Join us as we explore "Another Way" at Creation Camp at Wesley Woods Retreat Center in Williams Bay, Wisconsin!

JUNE 23-27, 2025

We can't wait to welcome your children back for another great year at camp in the great outdoors!

Creation Camp is an overnight camp experience suitable for all children entering Grades 2-8 in Fall, 2025. Small group, large group, and camp-wide activities include Bible Study, games, swimming, arts and crafts, campfire sing-alongs, and more to help us share and explore our faith in God's creation. This year's camp will again join in partnership, discipleship, and fun with First United Methodist Church of Downers Grove, offering first-time and returning campers an opportunity to engage in connectional Christian community with children and youth both familiar and new.

NEW FOR 2025!

Creation Camp will welcome students entering second grade in the fall, 2025. Each second grade student must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. (Parents/guardians pay a reduced fee of $100.)

IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE NOTE THESE DATE AND TIME CHANGES:

Campers will depart on MONDAY, JUNE 23 at 1:00 P.M.! Campers spend FOUR NIGHTS at Wesley Woods (M, T, W, Th), and return to church after lunch on FRIDAY, JUNE 27 (approximately 3:30-4:00 p.m.)

COST

The cost for each camper is $400. A $175 deposit is required with the remaining balance of $225 due by June 1.  Registration closes June 1. A limited number of partial and full cost scholarships will be available. 

Your registration fee is fully refundable in the event that you are not able to attend for any reason or if camp at Wesley Woods is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

Campers will be supervised by FUMC of Evanston and Downers Grove staff, FUMC high school youth, and Camp Wesley Woods staff and personnel.

Camp Curriculum - ANOTHER WAY

Jesus often confronted the world around him with another way of being and by his example, we are reminded that God always invites us to reimagine who we are and how we do things. At camp we will explore what would change if we lived as our authentic selves and respected the truths of others. In this humility, we will imagine how growing changes the way we live. In this potential for transformation, we will imagine how our personal change meets the change we seek in the world. Whether we are addressing unfair rules or dreaming of a time when all people belong, we know that God calls us to do a new thing and faithfully forge another way. 

Transportation Information

Bus/motor coach transportation will be offered to bring campers to and from Wesley Woods. An additional fee [TBD] will be required to ride the bus, and this option should be indicated in the Registration section below.* If campers choose not to ride the bus, the responsibility of transporting them to and from camp will fall on parents or guardians, and arrangements must be made in advance and communicated to Colin, Sydney, or Krys.

* We will require a minimum number of campers and staff to register for bus transportation to make this option feasible. You will be notified as soon as possible if this option will not be available.