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Reasons to Choose
Brookhaven
  Family values
Christian camps offer include:
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Safety: Careful staff screening and training weed out people
unfit to serve. Christian camps work constantly to assure
physical, moral, and spiritual safety for campers. Government
regulations reinforce the camp’s efforts. A typical youth camp
provides about one staff member for every three campers, with
trained counselors guiding cabin groups. Texas Christian camps
are additionally required to have all staff and volunteers who
will have contact with kids at camp undergo child abuse
prevention training.
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Friendship: Friends are one of the most vital forces for
shaping a child’s character, and Christian camps create an
environment where friendships form and grow. Campers encourage
kids to share adventure with peers from diverse backgrounds
over five or six days under spiritual guidance, allowing
friendships to mature.
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Self-discovery: The overpowering sights and sounds of the
digital world stifle personal reflection and creativity, while
the camp’s natural setting and challenging programs create
moments for self-awareness and creative thought.
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Spiritual input: Christian camps present the gospel through
chapel services, Bible study groups, counselor-led sharing
times, and campfires, providing opportunities for campers to
make spiritual choices and receive counseling. Kids are able
to step away from influences that step in between them and
God, so they can effectively pursue a relationship with Christ
while being surrounded and supported by others desiring to do
the same thing.
• Role models: At Christian camp, kids and leaders interact
constantly in worship, play, adventure, discovery, and
meals—the stuff of daily life. In this setting, the friendship
of older Christians makes a lasting impact.
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Creation: Our world of wire and concrete dulls the spirit to
the wonders of the nature. Many youngsters spend most of their
hours indoors, going out only to move from one indoor place to
the next. Camps feature the natural setting. Campfire worship,
nature hikes, outpost overnights, and week-long out trips
bring campers close to creation. The near presence of forest,
field, hill, and lake stirs campers’ hearts. The heavens do
declare the glory of God.
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Change of pace: Within the camp’s full schedule are pockets of
leisure that provide the camper with breathing room. Away from
the distractions common to life at home, and immersed in a
Christian community, campers often find new life perspectives.
The Christian life at home takes on the appearance of a group
activity engineered by leaders, but God’s Spirit always deals
with hearts one on one. Camp often provides the stillness that
is mandated in Scripture: “Be still, and know that I am God”
(Ps. 46:10).
• Leadership growth: The camp, more than any other Christian
agency, provides openings for entry-level leadership
experience. A significant percentage of Christian leaders
first tasted leadership in a camp and trace their sense of
calling to a Christian camp experience.
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Fair price: Remembering their camp years, parents may wonder
at today’s camp fees. The answer lies in the cost of today’s
homes, cars, professional sporting events tickets, and dinners
out. Considering the benefits one week at Christian camp
offers kids, the fee represents an overwhelming
value.
Summer camp offers so many things: New relationships, fun,
spiritual growth, learning opportunities, and a lifetime of
great memories. Brookhaven is now capturing these memories on
video. We have videographers on staff who can produce a DVD
presentation of your camper's experience at camp this summer.
The DVD will include music videos, photos, staff
introductions, and various other clips of all that happens at
camp.
Click here to download the Summer Camp DVD Order Form.
Whether you choose Brookhaven Retreat
for your next Christian camp experience or some other venue,
make the choice to get your kids to camp annually. It's an
investment that will pay huge dividends in the development of
the children entrusted to you.
Brookhaven
Christian Retreat's entire facility is available for use
all year long, so book your youth camp, family reunion, family
camp, women's retreat, men's gathering or conference early to
get your choice of lodging and meeting space.
Call
toll-free at 1.800.933.1894 submit the request
form or e-mail info@brookhavenretreat.org
to check on availability for the desired
season.
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