If you haven’t heard yet, FamilyCamp made an exciting announcement last month: Darrin and Amie Patrick from The Journey in Saint Louis will be teaching at FamilyCamp this year!

Darrin founded The Journey in 2002 with a desire to plant a church in the heart of Saint Louis, Missouri.  He is Vice President of Acts 29 Church Planting Network, and serves as the executive director for another church planting movement called 360-St. Louis, a network which joins the church and the business community in planting gospel-centered churches.

Today, The Journey runs six services across four campuses, and continues to aggressively plant churches in St. Louis and beyond.  Having 3 children of their own, Darrin and Amie have a huge heart to see families centered around Christ so that the church can be reformed and the world can be reached.

While at FamilyCamp, Darrin and Amie will lead the Saturday morning breakout session titled, ‘Enjoying your Marriage’.  Then on Sunday, Amie will lead, ‘Being a Christ Centered Woman’.  Finally, on Monday, Darrin will give us the closing charge to be missional agents of change as we Reach the World and Reform the Church by Restoring the Family.

Friends… this camp will be God-glorifying and life-changing.  We hope that you will join the movement and get registered today!

So… why should this matter to you? Within our cost calculator, you’ve probably noticed that meals were a significant part of the FamilyCamp cost. Like all camp ministries, Windermere makes a large portion of their income from food.  However, food is now something that can be completely optional for your family.  You can either eat meals in the Windermere cafeteria (which is very good by the way), or you can bring your own meals and save a TON of cash.

How much is a TON?

Let me give you an example… If you have a family of five, this is what it would look like:

2 adults + 3 kids staying in economy housing, eating meals in the Windermere cafeteria = $420, compared to only $192 if you bring your own meals.

So, if you were having a hard time affording camp, you could save around $150 by purchasing and preparing your own meals (already figuring that it would still cost some money to purchase your own food before camp).

This doesn’t mean that families aren’t encouraged to eat at Windermere, but rather that the FamilyCamp team is doing everything possible to assure financial barriers are removed so every family can attend this camp.  I believe whole-heartedly that Saint Louis FamilyCamp 2009 has the ability to completely shift your view of family forever.  God will use this camp to encourage singles, strengthen marriages, equip parents, and develop Christ-centered children.  To me, a dollar amount can’t be placed on this type of experience… I hope you’ll agree.

So what are you waiting for?  The next pricing break will end soon… Sign up today for Saint Louis FamilyCamp 2009!

We didn’t like the cliche phrase ‘early bird rate’, so we’re calling it reduced pricing for smart people.  If you’re planning on attending FamilyCamp in 2009, it would be very smart to sign up now versus signing up later.  Not only will you help us estimate attendance, but you’ll save some hard earned cash.

How much will you save?

Program fees will increase two times between now and camp.  Here is the fee breakdown…

December 1st – January 31st: $10 per adult / $5 per child (superduper smart)

February  1st – April 30th: $15 per adult / $10 per child (very smart)

May 1st – July 30th: $20 per adult / $15 per child (smart**)

**If you’re wondering how this last category is still smart…  while you missed the discounts, you’re still coming to FamilyCamp.  That’s smart!

So, what are you waiting for? Sign up for FamilyCamp today! Your only out of pocket cost is the $100 deposit.  Your remaining balance can be paid when you arrive at camp.

Hope to have you with us in 2009.

JZ and the FamilyCamp team

We want to thank you for visiting us here.  We pray that God will encourage and equip you and your family through our website and our camp.

Let me just point out a few things that you can expect from us here:
We are committed to Christ and His Word; we want to make sure Christ’s glorification is our highest goal and His Word’s centrality is our governing principle for all we do.

We are committed to the family; we want to make sure that we adhere to and proclaim God’s value and vision for the family.

We are committed to a fresh website; we want to make sure that there are new and relevant things to view often.

We are planning on adding new and different videos on our home page in order to inform you what we’re all about and to motivate you to join us for our FamilyCamp 2009.

There will be frequent posts right here that will be Biblically solid and practical for you and your family.

We will be adding new resources all the time, so be sure to check them out.  We want to be a one-stop place for articles, messages, books, and other links for all things relating to the restoration of the family.