Seventh-day Adventist camps
The Seventh-day Adventist Church operates youth summer camps, and camp meetings for all ages, internationally. Each local-area "Conference" in the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists is in charge of running and operating their own camp. The ages of campers range anywhere between 7–17 years old, depending on the week at the camp. Each camp varies in the activities they manage but most have archery, swimming, horses, arts and crafts, nature, high ropes challenge course, and many other common activities found at non-Adventist camps. In addition to regular camps some have specialty camps, or RAD camps, which vary from either a week of surfing, waterskiing/wakeboarding, rock climbing, golf, skateboarding, whitewater rafting, mountain biking, cycling, basketball, BMX, and many others.
History
Camp meetings in the Adventist church trace back to the preceding Millerite movement led by William Miller. These in turn had influences from the existing Methodist camp meetings.
The Millerites held more than 130 camp meetings from the earliest in summer 1842, to prior to Autumn 1844; with an estimated combined attendance of over half-a-million people. Media campaigns surrounding the camps extended their influence further.[1]
Joshua V. Himes had a major role in the camps. He also pioneered the use of a tent for meetings. This tent could seat around 4,000 people, and was apparently the largest tent of its type up to that time in the United States.[1]
This history may relate little to the youth camp program of Adventists. It relates mainly to their camp meeting program.
Camp locations
In Australia, camp meeting is commonly known as "Big Camp".
United States[2]
- Allegheny West Conference Camp Thornville, OH, USA
- Big Lake Youth Camp Sisters, OR, USA
- Broken Arrow Ranch Olsburg, KS, USA
- Camp Akita Gilson, IL, USA
- Camp Alamisco Dadevill, AL, USA
- Camp Arrowhead Lexington, NE, USA
- Camp AuSable Grayling, MI
- Camp Berkshire Winddale, NY, USA
- Camp Blue Ridge Montebello, VA, USA
- Camp Cedar Falls Angelus Oaks, CA, USA
- Camp Cherokee Saranac Lake, NY, USA
- Camp Daniel L. Davis Pine Forge, PA, USA
- Camp Hale Koi Hanapepe, HI, USA
- Camp Hawthorne Hawthorne, FL, USA
- Camp Heritage Climax Springs, MO, USA
- Camp Ida-Haven McCall, ID, USA
- Camp J.R. Wagner Cassopolis, MI, USA
- Camp Kulaqua High Springs, FL, USA
- Camp Lawroweld Weld, ME, USA
- Camp Leoni Meadows Grizzly Flats, CA, USA
- Camp Lone Star Athens, TX, USA
- Camp Lorraine Wrangell, AK, USA
- Camp MiVoden Hayden Lake, ID, USA
- Camp Mohaven Danville, OH, USA
- Camp Paxson Seeley Lake, MT, USA
- Camp Polaris Aleknagik, AK, USA
- Camp Sagola Escanaba, MI, USA
- Camp Thunderbird Chattanooga, TN, USA
- Camp Tukoskoya AK, USA
- Camp Victory Lake Hyde Park, NY, USA
- Camp Wagner Cassopolis, MI, USA
- Camp Waianae Waianae, HI, USA
- Camp Wakonda Oxford, WI, USA
- Camp Wawona in Yosemite National Park Wawona, CA, USA
- Camp Wewoka Wewoka, OK, USA
- Camp Winnekeag Ashburnham, MA, USA
- Camp Yavapines Prescott, AZ, USA
- Camp Yorktown Bay Mountain Pine, AR, USA
- Cohutta Springs Youth Camp Crandall, GA, USA
- Flag Mountain Camp Hill City, SD, USA
- Glacier View Ranch Ward, CO, USA
- Indian Creek Youth Camp Liberty, TN, USA
- Lake Whitney Ranch Whitney, TX, USA
- Laurel Lake Camp Rossiter, PA, USA
- Mills Springs Camp WY, USA
- Mount Aetna Camp Hagerstown, MD, USA
- Nameless Valley Ranch Leander, TX, USA
- North Star Camp Brainerd, MN, USA
- Northern Lights Camp Boutineau, ND, USA
- Nosoca Pines Ranch Liberty Hill, SC, USA
- Pine Lake Retreat Center Groveland, FL, USA
- Pines Springs Ranch Mountain Center, CA, USA
- Redwood Creek Camp Blue Lake, CA, USA
- River Oaks Camp Orangeburg, SC, USA
- SE Conference Retreat and Campsite Alachua, FL, USA
- South Central Campground Shelbyville, TN, USA
- Sunset Lake Camp Wilson, WA, USA
- Timber Ridge Camp Spencer, IN, USA
- Tranquil Valley Youth Camp Tranquility, NJ, USA
- Valley Vista Adventist Center Huttonsville, WV, USA
- Camp Advenitiste Val D'Espoir Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, QC, Canada
- Camp Frenda Port Carling, ON, Canada
- Camp Pugwash Pugwash, NS, Canada
- Camp Whitesand Theodore, SK, Canada
- Foothills Camp Olds, AB, Canada
- Mountain View Summer Camp Hope, BC, Canada
- Woody Acres Camp Holyrood, NL, Canada
International[2]
- Lagos-Ogun Camp Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
See also
References
External links
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Seventh-day Adventist camps of North America
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Advenitiste Val D'Espoir • Akita • Alamisco • Allegheny • Arrowhead • Au Sable • Berkshire • Big Lake • Blue Ridge • Broken Arrow • Cedar Falls • Cherokee • Cohutta Springs • Daniel L. Davis • Flat Mountain • Foothills • Frenda • Glacier View • Hawthorne • Heritage • Ida-Haven • Indian Creek • J.R. Wagner • Kulaqua • Lake Whitney • Laurel Lake • Lawroweld • Leoni Meadows • Lone Star • Lorraine • Mills Springs • MiVoden • Mohaven • Mount Aetna • Mountain View • Nameless Valley • North Star • Northern Lights • Nosoca Pines • Paxson • Pine Lake • Pines Springs • Polaris • Pugwash • River Oasks • Sagola • Sunset Lake • Thunderbird • Timber Ridge • Tranquil Valley • Tukoskoya • Valley Vista • Victory Lake • Waianae • Wakonda • Wawona • Wewoka • Whitesand • Winnekeag • Woody Acres • Yavapines • Yorktown Bay |
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