Current Camp Registration Numbers (5/27/26)
Chi Rho Camp: 70
Discovery Damp: 23
CYF Conference: 41
Junior Camp: 51
Refer to your camper letter, mailed via USPS, for Check-In and Pick-Up times. Contact Rev. Shannon Cook if you have questions.
On Deck . . .
July 10-11: Digital General Assembly
Coming Soon: Meet New Regional Youth Council Members
Coming this Fall – Chi Rho/CYF Fall Retreat
August – Is it time for school already?
2026 Camp Photos
Meet the Regional Youth Council
Jonah – Graduating Senior
First Christian Church, El Reno
Thank you, Jonah, for serving on RYC. We celebrate your graduation and pray for God’s blessings to follow you and help you continue to be an example of a life of faith following Jesus.
Tabitha – Graduating Senior
Harvard Ave. Christian Church, Tulsa
Thank you, Tabitha, for serving on RYC. We celebrate your graduation and pray for God’s blessings to follow you and help you continue to be an example of a life of faith following Jesus.
Brooke – Returning Member
Central Christian Church, Enid
I am a senior at Enid High School, and I am participating in 3 audition choirs: concert choir, show choir, and jazz choir.
Darby – Returning Member
Crown Height Christian Church, OKC
Hello! My name is Darby, and I’m going into my senior year of High School! I am a drum major in the Pride of Piedmont and a member of my school’s National Honor Society!
Calvin – Returning Member
First Christian Church, Sulphur
This is my second year on RYC. I am on my track and cross-country team at Sulphur High School. In my spare time, I like to run.
Shya – Returning Member
First Christian Church, Sulphur
I’m a senior at Sulphur High School. I love drawing, playing basketball, and sometimes running track. This is my second year on RYC, and I’m excited for the opportunity.
Lauren – Returning Member
First Christian Church, El Reno
Hello, I’m a member of my high school soccer team and am active in my church and youth group.
Derek - Returning Member
First Christian Church, El Reno
Congregations @ Summer Camp 2026
Congregations Sending: 5-10 campers / 10-20 campers /30 or more campers
Camp 101
Sites Hosting Our Camps
Canyon Camp
Chi Rho Camp (grades 6-8)
Canyon Camp is located just south of Hinton, 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.