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 7–18 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, paintball, mountain biking, cycling, basketball, BMX, and many others.

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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". Camp meetings are held in Townsville, Brisbane, Yarrahapinni, Perth and Elmore (Victoria) annually.

United States

Some Seventh-day Adventist camps in the U.S.:[2]

  • Allegheny West Conference Camp - Thornville, OH
  • Big Lake Youth Camp - Sisters, OR
  • Broken Arrow Ranch - Olsburg, KS
  • Camp Akita - Gilson, IL
  • Camp Alamisco - Dadeville, AL
  • Camp Arrowhead - Lexington, NE
  • Camp AuSable - Grayling, MI
  • Camp Berkshire - Winddale, NY
  • Camp Blue Ridge - Montebello, VA
  • Camp Cedar Falls - Angelus Oaks, CA
  • Camp Cherokee - Saranac Lake, NY
  • Camp Daniel L. Davis - Pine Forge, PA
  • Camp Hale Koi - Hanapepe, HI
  • Camp Hawthorne - Hawthorne, FL
  • Camp Heritage - Climax Springs, MO
  • Camp Ida-Haven McCall, ID
  • Camp J.R. Wagner - Cassopolis, MI
  • Camp Kulaqua and Retreat Center - High Springs, FL
  • Camp Lawroweld - Weld, ME
  • Camp Leoni Meadows - Grizzly Flats, CA
  • Camp Lone Star - Athens, TX
  • Camp Lorraine - Wrangell, AK
  • Camp MiVoden - Hayden Lake, ID
  • Camp Mohaven - Danville, OH
  • Camp Paxson - Seeley Lake, MT
  • Camp Polaris - Aleknagik, AK
  • Camp Sagola - Escanaba, MI
  • Camp Thunderbird - Chattanooga, TN
  • Camp Tukoskoya - AK
  • Camp Victory Lake - Hyde Park, NY
  • Camp Wagner - Cassopolis, MI
  • Camp Waianae Waianae, HI
  • Camp Wakonda - Westfeild, WI
  • Camp Wawona - in Yosemite National Park Wawona, CA
  • Camp Wewoka - Wewoka, OK
  • Camp Winnekeag - Ashburnham, MA
  • Camp Yavapines - Prescott, AZ
  • Camp Yorktown Bay - Mountain Pine, AR
  • Cohutta Springs Youth Camp - Crandall, GA
  • Flag Mountain Camp - Hill City, SD
  • Glacier View Ranch - Ward, CO
  • Indian Creek Youth Camp - Liberty, TN
  • Lake Whitney Ranch - Whitney, TX
  • Laurel Lake Camp - Rossiter, PA
  • Mills Springs Camp - WY
  • Mount Aetna Camp - Hagerstown, MD
  • Nameless Valley Ranch - Leander, TX
  • North Star Camp - Brainerd, MN
  • Northern Lights Camp Boutineau, ND
  • Nosoca Pines Ranch - Liberty Hill, SC
  • Pine Lake Retreat Center - Groveland, FL
  • Pines Springs Ranch - Mountain Center, CA
  • Redwood Creek Camp - Blue Lake, CA
  • River Oaks Camp - Orangeburg, SC
  • SE Conference Retreat and Campsite - Alachua, FL
  • South Central Campground - Shelbyville, TN
  • Sunset Lake Camp - Wilkeson, WA
  • Timber Ridge Camp - Spencer, IN
  • Tranquil Valley Youth Camp - Tranquility, NJ
  • Valley Vista Adventist Center - Huttonsville, WV

Canada[2]
  • 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

Nigeria
  • Lagos-Ogun Camp Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

See also

References
  1. George R. Knight, A Brief History of Seventh-day Adventists, p18–19
  2. "Seventh-day Adventist Online Yearbook, General Conference Miscellaneous Entities". General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
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