electronics | Cell phones [can be turned-in at camp arrival], tablets, portable gaming/entertainment systems, anything with wifi, etc. While these devices are awesome and useful and we use them in our daily life, camp is not our daily life! It’s meant to be a break from the norm. So, please unplug, take a sabbath, and enjoy the beauty of the outdoors, friends, and silence!

    • Anything that would be considered a weapon, including pocket knives.

    • Any kind of tobacco, alcohol, or drugs not prescribed by your doctor.

    • Fireworks, candles, lighters or anything that would present a fire hazard at camp.