Pilgrim Firs Camp and Conference Center

Port Orchard, Washington
The Outdoor Ministries theme for 2008 is:  
"Handle with Care"

Campers will explore the relationship between the earth and it's people.  Looking at ways
that we can be gentle on the earth and faithful to God's Creation.
Work Camp                                May 23 to May 25                                      Free

  Join us for trail work, painting, and general sprucing up for the coming camping season.
Enjoy the site with your family during free time. Evenings will be intergenerational
program or free time. Come for all or part of the Memorial Day Weekend.  
Director: Deeg Nelson, Managing Director of Pilgrim Firs Camp and Conference Center
  deeg@pilgrimfirs.org




Mary's Camp                              May 30 to June 1                                      $110

     The last LGBT & Friends camp was seven years ago. We have decided it is time to
gather again, and see who and where and how we are. And we're to focus our weekend
together on the theme "Loss and Found: LGBTs and Friends Celebrate Living in This
World." Through exploring the parables of being lost, finding, and being found in Luke's
Gospel, and exploring music and poetry, conversation and silence, we hope to offer you
experiences of touching the losses and the gifts, the ache and the surprises, the
emptiness and the wholeness, the growth and the healing that are part of living in this
world as a sexual minority and part of loving those who are a sexual minority.

Director: Sue Paules, Bellevue First Congregational UCC
    paules07@comcast.net




Counselor Camp                        June 20 7PM to  June 22 1PM                

   For Pilgrim Firs counselors. Contact Deeg Nelson to register at (360) 876-2031 or
deeg@pilgrimfirs.org

Coordinators: Summer Camp Directors




Senior High Camp                      June 29 4PM to July 5 10AM                  $245

   Come and join us at Pilgrim Firs Senior High Camp this summer, for those entering the
10th, 11th, and 12th grades and just graduated seniors. Our theme this year is "Handle
With Care." We will explore this theme by; learning how to better take care of our
environment, as well as nurture and take care of each other. Pilgrim Firs is the perfect
place to feel God's love, spirit and graciousness as we embark on this adventure
together!

Director: Debbie Peterson, Fauntleroy UCC
  deborah.elizabeth.peterson@gmail.com




Junior High Camp                      July 6 4PM to July 12 10AM                    $245

   This camp is for teens entering the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades. Campers will learn what it
means to "Handle With Care" the relationship we have with creation. And what better
place to experience this than in a garden called Pilgrim Firs! When the week is over
campers will have discovered ways they can carry the "Handle With Care" message about
creation after they leave camp into their daily lives.

Director: Mark Boyd, United Churches of Olympia
  hippobmw@comcast.net




Intermediate Camp                    July 13 4PM to July 19 10AM                  $245

   For youth entering the 5th and 6th grades. Does the length of your shower really make
a difference? How about those plastic water bottles- are they really so bad? What do
these topics have to do with God and what I believe? Questions like these, along with
activities and conversations based on them, will be the focus of this year's Intermediate
Camp. Come join us as we have fun together around Lake Flora, build community
through activities, songs and meals, and sift through our holy book of stories to make
sense of some very modern challenges!

Director: Cory Maclay, Plymouth UCC, Seattle
  cmaclay@plymouthchurchseattle.org




Kids Camp                                  July 20 4PM to July 23 1PM                    $120

   Handle With Care! We have been called to handle God's Creation with care, and at
Kid's Camp we will also handle your children with care. This camp is specially designed to
provide an exciting introduction to camp for those entering the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades.
The event is long enough to become comfortable with camp life and short enough that
campers rarely have difficulty being away from home for what may be their first time. Join
us as we spend time exploring, creating, learning, and playing together as children of
God in this beautiful camp setting. Parents, please feel free to contact us with any
questions or concerns that you have regarding making this a wonderful experience for
your camper!

Directors: Rev. Stephen Hadden and Kaila Russell, Tolt UCC, Carnation
  Stephen: revhad@toltucc.org
   Kaila:       kaila@centurytel.net




Young Adult Retreat                 August 15 7PM to August 17 1PM          $75

  Details coming soon

Directors: Rachel Teigen, Boone Davidson, Becca Peterson




Family Camp                               August 24 4 PM to August 28 1PM        Rates below

   Join families of all sizes, shapes, and styles for an end-of-summer camp to celebrate
God's presence in many ways! We'll sing, pray, read the Bible, swim, play games (inside
and out!), be quiet (and sometimes loud!), create crafts, eat great food, be together as
families as well as age-related groups, do puzzles, take walks, and connect to God's good
creation and one another in awesome ways as we reflect on our theme, "Handle With
Care"! AND...we'll learn about and affirm some of the wonderful- and sometimes
challenging- dimensions of family life in some special, helpful, and fun ways!

Directors: David and Rev. Susan Morris, Fauntleroy
  sym@comcast.net

Rates:
  Age 0-2:        Free
  Age 3-7:        $110
  Age 8-12:      $140
  Age 13-61:    $160
  Age 62+:       $150
Events at Pilgrim Firs