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March
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1: Empower & Equip
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8: Regional Board Meeting
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14-22: International Affairs Seminar
April
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1: Regional Youth Council Applications Due
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13: Palm Sunday
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20: Easter Sunday
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24: Regular Camp Rates Begin
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28: Tulsa Race Massacre Lecture at Phillips Theological Seminary
May
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15: Last Day to Register for Church Camp
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26: Memorial Day
June
Camp Season
July
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12-15: General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Memphis, TN
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18-20: Water Weekend @ Lake Texoma
Where is Michael?
March
1: Empower & Equip @ Crown Heights Christian Church
2: Preach @ Central Christian Church Enid
8: Regional Board Mtg (Zoom)
9: Worship @ FCC Guthrie (Youth Sunday)
10: Association of Disciples in Outdoor Ministry (Zoom)
11: NEA Council (Zoom)
12: Preach @ FCC Luther Revival
13: NWA Clergy Gathering (University Place Christian Church, Enid)
14: Check-In for IAS (Oklahoma City)
22: IAS Group Returns (Oklahoma City)
23: Worship @ Disciples CC, Bartlesville
Preach @ Canadian Co. Disciples Evening Lenten Worship (Mustang)
Summer Camp 2025
Current Registration Numbers (3/17/25)
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Chi Rho Camp: 23
June 2-6 @ Canyon Camp -
Discovery Camp: 3
June 13-15 @ Camp Christian -
CYF Conference: 13
June 16-21 @ Camp Tawakoni -
Junior Camp: 19
23-27 @ Camp Christian -
Family Camp (registration opens May 1st)
August 1-3
2024 Photos
Photos from camp and retreat this year.
Congregations Participating in Camp This Summer
Congregations sending 10 or more campers / Congregations sending 20 or more campers
First Christian Church, Chandler
First Christian Church, Duncan
Southern Hills Christian Church, Edmond
First Christian Church, El Reno
Christian Church of the Covenant, Enid
First Christian Church, Luther
First Christian Church, Norman
Crown Heights Christian Church, Oklahoma City
Western Oaks Christian Church, Oklahoma City
First Christian Church, Perry
First Christian Church, Thomas
Forest Park Christian Church, Tulsa
Harvard Ave Christian Church, Tulsa
First Christian Church, Woodward
Camp 101
Sites Hosting Our Camps
Oakridge Christian Camp
Chi Rho Camp (grades 6-8)
Oakridge is located just west of Anadarko, Ok.
Camp Christain
Discovery Camp (grades 2-3)
Junior Camp (grades 4-5)
Camp Christian is located east of Tulsa near Chouteau, Ok.
Disciples Center at Camp Tawakoni
CYF Conference (grades 9-12)
Camp Tawakoni is located near Augusta, Ks.
Types of Camp
Outdoor Ministry is a defining characteristic of the missional ministry that the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) offers to children, youth, and adults. Often people will think of Outdoor Ministry as “summer camp” only, but our Region’s Outdoor Ministry includes weekend retreats, traditional residential week long camps and non-traditional week long camps that give children, youth, and adults of all ages the opportunity to play, pray, worship, study, and serve one another and new neighbors. Outdoor Ministry is one way we teach the language of faith, and the practice of Christianity for the Church today and tomorrow.
What Happens at Camp?
Great question. The design of our outdoor ministry is based in small groups that provides space for campers to learn how to listen and talk to others. Campers spend time each day with their small group, and within the whole community they participate in art projects, they hear and interpret bible stories, worship together, and of course there are games, singing, sports, and pool time. Chi Rho and CYF campers are also offered workshops that teach life skills. Some recent workshops have focused on Internet safety, budgeting, photography, car maintenance, first-aid, and relationships.
About the Camp Facilities
In Oklahoma there are camp facilities that have Disciples roots dating to the early 1950’s. These facilities remain related to Christian Church in Oklahoma. Camps have their own governing boards that set policies, rental fees, and maintain onsite staff and programs. The Christian Church in Oklahoma has no oversight, nor financial responsibility for these facilities. Many individual members and congregations provide their time and financial support for Disciples related facilities.
Experiences We Offer (usually)
FAQs
Camp Christian
(Chouteau)
A Word from the Commission with Children, Youth & Young Adults
Rev. Bill Hemm and Madi Showalter, Co-Chairs
The CYYA offers a variety of opportunities throughout the year for persons ages K-35 years old. CYYA Ministries in Oklahoma are evolving and growing into a future that includes age appropriate experiences and events beyond the summer months for our diverse age bracket.
We need two things: adult volunteers and funding. Our summer camp directors are always seeking adults to be counselors. As our opportunities expand we will need a variety of adults with different skills to make these opportunities a reality. The other major need is funding. It costs approximately $15,000 each summer to pay for our adults volunteering as directors and counselors. We add this cost to camper fees which makes our camps expensive. Similarly, International Affairs Seminar costs $2000 per adult, and any weekend retreat or mission trip where the Region recruits volunteer adults as leaders we pass on this cost to registrants. Could you help with a gift or creating an endowment? Contact our Co-Chairs or Rev. Michael Davison, Associate Regional Minister.
Your Gifts Make a Difference!
Your generous gifts to the Disciples Mission Fund or the Annual Fund underwrites the operation of the Region (Regional Office, staff salaries, benefits, and expenses, the Board and Commission work), but it does not provide financial support for the program ministries of the Region: events, retreats, camp, and mission experiences for children, youth, and adults.
Please consider a gift and support one of these experiences:
International Affairs Seminar
Goal $5000
Summer Camp
$10,000
Summer Ministry
Each young person attending a summer ministry experience helps pay for the adult volunteers for that week. This fee is added to the camper fee and is based on the number of campers who attend and the number of adults needed. Funds raised for Summer Ministry could lower the cost for everyone that attends a camp in the future no matter where it may be hosted. Please consider a gift to support Summer Ministry and help us create funding to support this ongoing program ministry of the Region.
Are you considering a “legacy gift” to fund a ministry in your congregation or through the Region? The Oklahoma Disciples Foundation does this kind of work to support ministries throughout the Disciples of Christ in Oklahoma.
Make your check payable to Christian Church in Oklahoma, and note in the memo line what program ministry you are supporting.
Mail To: 301 NW 36th Street / Oklahoma City, OK, 73118. Please indicate IAS, Youth Ministry, Children’s Ministry, Young Adult Ministry, Heifer Week, Mission Camp, or Summer Ministry in the memo line.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! Contact Rev. Michael Davison for more information about how you can support these missional ministries.
Visit our homepage to donate Online.
Choose “Youth Ministry” from the dropdown box.
In the “Special Instructions” box type which experience you want to support.