United Youth Camps

We're very sad that summer camp is canceled this year, but we want to give everybody a focused way to connect with each other, and with God and His Word. So we’re excited to host weekly Christian-living Bible discussions each Friday evening for the next six weeks on Zoom.

We begin with a special Bible study video given by one of the camp directors, and afterwards is a moderated discussion. Everything is password-protected but it is the same password each week. If you don't already have the password see your local pastor. There are different discussion groups for those in different time zones but you can join either of the groups..

The Zoom chats will be each Friday night during July—July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31—at the same times as listed above.

For this week's discussion, please come prepared to discuss these questions:

1. Relating to the concept of Holiness – what are some ways that you are called to be different than the world around you?
2. How does our commitment to God, and learning to lead factor into this concept of holiness? In those terms – why is our example so important?
3. What makes being different in this world such a challenge? How can we overcome that challenge in our lives?
4. How do you maintain God’s presence in your life? In the Sabbath? How have you purposefully built your relationship with God to keep Him close?
5. What are the obstacles to building that relationship and to maintaining His presence in Your life? How can those obstacles be overcome?

Below are the links to the archived YouTube videos of the previous weeks' Bible studies

Week 1 With Rex Sexton

Week 2 With Mike Phelps

Week 3 With Josh Creech

Week 4 With Jay Ledbetter

Week 5 With Aaron Creech

We’ll see you online soon!

Based upon the current situation, the decision was made by the United Youth Camps team to cancel four of our earlier-in-the-season camps, one teen and three pre-teen: Camp Cotubic, Camp Nacome, Camp Florida, and Camp Piney Woods. For those who have already registered and sent in payment to those camps, your funds will be returned shortly.

We plan to continue registration for our other camps, but have established decision deadlines for each one individually; on those dates, we will make a final call about whether to conduct that camp. We do not advise making non-refundable travel arrangements until after the date for your chosen camp.

We hope to conduct as many camps as possible this year, but the safety of our campers, staff and families is extremely important to us. In addition to that, the number of camper and staff applications for each camp will be a secondary factor in determining whether a camp is able to be held—so if you would like to attend camp this year, please register by May 1. This year we will waive late fees for payments, but are still asking for registration by May 1. You are welcome to delay your payment until it is confirmed that your camp will be held.

Some campers who applied to a camp that gets canceled this year may wish to move their application to a different camp. In that case, instead of starting a new application, it will save you time to contact uyc@ucg.org and email the camper name, the name of the camp you previously applied to and then the name of the new camp you wish to apply to.

A firm decision will be made for each camp on or before the following dates:

• Already canceled: Cotubic, Florida, Nacome, Piney Woods, Colorado, Hye Sierra, Colombia, Ochoco, Pinecrest, Woodland, Northwest, Ironwood, Buckeye
• Boundary Waters will be held as planned
• Seven Mountains: July 23

Camp Cotubic June 21-June 28 (staff June 20)
Camp Pinecrest June 28-July 5 (staff June 28)
Camp Hye Sierra June 28-July 5 (staff June 26)
Northwest Camp July 19-July 26 (staff July 18)
Camp Woodland July 24-31 (staff July 23)
Winter Camp tentatively December28-January 3 (staff December 27)
Boundary Waters Adventure July 12-July 19 (Challenger West is scheduled for the summer of 2021)