• Fall Retreats & Super High Registration

    As summer camps, mission trips, and various youth outings close out your summer, I am certain you are preparing fall programs for your students. Likewise we are preparing to complete our summer camps and transition into fall retreats. Please let us share about some exciting retreats that will take place at our Youth Camps For Christ, Inc. camps (Camp Willow Run & Camp Willow Springs) this fall.  Camp Willow Run will host, staff, and lead two Fall Super High Retreats on November 1-3 and November 8-10. We provide everything, so all you do is bring your students and enjoy the weekend. Each retreat begins Friday evening and ends Sunday with…

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  • Registration Reminders 2019

    Summer camp registration opens on January 28th! Registration for Camp Willow Springs will open at 10:00am.  Registration for Camp Willow Run will begin a few hours later at 1:00pm.  We have created a new Guide to Summer Camp at CWS and a Guide to Summer Camp at CWR. We believe these guides can be helpful for both first-time and returning camper families. Additionally, we know there is a lot of excitement about registration, so here is a list of some specific things to help you prepare: If you already have an account, please make sure you remember your password.  You can confirm that you have your correct password and that…

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  • Meet Our 2019 April 5-7 Spring Super High Retreat Speaker: Trip Smith

    Trip Smith is a student pursuing his Master of Divinity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC. Prior to seminary he was the Youth Pastor at Peace Presbyterian Church in Cary, NC. Trip loves teaching old, glorious truths about Jesus in new, fresh, understandable ways. His messages will be heart-felt and intentional. He believes the middle school and high school years are some of the most important years in a person’s life to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ. Trip is married to Brently, who is a summer staff alumni of Camp Willow Run. Brently is currently a second grade teacher. Both he and Brently are very engaging…

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  • Celebrating 50 Years!

    Throughout this year we have had the privilege to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Youth Camps For Christ, Inc. and its Christian camping and retreat ministries of Camp Willow Run (CWR) established in 1968 and Camp Willow Springs (CWS) established in 2014. In June, we hosted a 50th anniversary celebration event for staff alumni. Over 550 staff and guests attended! J.D. Greear, pastor of the Summit Church and a former CWR summer speaker, challenged us from Psalm 126 as he talked about faith and sacrifice. He defined faith as the audacious expectation that God will do something, against even incredible odds and shared that this is the kind of faith…

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