step one | Register your camper(s) here
step two | pay for your camper(s) here

Wayside Friends Church, Cascade Church, Pearl Church, and North Valley Friends 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.

APPLY TO BE A COUNSELOR

volunteer staff/ counselor application

Fireside and The Woods are two camps run separately on the same grounds in Sisters, Oregon. The camp is directed by leadership from Wayside Friends Church, Cascade Church, Pearl Church, and North Valley Friends Church.

Staff orientation starts Sunday, July 5 with students arriving Monday, July 6 and camp concluding Thursday, July 9. 

  • Monday July 6th - Thursday, July 9th 2026
    Camp begins at 11:30am on Monday, July 6th — lunch provided — at Suttle Lake Camp [29551 Suttle Lake Road, Sisters, OR 97759] and concludes at noon on Thursday, July 9th.

    Medications will be collected by the camp nurse from students before departure to camp.

  • The cost of summer youth camp is $440 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 $455.

    Each student will need to have a fully paid balance when dropping off Monday, July 6th.

    STEP ONE
    Register your camper(s)

    STEP TWO
    Pay for your camper(s) - Be sure to add “Camp + Camper(s) Name” to the memo line!

  • 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 St, Newberg, OR 97132) at 8:30am on Monday, July 6th. Students will return from camp at 3:30pm on Thursday, July 9th, again meeting at North Valley.

    If your student/s do NOT need transportation from Newberg please email Rachelle [Wayside + Other Churches] or Sarah [Cascade] or Kylie [Pearl] or Steph [North Valley] 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.

  • 2026 camp theme is Game Show!

WHICH CAMP WILL MY CAMPER(S) ATTEND?

FIRESIDE

A camp for students entering 6th through 8th grade in the Fall of 2026.

THE WOODS

A camp for students who completed 8th through 12th grades in the Spring of 2026.

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: 1 for swimming, 1 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.