Each camp combines skill-building, teamwork, competition, and reflection in order for each participant to develop competency, confidence, awareness of their impact and influence on others, friendships with those on their team, and a new appreciation for how God can use everything to teach us about Himself. We will work with your team leaders on length, location, and schedule to help you meet your goals for your teams.

Basics

All experiences include the following:

Knots/lashing
Camp layout
Fire skills
After action reports
A Gospel presentation

Mix and match for a unique experience

Skills

Wood collection & processing
Water filtration
Knife use
Furniture construction
Campfire cooking
Navigating with compass
Tracking/evasion
Self-defense basics
First Aid: Stop the Bleed
Archery or slingshot
Foraging for food

Games

Treasure hunt
Night robber
“Escape room” simulation
Survivor challenges
(best shelter, quickest fire, etc.)
Target practice (with bow, slingshot or trebuchet)
Capture the Flag
Dodgeball
Obstacle course
Hunger Games

Devotionals

Fire and the passions
Living water
Sacrifice and altar
Incense and sanctification
Sin and missing the target
Communion and blood
Cord of three strands
God our refuge
God of war and justice
Samaritan principles
Image of God, male and female

Extreme

Limited food and/or water
No tech
Voice lockdown
Mountain climb (1200+ ft)
Long hike (3+ hrs)
Surprise challenge(s)
Tarps only
Language barrier

What might it look like?

Youth Group

A youth missions trip serves with local ministries a few days but reserves three days and two nights for a Forge experience. They learn to build fire and shelters, challenge each other during the night watches to an ongoing Capture the Flag game, and connect with God after building an offering and reflecting on the meaning of sacrifice.

Campers creating a standard for their tribe

First responders

A group of adults wants to be more prepared for emergencies, so they spend four days and three nights in intensive First Aid and rescue simulations in which they must find and retrieve an injured person with limited supplies. They reflect on Jesus’s declaration that He came to seek and save. How can we become physical rescuers that point others to the Savior of our souls?

Father/son

A church wants to offer a father/son retreat to its members, so they reserve a long weekend where the duos face off against each other in archery competitions and escape rooms, each night leaning into devotions about the image of God and our place as His sons around the fire.

Hybrid Camps