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Elementary Resident Camp (for rising 3rd-6th graders)
Sunday 4:00pm through Friday 6:30pm. Elementary Resident Camp is 6 days and 5 nights of fun, fellowship, and lots of adventure. You will lodge in a gender-separated cabin and spend each day with your co-ed family-unit of 8-10 campers and 2-4 counselors. You and your unit will plan your week’s activities including swimming, group games, crafts, nature lessons, creek-play, parachute games, archery, climbing wall, orienteering, camping skills, group challenge & initiatives course, GaGa Ball & 9-Square, Morning Watch, Bible study, dinner & dessert cookout, special evening programs, night activities, skit night, daily group duties, daily “Voice Your Choice” Unit activity, hiking the camp trails and a singing-hike to Horseshoe Bend, polar bear swims, hosting meals, and nightly worship around the campfire. Learn more about Why, How, and What we do during Summer Camps including a complete activities list. Resident Camp is a great week of fun and adventure; exploring your extraordinary faith journey TOGETHER! Be here for an awesome week! |
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Weeks/Dates Offered |
Week 1 (June 11-16) |
Week 2 (June 18-23) |
Week 3 (June 25-30) |
Week 4 (July 2-7) |
Week 5 (July 9-14) |
Week 6 (July 16-21) |
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Elementary Resident + Tubing Camp (for rising 3rd-6th graders)
Sunday 4:00pm through Friday 6:30pm. Same as above-listed Elementary Resident Camp with an additional River Tubing outing. River Tubing: It’s our best way to beat the summer heat! Your week includes a fun and relaxing morning of river tubing on the beautiful and historic James River, just 6 miles from Camp Bethel. Let the river do the work as we ride the gentle current through gorgeous scenery over riffles and mini-rapids while keeping cool splashing, swimming and playing. Get creative with your float style or team up with your counselors and new friends to build an ultimate tube-blob-flotilla! Tubes, PFDs and transport provided by our friends at Twin River Outfitters, with counselor leadership provided by Camp Bethel. Rated easy. |
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Weeks/Dates Offered |
Week 1 (June 11-16) |
Week 3 (June 25-30) |
Week 6 (July 16-21) |
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Elementary Resident + Equestrian Camp (for rising 3rd-6th graders) Sunday 4:00pm through Friday 6:30pm.
Same as above-listed Elementary Resident Camp with two additional Equestrian outings. Equestrian (English-style ring riding): Saddle up for two days of Equestrian skills and riding at Harmony Equestrian Center, just 4 miles from Camp Bethel! Tucked into these beautiful rolling hills, the fine professionals at Harmony will teach you how to ride and all the basics of horse husbandry. You will gain confidence and skills learning what ‘horse people’ know. This hands-on program for true horse enthusiasts covers horse safety, health and nutrition, grooming and use of equipment so you can tack up and mount for your daily lesson. Long pants and boots with heel required! Helmets, gear and professional leadership provided. Minimum weight 60 lbs. Rated easy-moderate. |
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Weeks/Dates Offered |
Week 2 (June 18-23) |
Week 4 (July 2-7) |
Week 6 (July 16-21) |
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Elementary Adventure Camp (for rising 3rd-6th graders, ages 8-12)
Sunday 4:00pm through Friday 6:30pm. Your week includes all the classic fun and activities of regular Resident Camp but with the added FUN of living in the Wilson Creek Adventure Village! Explorer Camps are for “tough” Elementary campers who are comfortable living out-of-doors and ready for the next level of camp adventure. You will truly live as a Christian body in a co-ed Unit of 8-10 campers with 2-4 counselors in one of our creek-side Adventure Villages in our vast and beautiful riparian forest. Each A.V. includes a boys’ hut, a girls’ hut (both with bunk beds, mattresses, & personal screening) and a dining shelter with a fire circle, all by the clean waters of Wilson Creek. Our platform huts have metal roofs and open ends for free air flow. You’ll eat most meals in the Ark, swim in the pool, attend all-camp events, and have access to all the amenities of the camp (including showers!). You and your unit will plan your week’s activities including group games, crafts, songs, Bible lessons, swimming, nature lessons and exploration, creek-play, hiking the camp trails, orienteering, parachute games, GaGa Ball, 9-Square & 4-Square, 3 delicious meals, archery, climbing wall, and more. Learn more about Why, How, and What we do during Summer Camps including a complete activities list. Super FUN for campers who don’t want to wait until Middle School for Adventure Village living! Be here for an awesome week! |
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Elementary Adventure + Tubing Camp (for rising 3rd-6th graders, ages 8-12) Sunday 4:00pm through Friday 6:30pm.
Same as above-listed Elementary Adventure Camp with an additional River Tubing outing. River Tubing: It’s our best way to beat the summer heat! Your week includes a fun and relaxing morning of river tubing on the beautiful and historic James River, just 6 miles from Camp Bethel. Let the river do the work as we ride the gentle current through gorgeous scenery over riffles and mini-rapids while keeping cool splashing, swimming and playing. Get creative with your float style or team up with your counselors and new friends to build an ultimate tube-blob-flotilla! Tubes, PFDs and transport provided by our friends at Twin River Outfitters, with counselor leadership provided by Camp Bethel. Rated easy. |
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Elementary 3-Day Sampler Camp (for rising 3rd-6th graders, ages 8-12)
Squeeze three excellent camp days into your busy summer! You’ll get a “heaping helping” of Resident camp-living and playing in the outdoors while building Christian friendships with counselors and cabin mates. You will lodge in a gender-separated cabin and spend each day with your co-ed family-unit of 8-10 campers and 2-4 counselors. You and your unit will plan your activities including swimming, group games, crafts, nature lessons, creek-play, parachute games, archery, climbing wall, orienteering, group challenge & initiatives course, GaGa Ball & 9-Square, Morning Watch, Bible study, special evening programs, night activities, skit night, daily group duties, hiking the camp trails, a polar bear swim, hosting meals, and nightly worship around the campfire. Amazing what we can fit into 3 days! |
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Weeks/Dates Offered |
Week 1 B (June 22-23) |
Week 4 B (July 5-7) |
Week 6 A (July 16-18) |
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Elementary Day Camp (for rising 3rd-6th graders, ages 8-12)
Monday through Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm. Daily check-in is from 8:30-9:00am and check-out is from 4:30-5:00pm. Elementary Day Camp is filled with daily fun, learning, and adventure. You will spend each day with your co-ed family-unit of 8-10 campers and 2-4 counselors. You and your unit will plan your week’s activities including swimming, group games, crafts, nature lessons, creek-play, parachute games, archery, climbing wall, orienteering, camping skills, group challenge & initiatives course, GaGa Ball & 9-Square,Bible study, daily group duties, daily “Voice Your Choice” Unit activity, hiking the camp trails and a singing-hike to Horseshoe Bend, polar bear swims, and hosting meals. Be here for an awesome week! Learn more about Why, How, and What we do during Summer Camps including a complete activities list. |
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