Summer Camp Programs for 2012
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Alpha Camp (entering grades 3-4)
Alpha Camp is an awesome opportunity to experience camp for the first time. During this two night adventure, you will experience the daily life of camp at Riverside, giving you a glimpse of how awesome a full week here would be! Your adventure will include learning more about Jesus through Bible study, singing, chapel fun, swimming in the pool, great games, art fun, meeting new friends, and much more! We are excited to have you at camp for the first time!
Fee: $190 before Feb. 15, $210 after Feb. 15
The only discount honored for Alpha Campers is the member congregation discount of $15
Juniors (entering grades 4-6)
Get ready for an amazing week at Riverside of having fun, playing soccer and basketball, swimming in the pool, free time, horseback rides, carpetball, art fun, and much more! Through chapel, Bible studies, and meeting new friends, you’ll also learn more about Jesus and the incredible love He has for you! Join us for a fun and memo- rable week of camp!
Fee: Before Feb 15: $385; After February 15: $400.
Horseback rides are optional for an additional $8
Junior High (entering grades 6-9)
Good times will be had at Riverside this week! Get ready for a week of music, games, swimming, large group games, really cool Bible studies, great speakers, and devotions. You’ll also enjoy activities such as volleyball, basketball, carpetball, foosball, a horseback ride, and much, much more! Your cabin will also experience the Riverside Challenge Course for a great team building exercise. You’ll have an unforgettable week as you experience Jesus while He changes your life forever.
Junior High Week Speakers
Brent Osborne
Riverside is a place near and dear to Brent’s heart, which makes him all the more excited to be speaking here this summer! Brent is husband to Kari, and daddy to Kristyn, Brady, and Emersyn. Team Osborne lives in Des Moines, IA where Brent has served for 13 years at Zion Lutheran Church as Director of Student Ministries and now as Pastor of Family Spiritual Development. Brent is passionate about Jesus and helping others seek Him as they become fully devoted followers of Christ. Brent loves to spend time outside doing anything active with his family and friends
Susan Kliment
Susan Kliment lives in Northwood, IA with her husband Darrin and their 3 sons Caleb, Samuel and Josiah where they raise chickens and buffalo. Susan loves to jump on the trampoline, swim with her kids, sit around the fire pit and roast marshmallows with the kids, and laugh with friends. Susan is currently serving as the Children’s Ministry Director at their church in Albert Lea, MN. She’s passionate about sharing Jesus with others and has a deep love for Camping Ministry, so she looks forward to spending time with some grea
kids at Riverside this summer.
Fee: Before Feb 15: $385; After February 15: $400.
Horseback rides are optional for an additional $8
Confirmation Camp
Confirmation groups are welcome during any Junior High week at Riverside. THis week of camp provides the church with a great camp program and time for your Confirmation class to meet daily. Pastors may lead their own Bible studies or our counselors can provide the summer Bible study. This week includes chapel, great devotions, quiet time, swimming, campfires, great games and great opportunities as a group to grow together in their living relationship with Jesus.
Fee: Before Feb 15: $385; After February 15: $400.
Horseback rides are optional for an additional $8
Triple C Trip (entering grades 6-9)
The Canoe/Camping/Challenge Trip is a week long adventure into the great outdoors designed especially for the beginner. Campers will spend the first evening at Riverside learning camping and canoeing skills. The rest of the week is spent putting these skills to the test. You and your counselors will spend two days at an off-site lake tent camping, canoeing, swimming, cooking, having bonfires, and praising God. Then you will finish off the week at an area challenge/ ropes course. You will encounter God in a refreshing and powerful way during this adventure experience!
Fee: Before Feb 15: $425; After February 15: $440
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Senior High
(entering grades 10-12, and just completed grade 12)
The Lord, good times, great friends, a horseback ride, great food, and more of the Lord is our focus. This week is going to be awesome! Prepare yourself for a week packed with chapel, Bible studies, tons of games, Nuke ‘Em, disc golf, swimming, canoeing, carpetball, and much more! You’ll meet tons of new friends and reunite with some old friends or better yet, bring a friend with you! Along with all of this, you’ll encounter Jesus in a really amazing way! This week fills quickly, so please register early.
Our special guest speaker for Senior High is Dean Swenson
Dean is fully surrendered to God and desperate to know Jesus more each day. He has been working with teens in ministry for 18+ years and serves as Youth and Family Connector at Hosanna! Lutheran Church in Lakeville, MN. He works with students/families challenged by life’s toughest issues. He also travels the country singing with his brother, Swen. He has a wonderful wife, Jen, and together they have been blessed with four great kids. His faith was shaped through Bible camps and he’s excited to dig into God’s Word at Riverside. It says in Jeremiah 29:13: “You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart.” Buckle up… we’re going after God this week at camp. I’m looking forward to seeing what God has in store... It will be a great week!
Fee: Before Feb 15: $385; After February 15: $400.
Horseback rides are optional for an additional $8
Riverside Ranch Camp (entering grades 6-9)
The Riverside Ranch is awesome! This week is focused on learning more about horses and Jesus. You’ll spend two hours a day with well-trained horses while learning to groom, saddle, arena ride, and trail ride. Along with this, you’ll be with the rest of the campers at chapel, Bible studies, swimming, games, devotions, music, and everything else Riverside has to offer you! Sign up for this awesome and great camp experience today!
Fee: Before February 15: $420; After February 15: $445
Intermediate Ranch Camp
This week is for those of you who:
- have attended Riverside’s Ranch Camp or Intermediate Ranch Camp and are 14 years old by June 1, 2012.
- have already attended Ranch Camp at Riverside for 2 years and you are 13 years old by June 1, 2012, you may also attend.
Intermediate Ranch Camp will begin where you left off the last time you were here. You will learn to canter - if you are not ready to canter, please attend another week of Ranch Camp. You will spend two hours a day with the horses and have time for all the other things that Riverside has to offer. So if you are ready to learn more, ride more, and experience more with horses and with the Lord, then choose this week to attend Riverside and get ready for a great time!
Fee: Before February 15: $420; After February 15: $445