Creekside Lodge - The Final Lap (& Party)

As we kick into high gear, with the finish line in our sights, we easily envision occupancy of Creekside! Excitement grows with the countless new options this 5,000 sq. ft. area will soon offer to our guests and campers. We’re honored and grateful to the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust for the $200,000 grant recently awarded to the camp – and to all of you who have given generously to this project.

• Click here for more details and a beautiful story of commitment and generosity.
• Click here to see fun engineer renderings (thank you, Bell Design Company) to help us all visualize the finished product.
• Click here to help us cross the finish line!
• Plan to join us June 3^rd for Family Fun Day (10 am – 2 pm) and our Creekside Final Lap Party & Fundraiser   (2 – 3 pm).

Summer Camps - Don't Wait to Register!

Camp registration opened on February 1^st and many camps neared capacity by the end of that week! Amazing planning is happening for each program. Fun and Jesus are our goals. We’d love nothing more than to share this summer with you! As always, tiered pricing and payments plans are easily available for your family. Keep watching our website for more information on each camp.

2023 HIGHLIGHTED CAMPS:

Kids Missions Camp (grades 4-8): Incredible planning and creativity have been happening to bring Jesus, real-life mission experiences, and all-around CULTURE to our KMC campers. We will be journeying through the Amazon jungle and touristing in Asia. The adventure begins at check-in when campers are issued their own passport and by the end of the week, they will have “traveled to” three different continents! And, of course, campers will enjoy traditions they know and love: crafts, night games, zipline, water activities, campfire, skits and more! (Church Mission Teams – how about helping some kids from your church get to this week of camp – or coming with them?!)

Soccer Day Camp (grades 2-8): Camp Jonah has joined up with OnGoal Christian Soccer (est. 1985) to offer a brand new Day Camp this summer. This week will combine intense skills and training with competitive play in a fun and exciting atmosphere culminating in a ‘world cup’ competition and a Family Day on Friday. Bus transportation is available.

High School Camp (grades 9-12): This “For High Schoolers Only” week will include crazy fun balanced with leisure time; a welcoming space to hear more about Jesus, ask questions and dig deeper; traditional (optional) activities like caving, high ropes course, zipline and white water rafting; and then a 4^th of July party community fireworks on our Jonah field, a morning espresso bar, playing in the creek, crafts you will love, skit night, off-campus party day, and other incredible things we’re still confirming.

Family Fun Day - Saturday, June 3, 10am - 3pm

Please bring your family and friends to join us for a day of free and fun camp activities (10 am – 2 pm) – a time to reunite with campers and staffies, check out our campus and purchase a scrumptious Big Herm’s BBQ lunch. Join us for a Final Lap Party & Fundraiser in Creekside from 2-3:00 pm!

Online Auction - Biggest & Best Ever

An incredible team of ladies are putting full effort into bringing you the biggest, best online auction in the history of Camp Jonah! Watch social media for the fun adventure coming your way in mid-May. All proceeds go toward paying our Summer Leadership Team. The goal this year is $12,000. Save those shekels, purchase something awesome and help us bless our SLT. BIG thanks go to the business owners who support this fundraiser! Bidding begins Friday, May 26 at 12 pm and ends Friday, June 2 at 9 pm.

Registration is Open

THRIVE is a place set apart for spiritual renewal in a peaceful place of beauty. Come away from the distractions of life and enjoy a balance of group worship, scripture meditation, sharing and structured times of silence, rest and listening. Online registration closes on Sunday, April 23rd.

Summer Staff - Make a Difference

We pray daily for God to handpick staffies that are full of the Spirit and wisdom (Acts 6:3). Are you looking to put value into your summer, see miracles happen daily, make lifelong friends, find Jesus in a new way, work hard and play hard? We invite you to apply to join our summer staff. Click the button below to apply for this life-changing experience and to make a difference.

Amazon Wish List

A great way to help meet some of our program needs is through our Amazon Wish List!

Prayer & Praise

1) Thank you, Father, for the staff you have brought to us so far this season. We ask for a full team of staffies that love kids and are full of your Spirit and wisdom.

2) Thank you for the $200,000 MJ Murdock grant that was recently awarded to us to help finish the Creekside project!

3) We ask for your favor in being able to complete Creekside and begin to use it in the next few months.

4) Father, would you continue to give wisdom to our Board of Directors as they make decisions that affect the future of this camp. And please bless them for spending their time, talent and treasure on this ministry.

5) Thank you for the many testimonies shared with us recently of lives changed through Camp Jonah!

6) Thank you for the many people who pray regularly for this camp.

7) Would you bring just the right campers to fill Kids Missions Camp, High School Camp and Soccer Day Camp? Thank you for the opportunity to offer these camps!

8) Thank you for a full winter retreat season. What a blessing to partner with and provide a place for retreats in such a beautiful location.