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      • Young Elementary Camps >
        • ParentChild Overnight Camp
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        • Elementary Resident Camps
        • Elementary Adventure Explorers
        • Elementary 3-Day Sampler Camp
        • Elementary Day Camps
        • Traveling Day Camps
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        • Middle School Adventures >
          • Middle School Adventure Canoe Cave Climb
          • Middle School Adventure 1 Rock Climbing WWRafting
          • Middle School Adventure Canoeing Horseback
          • Middle School Adventure WWRafting Tubing
          • Middle School Adventure Biking Canoeing
          • Middle School Adventure Canoeing WWRafting
          • Middle School Adventure Caving Climbing
          • Middle School Adv 6 Biking Canoe Tubing
          • Middle School Adv 6 Indoor-Outdoor Climbing
          • Middle School Adventure WWRafting Horseback
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          • POTP Middle School Adventure 2
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          • Middle School Day Camps
        • River Adventures for Middle Schoolers >
          • James River Trip
          • Kayaking Adv for Middle School
          • New River Trip
          • Paddlesports Adv for Middle School
          • Stand Up Paddleboarding for Middle School
        • Skills Camps for Middle Schoolers >
          • Digital Arts Week
          • Skateboarding Week
        • Trips for Middle Schoolers >
          • Backpacking MS
          • Brethren United Mountain Adventure Trip MS
          • James River Canoe
          • Mountains to Beach to Bay MS
          • New River Canoe
      • Trips and Skills Camps >
        • Backpacking Trip
        • Brethren United Mountain Adventure Trip
        • Digital Arts Camp
        • James River Canoe Trip
        • Kayaking Adventure
        • New River Canoe Trip
        • Mountains to Beach to Bay Trip
        • Paddlesports Adventure
        • Skateboarding Camp
        • Stand Up Paddleboarding Adventure
      • High School Camps >
        • High School Adventures >
          • High School Adventure 2 Canoe Caving Climbing
          • High School Adventure WWRafting Tubing
          • High School Adventure 4 Caving Climbing WWRafting
          • High School Adventure 6 Biking Canoe Tubing
          • High School Adventure 7 WWRafting Horseback
          • High School Adventure 7 Biking WWRafting
          • High School Moonrise Adventure
          • High School Resident Camp
          • POTP High School Adventure 2
          • RAP
        • River Adventures for High Schoolers >
          • New River HS
        • Skills Camps for High Schoolers >
          • Digital Arts Week HS
          • Skateboarding Week HS
        • Trips for High Schoolers >
          • Backpacking Trip HS
          • Brethren United Mountain Adventure Trip HS
          • Mountains to Beach to Bay HS
          • New River Canoe HS
    • Camps by Date
    • Family Fun Programs >
      • Parent-Child Overnight
      • Family Fun Tuesdays
      • Lil' Otters Family Paddleboarding
      • Lil' Otters Family River Trips
    • Day Camps at Churches
    • packets
    • ParentInfo >
      • Parent Information
      • Financial Assistance
      • request brochure
    • Pay for Camp
    • photos
    • Summer Staff >
      • Summer Staff Information
      • Counselors >
        • Senior Counselors
        • Adventure Counselors
        • Junior Counselors
        • Counselors in Training
      • Coordinators >
        • Assistant Program Coordinator
        • Health Coordinator
        • Pool Coordinator
        • High Ropes Coordinator
        • Day Camp Coordinator
        • Crafts Coordinator
        • Trips Coordinator
        • Music Coordinator
        • Spiritual Life Coordinator
      • Kitchen & Grounds >
        • Kitchen Staff
        • Grounds Crew
      • Why Work At Camp
    • Virlina Churches Good-As-Gold
  • Groups
    • Facility Rental
    • Food Services
    • Band Camps
    • inquiry
  • Events
    • Feb 22 Virginia Adventure Education Conference
    • Feb 23-24 Wilderness First Aid
    • April 12-13 Sounds of the Mountains Festival
    • Spring ACA Courses
    • June-July Summer Camps
    • Aug 21 Golf Tournament
    • Aug 24 Camp Bethel PEP 5K Run >
      • 5K Sponsor
    • Oct 5 Heritage Day
  • Outdoor Ed
    • Feb 22 2019 VA Adventure Education Conference
    • Feb 23-24, 2019 Wilderness First Aid
    • ACA Courses >
      • ACA Kayak Instructor Course May 10-12
      • ACA Canoe Instructor Course May 18-22
      • ACA Trip Leader Course May 25-26
      • ACA Paddlesports Safety Facilitator June 1-2
    • KinderCritters
    • Your Outdoor Classroom
    • Everest Panorama Trekking
    • River Otters Paddle Sports
  • Connect
    • Contact Us
    • donate
    • News >
      • Subscribe to E-News >
        • Subscribe
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      • ReinDog
      • by the numbers
      • Spring Pond Otter
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Together: with God, with each other, with Creation.

Building RELATIONSHIPS is WHY we do what we do: with God, with each other, and with creation.
 
When we live TOGETHER  in intentional Christian community, even for only one week, we gain person-to-person relationship skills to benefit our families, schools, churches, communities, nation, and world.
 
We try to be living examples of Jesus’ ministry of life, hope, and unconditional love. Likewise, your camper will enjoy their week with excellent counselors and with campers who have different backgrounds, gifts, and abilities.
 
Our Mission: Camp Bethel is the outdoor ministry of the Virlina District Church of the Brethren that exists to foster and build relationships with God, with each other, and with all of God's creation, TOGETHER.  We live this ministry through our summer camps, our services, and availability of our facilities to people of all denominations and backgrounds.
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Our Site and Property: Camp Bethel is 470 sacred acres of forests, fields, ponds, streams and hills in Botetourt County.  Our property connects to the vast Jefferson National Forest and a 3-mile trail-hike up through Horseshoe Bend to the Appalachian Trail.  Camp Bethel programs began at this location in 1927.  Camp Bethel is open all year for conferences, retreats, festivals, school groups, outdoor education, and other family, church and community events.  Our facilities are a mix of modern rustic-elegant cottages, lodges, meeting rooms and event spaces.  Supportive congregations, loving guests, faithful families and campers, exceptional food services, a Biblically-based program philosophy, excellent staff, and hundreds of devoted volunteers have established Camp Bethel as the region’s best camp.

Our Summer Camps: We welcome the participation of children and youth of all faiths, traditions, races, and nationalities.  We believe Jesus’ message of life, hope, love and unconditional acceptance.  Likewise, your camper (and her/his cabin mate) should expect to share their camp group with other children who have different backgrounds, gifts and abilities.  Jesus said, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for the Kingdom belongs to such as these.” (Matt 19:14)
In small groups of 10-12 campers and 2-4 counselors (cabins separated by gender), campers play and learn together in an intentional Christian community as the Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12). Trained counselors lead hundreds of active, fun, educational activities. Through these experiences, with Jesus as our hope, campers come to understand that their relationships with each other and all creation are precious to God and worthy of our active care.
Our campers reside in rustic-comfortable and modern cabins, each with bunk-beds, air-conditioners, electric lights, and close access to bathrooms and showers. Our camp is a safe, special place, and your children and teenagers will be “happy campers!”
 
Quality and Safety: We voluntarily follow 300 health, safety and program quality standards covering every facet of our operation: site and food services; transportation; health and wellness; human resources and staffing; program design and activities; aquatics; adventures and trips.  Camp Bethel is committed to providing a safe, nurturing camp community; caring, professional counselors and staff; developmentally appropriate experiences; opportunities for service, leadership and personal growth; experiential education; and opportunities for discovery.  Our policies and practices create a conducive environment for child and youth development.  We strive for excellence in all we do, and we invest in accreditation because you deserve our best.  We are proud of 92 years of excellence at Camp Bethel!   
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The Virlina District is one of twenty-four districts of the Church of the Brethren denomination and encompasses 93 congregations, fellowships and meeting points with 10,346 members located in Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina (hence, "Vir-lina").   The members of these Virlina District congregations own and operate Camp Bethel TOGETHER by electing a volunteer District Board and Outdoor Ministries Committee, through their volunteerism in service and work, and their gifts and tithes.

The Church of the Brethren is a denomination of 112,656 members in 1,026 congregations, fellowships and projects throughout the United States.  The Church of the Brethren is a Christian church similar to other mainstream Protestant groups such as Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians.  Brethren are noted for an emphasis on peacemaking, reconciliation and service.  We base our beliefs on Jesus’ life and teachings and the New Testament.  Jesus saved the world by serving its people, so we seek to do the same.  Our other distinctions include our peace position (Matthew 5:44) (shared with Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, and Moravians), emphasis on simple living (Romans 12:2) and Christian service (Luke 22:27), feet-washing during Communion worship service (John 13), and baptism by choice (Acts 2:37-39).  The name “Church of the Brethren” was chosen in 1908 to emphasize a sense of family and community.  The Church of the Brethren views all people as children of God.   Related denominations, formed through mission work, are found in Nigeria, India and other nations.  Brethren began in Germany in 1708 as a movement advocating adult profession of faith and baptism by immersion, separation of church and state, and an earnest desire to live out the teachings and example of Jesus Christ. 
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WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING:
Thank you so much for giving our kids another amazing year at Camp Bethel. The storms during the week never had us concerned, because we trusted how you would handle it. Thank you for keeping them safe. The counselors were fun and friendly and fabulous! We're not sure if it happens in the screening and hiring process or in the training, but we are so impressed with ALL of your counselors! It's a great feeling to see our kids in the care of people worth emulating-smart, fun, patient, talented, ambitious, and most-importantly GOD loving and following! 
Thank You!  Sincerely, 
John and Julia Bouldin

CONTACT US  540.992.2940
CampBethelOffice@gmail.com
328 Bethel Road, Fincastle, VA 24090

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