New Church Camp Week for Homeschool Students in 2016

We have been asked to start a new week of church camp at West Kentucky Youth Camp located near Marion, Kentucky.  We have agreed to this new ministry.  I have never directed a youth camp week, but have enjoyed camp and believe it is a great way to build faith in young people.  This camp will be unique in that it will be focused on homeschool youth.  The camp will be open to others if it works out for their schedule, but the camp will be in August after most schools have started.

Here is what you need to know if you have an interest:

• The camp will be like a a traditional youth camp experience.  It is not a family encampment, but a church camp.   The WKYC was founded by Churches of Christ and is supported by churches across the region.
• The camp will be focused on youth 8 years through 18.  However, we will likely have some organized activities for younger children if there is a need.
• The proposed dates for 2016 are either August 11-14 (Thursday – Sunday) or August 8-12 (Sunday – Friday).
• There will be a cost per youth attending.  We are exploring options for families with multiple children.
• We need a great team of staff members to make this happen!!  If you would like to help work with the camp please fill out this application online.  We would like to form a steering committee with coordinators for Bible teaching, food, crafts, activities, and counselor director.  I hope to have the committee in place by the first of the year.
• For the first year, we are looking at doing the camp Thursday night through Sunday.  We will discuss options with the steering committee about doing a traditional Sunday – Friday schedule.  We welcome your input.
• We need to get the word out about the camp.  We will need to have enough youth participating to justify the cost of the camp.
• You can learn about WKYC and their current offerings of camps at www.wkyc.org.

What I need to know now!

• If your family has an interest in either sending your children or helping lead this camp, please send me an email (ketch_90@yahoo.com), comment on this post, or contact me in some way.
• I am putting together an email list to keep people up-to-date and to recruit help.  Please fill out this quick form to give me your name and email address.  If you have any interest sign up below or by clicking this link so you will be kept informed through email.
• Tell others about this who may be interested.  This camp is open to anyone!  We need to know a general interest level this fall.