Schedule
Summer Schedule 2010
Memorial Day Weekend Family Camp May 28-31
How about a 3-day stress-free weekend where the adults can relax and the kids can play? Let someone else do the cooking and the dishes. Our Family Camp Memorial Day weekend is fun and uplifting. Enjoy family-friendly activities, do a family service project, worship with your family and stay in hotel rooms. Start the weekend with Friday’s supper and end Monday after breakfast. Make family memories Memorial Day weekend!
Cost: $125 Adults and $75 Children ($475 family max)
All4Boyz Adventure Camp #604 Grades 6-8, July 11-16
Boys will be boys. Thank God! Come enjoy doing guy stuff like exploring the woods, getting dirty, skipping a shower or two and catching some fish. Sleep under the stars, in a tent that you set-up and in log cabins. Help build a fire, cook your food over it and discuss how to be a guy living out your faith.
Cost: $330
All4Girlz Adventure Camp #503 Grades 6-8, July 4-9
Girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice? Here’s a camp to show that you can do all the things boys like to do…maybe better. Learn to put together a tent, sleep under the stars, build fires, cook some meals over that fire and make lasting friends. Share with your family group about what it means to embrace and enjoy your faith as a girl in the world today!
Cost: $330
Buccaneer Camp #501 Grades 3-5, July 4-9
What’s a pirate’s favorite camp? Ferrrrrrncliff! This camp is for those buccaneers who like to search for buried treasure, explore rough terrain and be the captain of their canoe. Help your fellow crew members in making your pirate ship, walk the plank and look for fortune at the bottom of the pool. Eye patches and peg legs are optional, but fun and growth in faith are not!
Cost $330
CIT (Counselor In Training) #100 Grades 9-10, June 6-11
CIT #200 Grades 9-10, June 13-18
CIT #300 Grades 9-10, June 20-25
CIT #400 Grades 9-10, June 27-July 2
CIT #500 Grades 9-10, July 4-9
CIT #600 Grades 9-10, July 11-16
CIT #700 Grades 9-10, July 18-23
Want to get a behind-the-scene look at what it means to be a summer camp counselor? This camp is for leaders who have an interest in serving Ferncliff in new and creative ways. Come shadow one of our veteran counselors for a week. Learn what it means to share your faith and help be responsible for 5-7 campers. Plus, enjoy a whole week of camp activities!
Cost: $160 per week
Cook Off Camp #603 Grades 6-8, July 11-16
“Hey Ferncliff, what ya got cookin?” This new camp is designed to teach the basic skills of cooking. Learn how to use measuring cups, prepare many different items, discuss food safety, participate in food-related competitions and at the end of the week go home with your very own cook book of recipes you made! We will cook over a fire, in a kitchen and even in a solar oven. PLUS—all of your favorite camp activities.
Cost: $330
Day Camp #303 Grades 1-6, June 21-25
Day Camp #605 Grades 1-6, July 12-16
How do you get all the fun of camp and still get to sleep in your own bed? By coming to Day Camp at Ferncliff from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Bring your lunch, swim suit and towel. Camp provides a snack in the afternoon. Come enjoy all that Ferncliff has to offer: swimming, canoeing, bouldering and much more!
Cost: $160
Discovery Camp #103 Grades 1-2, June 6-8 (Sun-Tues)
Discovery Camp #404 Grades 1-2, June 27-29 (Sun-Tues)
Discovery Camp #703 Grades 1-2, July 18-20 (Sun-Tues)
This camp is perfect for the first time camper. This three-day and two-night introduction hits the high points of camp. Enjoy swimming, games, campfire, s’mores, energizers, crafts, worship and Bible exploration. This camp will build confidence away from home while living alongside others in a faith based community. It will make you want to come back for longer camp adventures in years to come!
Cost: $250
Ferntreat Jr. #402 Grades 9-10, June 27-July 2
Ferntreat Sr.#704 Grades 11-12, July 18-23
Do you hit the snooze button 10 times before getting out of bed? Like to stay up late and sleep in? Come enjoy your favorite camp activities, just a bit later into the night. Treat yourself to a fun escape from the over-scheduled teenage life. Go stargazing, conquer the Challenge Course and talk with your peers about things that matter. Take a time-out from the pressures of life and focus on your gifts, values and purpose in this world.
Cost: $330
Footsteps of Faith #104 Grades 11-12, June 6-11
This is an amazing program for rising 11th and 12 graders in the Presbytery of Arkansas. The program is an in-depth study of Paul's epistles that starts with a week-long camp in June, continues through the school year and culminates with an international trip the following June that traces Paul's footsteps through Greece and Turkey. This program takes a serious commitment from participants, their families and home churches. We believe that we are the only Presbytery and camp that offers such an intensive study and extensive international trip for young people. Applications are available on the website and accepted from 12/15/2009 to 4/15/2010
Cost: $325
Game Time Camp #301, Grade 3-5 June 20-25
Got Game? Enjoy playing lots of new and old games. We will learn cooperative games and competitive games with good sportsmanship. Classic games and create a new game; indoor games and outdoor games. Add in your favorite camp activities, some “Capture the Chicken” and you’ve got a non-stop, fun-filled, faith-building week at Ferncliff!
Cost: $330
LIT
Leaders In Training #204, Grade 11-Graduate June 13-25
Want to be a counselor as soon as you can? Come to this two-week staff training camp! The first week, we will train how to lead different activities, be a role model, and what it means to be a counselor. After a weekend with the counselors, enjoy the second week leading activities along side a counselor! Get to know Ferncliff’s summer staff members as you help share your faith and leadership skills with the campers.
Cost: $395
Love of Reading #601 Grade 3-5, July 11-16
Do you love to read? This camp is for you. Every day there will be time for personal reading! Love of Reading is also designed for campers who need summer help with reading skills. Campers will read together with adult volunteers in small groups of four or less using the Christian Literacy Series. The Slosson Oral Reading Test will be used to measure improvement. There will be plenty of time to enjoy Ferncliff activities such as swimming, archery, canoeing and lots more.
Cost: $355 (includes workbooks)
Military Family 4th of July Appreciation Weekend July 2-5
In appreciation for our families serving in the military, Ferncliff offers it’s second annual 4th of July weekend. The cost to military families is only $50. Families will stay in the Brown Center and Ferncliff will serve meals Friday supper through Monday breakfast. Enjoy Ferncliff activities like swimming, canoeing, hiking, fishing, crafts, campfires and more! A great 4th of July weekend for our military families (any branch of service) to enjoy and celebrate!
Cost: $50
Magical Mystery Tour Jr. #203, Grade 9-10, June 13-18
Magical Mystery Tour Sr. #504 Grade 11-12, July 4-9
A Ferncliff original that is now being duplicated by camps around the nation! We caravan aro und Central Arkansas and engage in a magical mix of meaningful, memorable and unpredictable activities. Each day creatively blends Christian mission, spiritual growth and just plain fun! Campers never know what to expect. Some of the stops are off the beaten track and off-beat! Campers practice living “in the moment” because after all “it’s a mystery!”
Cost: $405
Muddy Buddy #202 Grades 6-8, June 13-18
Grab a buddy, we will take care of the mud! In this unforgettable week, we will do anything but stay dirt free! Hike in a creek, learn how to build a fire, get your hands dirty during craft time, and stay a night in the Outback. This week is not for those who want to stay clean, but is perfect for those who don’t mind a little dirt in their life!
Cost: $330
Night Owl #403 Grades 6-8, June 27-July 2
Do you like to sleep late and stay up even later? Come be a night owl! Enjoy creation in the dark with night swims, stargazing, flashlight tag, worship around a campfire and much more! Each night we will stay up a little later and sleep in more! Where do night owls sleep? Well, in tree houses of course. Come enjoy this exciting new camp!
Cost: $330
Pathfinders #101 Grades 3-5, June 6-11
Pathfinders #401 Grades 3-5, June 27-July 2
Pathfinders #701 Grades 3-5, July 18-23
Imagine a week of the most fun you can possible have! You’ll swim every day, play lots of games, fish for catfish the size of your leg, learn archery, work together on the challenge course, canoe around the lake, participate in mission work and explore the Bible as God’s word comes to life right before your eyes! Come and grow in this faith based community we call Ferncliff, where faith and fun flourishes!
Cost: $330
Trailblazers #102 Grades 6-8, June 6-11
Trailblazers #302 Grades 6-8, June 20-25
Trailblazers #502 Grades 6-8, July 4-9
Trailblazers #702 Grades 6-8, July 18-23
This camp is all about blazing new trails of fun and faith. Whether you are a Ferncliff veteran or a “newbie” this week of camp will surely be the best week of your summer vacation! Enjoy canoeing and kayaking, hiking mountains, scaling the bouldering wall, learn cool archery skills, teaming up to conquer the Challenge Course and exploring the wonders of the Bible! We will spend a night in the tree houses and cook our breakfast over a fire you helped build! Come make friends with others and God’s creation!
Cost: $330
WACKE (Wild And Crazy Kids Everywhere) #201 Grades 3-5, June 13-18
WACKE #602 Grade 3-5, July 11-16
Each day during this week gets wilder and crazier! Come to this special camp where each day has a different theme! Mission Possible day will have missions to complete as campers are secret agents for the day. On Go Green day, learn about composting and dress your counselors up in recycled newspaper. Ninja vs. Pirate day, your cabin will decide which to be and have an epic battle of Capture the Chicken. Rounding the week out with Bible exploration and traditional camp activities makes this camp wild and crazy!
Cost: $330