Summer Camp Administrator Info
Hume Lake
We’re so excited to have your students come to Hume Lake Summer Camp! Below is all the pertinent information you’ll need, including all required registration forms. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us:
Hume Registration
[email protected]
559-305-7788
Hume Information
[email protected]
559-305-7770
Counselor Requirement:
We would like to remind you that California law requires all counselors and youth workers to be live-scanned and mandated reporter trained. It is your legal responsibility to ensure that you and your counselors have completed this prior to your arrival.
Registration
Please thoroughly read and respond to the following information. Please download or complete each section below. The sections are in order by the due date, just work your way down!
Certificate of Insurance Form
Required: YES. YOUR GROUP WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT A VERIFIED CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE.
Due: 8 weeks before camp.
Click Here to view and download the Certificate of Insurance form instructions and example
Click Here to Submit your Certificate of Insurance
*Please note: Some insurance companies state exclusions of activities (e.g., archery, hatchet throwing, etc.). Each church is responsible for knowing which activities its campers/counselors are not allowed to participate in, as per the insurance requirements. Note these before submitting the Certificate of Insurance to your account.
Online Roster
Required: YES.
Due: 5 weeks before camp.
Follow these instructions for the greatest success.
Final Count Form
Required: YES.
Due: 4 weeks before camp.
Login to your account to complete the final count form.
**If submitted after the deadline, a $50 charge will be assessed.**
Insurance Certificate Form
Required: YES.
Due: 4 weeks before camp.
Login to your account to view and download the Hume Insurance Certificate Form.
*Please note: Some insurance companies state exclusions of activities (e.g., archery, hatchet throwing, etc.). Each church is responsible for knowing which activities their campers/counselors are not allowed to participate in per the insurance. Note these before submitting the Certificate of Insurance onto your account.
** If submitted after the deadline, a $100 charge will be assessed.**
Campership Application
Required: Only if the student in need is wanting to submit a request.
Due: 2 weeks before camp
Parents are able to complete a Campership application for their student(s) during their online registration process. As the group administrator, you can see who applied and how much was awarded through your online account.
Health Screening Form
Required: YES.
Important: Must be completed within 24 hours of arriving at camp. Please designate one (1) licensed professional (Doctor, Nurse, PA, or NP) to ask screening questions, take temperature and sign each form.
Due: At check-in upon arrival.
**NEW – Digital Health Screening Form for your group will be sent to you a few days before camp.
Final Balance
To pay by Visa/MasterCard, log into your Online Account to complete this process. Please note that using this form of payment will result in an additional charge of 2.24% of your paid amount. If you plan to pay by check, you may mail payment to the Hume office. To find your remaining balance, log into your Online Account and click “View All Statements.”
Summer Camp Deposit & Cancellation Policy
- A non-refundable deposit in the amount of $35/person must be received in order to confirm your registration.
- The second non-refundable deposit of $100/person (totaling $135/person) is due 130 days prior to camp check-in day.
- The third non-refundable deposit of $100/person (totaling $235/person) is due 60 days prior to camp check-in day.
- The remaining balance is due no later than 4 weeks prior to the event check-in day.
If the registration is canceled or changed for any reason after initial signup or any deposit is made, the attendee agrees that the full deposit per person will be forfeited.
Camper Medication
You can locate your church’s Medication Administration Record (MAR) from your Online Account. This is a list of medications you should expect to collect. Please collect ALL medications, vitamins and supplements, except epi-pens, rescue inhalers & diabetic supplies. (Don’t worry if it’s not listed on the MAR, we can add it at camp!) All medication needs to be in its original container & in a Ziploc bag. Write your church name & each student’s name in Sharpie on the bag. You’ll turn medications into our health center staff at check-in when you arrive, so please collect medications before campers load up into vehicles.
Check-In at Hume
This is for church administrators, pastors, or leaders who will have the required paperwork, medications, and payment for the church.
When you arrive, follow the signs for Check-in. Our staff will help direct you.
Check-in Location: The Ark
Check-in Begins: 2:00 PM
Park Entrance Pass
Print and distribute one pass for each vehicle coming to camp. This pass is provided to prevent confusion when passing through the Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park on your way to Hume. Present this at the park entrance booth to avoid being charged the park visiting fee. Please note that this is not a pass for access to visit the National Park. It is ONLY to pass through the park to get to Hume Lake. It only allows a vehicle to drive non-stop through the 4 miles of the park on your way to Hume Lake Christian Camps.
Map and Directions
When you arrive, follow signs for Church Check-In. Our staff will help direct you.
Check out our Campus Map for help getting around once you’re here!
Wildwood Drop-off Directions
Download this Map for directions from the Hume Welcome Center to the Wildwood Drop-Off location.
You can also share or copy this direct link to the Google Map pin for the Wildwood Drop-off location.
Church Resources and Training
At Hume, we care about providing the highest level of healthcare to our campers and staff. Check out this important info for everything you need to know about health and safety while at camp.
**Also please note in the above document our Marijuana and CBD Policy, new for 2024.**
Sick Camper Policy
Campers who feel ill while at camp, and are brought to the health center by their youth leader, will be evaluated for a fever and other contagious symptoms. If a camper is found to have a fever in excess of 100.4 and have potentially contagious symptoms, they will be isolated at the health center until the fever is gone for 24 hours without any anti-fever medication in their system, and their symptoms are improved. If symptoms persist or temperature goes above 102, then arrangements will need to be made to have the camper picked up from camp by a parent or guardian in the shortest time frame possible. If the 24 hour isolation period would exceed the time remaining in camp, a parent or guardian will be responsible for the pick up of the camper in the shortest time frame possible.
Sick Camper Transportation
It is imperative that parents are aware of this policy and are ready to pick up their camper in the case where they become sick and potentially contagious. Hume does not recommend transporting sick campers home in the same bus or vehicle that is being used to transport healthy students. In the event of serious injury or a life-threatening emergency, Hume will assist with the transportation of campers, but we strongly urge all churches to have an additional vehicle on site for the medical transportation of campers in non-emergency situations or due to illness.
Policy for children of counselors/youth pastors at Hume (Cabins and Chapel)
At Hume, we desire to support the ministry of the local church and its leaders to the fullest extent possible. Youth leaders, in particular, are some of our most valued partners. Our ministry has a lasting impact because of the countless number of youth pastors, leaders, and volunteers who dedicate their time, finances, and even their families to the ministry. We recognize that doing ministry is often something that the entire family is involved in. To that end, we want to be a support to youth leaders who are counseling at camp and want to bring their spouses and children to experience a week/weekend at Hume as well.
If you are able to bring your family to Hume, and they are staying in a lodge, rented cabin, or just visiting for the day, we have just a couple of guidelines we ask you to follow.
- Only youth counselors and campers who are registered for the week/weekend event are allowed to sleep in our youth cabins. Practically, this means no infants or children of the youth leader or counselor of that cabin are allowed to sleep overnight in the cabin.
- Throughout the event there are numerous opportunities for families of youth leaders to interact with their students. These can include church breakouts, free time, recreation, meals, evening activities, and many more. However, one of our core values is to provide a distraction-free environment for the students to worship, engage in solid biblical teaching, and respond to the Lord. Understanding the difficulty of creating an environment like this with teenagers, we ask that infants and small children of youth leaders not attend the main chapel sessions.
Again, our desire is that students attending a camp or retreat at Hume are provided a safe, distraction-free environment for them to be challenged by the Lord. Please help us do that by following these two guidelines.
- We heard you! Based on your feedback from last summer, we are striving to take something off your plate.
- ONLINE SIGN-UPS BEFORE YOU ARRIVE
- Available for campers and counselors of Ponderosa & Meadow Ranch
- Counselors and parents of campers will have the option to sign up and pre-pay for activities prior to camp, but not choose a specific session. (1 session per activity)
- Paintball, High Adventure, & Escape Room available
- Church Admins will be able to tell us what days they prefer to be scheduled in the Final Count Form.
- 1st & 2nd choice – Monday-Friday afternoons
- Our team will schedule all who signed up into sessions based on the church/group they’re attending with, followed by the cabin they’re assigned to.
- Final counts and housing assignments will need to be received in a timely manner.
- Activity Schedules will be made available prior to check-in, at check-in, and at the counselor meetings.
- IN PERSON SIGN-UPS
- Ponderosa & Meadow Ranch will take place Sunday night after chapel
- Online Activity Sign-ups will close 7 days prior to the start of each week of camp.
Please see our Dietary Restriction Policy for everything you need to know about accommodating your campers’ special dietary restrictions.
Please be aware that at this time, we do not have any electric charging stations or outlets available for charging vehicles at Hume. If driving an electric vehicle, please be sure to fully charge your vehicle before heading up the hill.
Counselor Camp Booklets
The 2026 Counselor Booklet is coming soon to help you prepare for camp!
Counselors will receive a printed copy at the first counselor meeting.
Looking for a sample of what to expect? Here’s an example from last year.
Download the 2025 Ponderosa Counselor Camp Booklet
The 2026 Counselor Booklet is coming soon to help you prepare for camp!
Counselors will receive a printed copy at the first counselor meeting.
Looking for a sample of what to expect? Here’s an example from last year.
Download the 2025 Meadow Ranch Counselor Booklet
The 2026 Counselor Booklet is coming soon to help you prepare for camp!
Counselors will receive a printed copy at the first counselor meeting.
Looking for a sample of what to expect? Here’s an example from last year.
Download the 2025 Wagon Train Counselor Booklet
Wildwood Counselor Booklets will be distributed to counselors at the first counselor meeting in person.
Media
Download The Hume App!
To view photos from your week at camp, download the Hume app or visit bunk1.com and log in with your Hume registration information (email and password).
Photo Gallery With Photo Tagging
You can browse through all photos uploaded by camp, saving your favorites along the way. You can purchase and share high-resolution digital downloads and prints from our desktop version or create unique photo gifts such as mugs, calendars, phone cases, and more.
Our new photo tagging feature with facial recognition makes it easy for parents, counselors, church admins and youth pastors to see their campers in action! Parents can upload a photo of their camper and they’ll receive push notifications whenever we detect photos that may contain their camper.
Send Bunk Notes
No need to wait for snail mail; Send Bunk Notes day or night. We receive and distrbiute Bunk Notes once every 24 hours. Parents can use Credits to create Fun Notes that include borders, photos, Sudoku Puzzles or Baseball Box Scores.
Purchase Bunk Note Express and receive a unique email address for your camper. Parents can customize their camper email address and share with grandparents or other relatives so that they can send Bunk Notes too.
Get Started Today!
Search for Hume Christian Camps on the iOS App Store or on Google Play.
Log in using the same credentials that you use to access your Hume online account.
NOTE: Our mobile app is powered by Bunk1. You will have the option to upgrade to use the Bunk Notes feature described below. If you choose to upgrade, charges on your card will appear from “Bunk1 Summer Camps”. Access to the photo gallery is available for free, but you’ll still need to “purchase” the free bundle.
SUPPORT
Our Hume Mobile App is powered by Bunk1. If you have any technical difficulties, the Bunk1 team is available to support you 7 days a week during peak season. They guarantee a response within 24 hours and it’s usually much quicker than that. Please call Bunk1 at 212-974-9112 or email [email protected].
For FAQ’s related to the services above, visit bunk1family.com/faqs
Audio Recordings
We record speaker messages from the main chapel sessions and seminars each week of camp in Ponderosa and Meadow Ranch. Visit hume.org/media and find your camp to listen.
Recreation and Wrap Up Videos
Watch the videos from your week of camp. Visit hume.org/media, find your location and week of camp to view videos. You can view the video embedded on that page, or follow the share link for each video to access more features and download to play in your church or keep forever.
Ponderosa has daily recreation videos and a wrap up video at the end of the week.
Meadow Ranch has one recreation highlight video and a wrap up video at the end of the week.
Wagon Train has a wrap up video at the end of the week.
Wildwood does not have any weekly video content, but you can catch a glimpse of our Wildwood campers in our Stories From Summer Camp videos where we share the testimonies from all of our camps each week this summer. hume.org/stories
Theme video content will be published at the end of the summer after every camper has had the opportunity to experience the opener, videos, and dramas for the first time during their week of camp. To view past year’s themes, visit hume.org/themes
Shooting Photo and Video For Your Church
We love partnering with our local churches and want to make your camp experience the best! With that in mind, we have a few guidelines for capturing media at camp that we want you to be aware of. Our heart behind this guide is to help keep our campers safe and minimize distractions so that the gospel can clearly be proclaimed and received.
Churches are welcome to bring their own photographers and videographers to camp. We only ask you to keep a few things in mind:
• Please give Hume Media Staff the “right of way” at all times. We ask that you do not impede their shot to get your own.
• It is important that you do not become a hindrance or distraction to programmed events. Please stay off stages, out of the middle of recreation, and out of any “staff only” areas.
• Feel free to use anything we post online for your church’s promotional purposes. Please do not ask our Hume Media Summer Staff for any special photo or video favors or any unedited photos or video clips. If you have any special requests, you may email [email protected]
• You may not fly drones at any time while at camp.
• To the best of your ability, please only take photos or videos of students who belong to your church.
• Hume and our staff are not responsible for any damage or misplacement of camera gear. Please bring any equipment at your discretion.
Thank you so much for abiding by these guidelines this summer! We truly value your partnership as we minister to youth together for the sake of the gospel.
Counselor Guidebook
We believe the counselors that you bring with your church are a key part of this ministry. We’ve created these resources for them to learn about their responsibilities as counselors. Please have them read this Counselor Guidebook carefully before coming to camp.
Camp Theme Information
Learn about the spiritual direction and download promotional materials for each camp at Hume Lake this summer.
Theme Verse
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”
Spiritual Direction
This summer, we will look at the Psalms of David to discover an honest and real representation of the life of the believer. Through David, we see an example of a man whose heart is continually being tuned to the heart of God through both the tragic and triumphant seasons of life. As we dive into the Psalms of David while also following the narrative of his life, we gain insight into both the internal and external world of the believer. As believers, God is forming us into the image of Christ for His glory and our sanctification.
Creative Direction
1920’s Clue Whodunit
Every heart tells a story. This summer, you are invited to be a guest at Hart’s Manor, the residence of the mayor, Davey Hart. On this specific night, we welcome you to join the party at the Manor, but look closely, because this story might not be what you expect. A death has occurred, secrets will come to light, and every guest is now a suspect. What begins as a murder mystery quickly becomes something deeper; a story about identity, brokenness, grace, and redemption. Spoiler alert, this isn’t really about solving a crime. It’s about discovering the condition of the heart. So please, join us this summer, because at Hart’s Manor every heart will be up for questioning. Will you solve the mystery or be left wondering, WHODUNIT?
Super Spirit Day
Board Game Bonanza
Get ready to pass ‘Go’ and collect some serious rec points! Whether you want to roll in as a high-stakes Monopoly tycoon, a life-sized chess piece ready for battle, a colorful suspect from a classic whodunit, or a vital resource from Catan, it’s time to bring your favorite tabletop adventures to the rec lawn!
Team Colors
Navy
Old Gold
Theme Verse
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”
Spiritual Direction
This summer, we will look at the Psalms of David to discover an honest and real representation of the life of the believer. Through David, we see an example of a man whose heart is continually being tuned to the heart of God through both the tragic and triumphant seasons of life. As we dive into the Psalms of David while also following the narrative of his life, we gain insight into both the internal and external world of the believer. As believers, God is forming us into the image of Christ for His glory and our sanctification.
Creative Direction
1920’s Clue Whodunit
Every heart tells a story. This summer, you are invited to be a guest at Hart’s Manor, the residence of the mayor, Davey Hart. On this specific night, we welcome you to join the party at the Manor, but look closely, because this story might not be what you expect. A death has occurred, secrets will come to light, and every guest is now a suspect. What begins as a murder mystery quickly becomes something deeper; a story about identity, brokenness, grace, and redemption. Spoiler alert, this isn’t really about solving a crime. It’s about discovering the condition of the heart. So please, join us this summer, because at Hart’s Manor every heart will be up for questioning. Will you solve the mystery or be left wondering, WHODUNIT?
Super Spirit Day
Board Game Bonanza
Get ready to pass ‘Go’ and collect some serious rec points! Whether you want to roll in as a high-stakes Monopoly tycoon, a life-sized chess piece ready for battle, a colorful suspect from a classic whodunit, or a vital resource from Catan, it’s time to bring your favorite tabletop adventures to the rec lawn!
Team Colors
Royal Blue
Gold
Title
Hallelujah
Theme Verse
“Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Hallelujah!”
Theme Passage
Spiritual Direction
Worship is both an action and a lifestyle of devotion and commitment to God. Life is filled with so many things that people hold on to dearly. Items we cherish, People we idolize or experiences dreamed of. In one sense, we worship the things we cherish. Yet the genuine Christian worships God in spirit and in truth both individually and together with the saints. We praise God for who He is and all that He has done. As we search through the Psalms, we will see that our worship of God is from our whole being and with all our faculties. So may the Lord be glorified forever and ever! Amen.
Creative Direction
Worship consists of moments devoted to God both individually and corporately. It is also widely expressed through music. So, this year we will be hootin’ and hollarin’ ‘Halleluia’ in the old western frontier. Singing and dancing to the sound of the Spirit and the beat of God’s Word.
Team Names & Colors
Treble Trackers
Carolina Blue
Bass Battalion
Cardinal Red
Theme Title
THIS IS MY STORY, THIS IS MY SONG
Theme Verse
Psalm 51:10
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”
Spiritual Direction
God has given us the narrative of David’s life and his journey of worship and faith through the Psalms. Our summer goal: to experience how pursuing after God’s heart—through prayer, His Word, and fellowship with His people—results in God renewing our hearts for our good and His glory. Get ready to worship God for all that He has done, and will do, in your story and THE GREAT STORY.