Winter Camp

At Hume Lake

Experience The Gospel At Play!

Winter Activities. Theme and Opener. All the camp fun that you expect from Hume. Meaningful worship. Solid Biblical teaching. Friendships anchored in the Gospel. Truth that lasts forever.

2025 Winter Camp Registration Now Open!

2025 Dates & Speakers

JAN 3-5

High School
2-Night

$375/Camper

$129/ Counselor

JAN 10-12

Middle School
2-Night

$375/Camper

$129/ Counselor

JAN 17-20

High School
3-Night

$445/Camper

$159/ Counselor

JAN 24-26

Middle School
2-Night

$375/Camper

$129/ Counselor

JAN 31-FEB 2

Combined
2-Night

$375/Camper

$129/ Counselor

Feb 7-10

High School
3-Night

$445/Camper

$159/ Counselor

FEB 14-17

Middle School
3-Night

$445/Camper

$159/ Counselor

FEB 21-23

High School
2-Night

$375/Camper

$129/ Counselor

Feb 28-Mar 2

Combined
2-Night

$375/Camper

$129/ Counselor

Need Financial Help?

There are scholarships available for every camper that needs them. We call it Camperships!
Campers and parents can apply for a Campership during the registration process online.

Learn more about Camperships here!

FAQ

We provide:

Dinner the first day of the retreat

All meals each full day of the retreat

Breakfast and lunch the last day of the retreat

Bible

notebook

pencil

flashlight

sleeping bag

pillow

towel

toiletries

warm clothes

jacket

hat

gloves

boots

spending money (at least $50 recommended)

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.

Activities

*Activities subject to weather conditions and availability

Tube Run

Broom Hockey Tournament

Box Sled Blitz

Ice Skating

Mechanical Buffalo

Snowboard Run

Winter Camp Theme - Agapolis
Winter Camp Theme Agapolis

About the Winter Camp Theme

Spiritual Direction

This winter, we will walk through 1 John 4:7-12 to discover the truth about love. In a world that has distorted what love truly means, we look to Scripture for the foundational definition of love. 

Creative Direction

For this winter camp season, our creative theme title is called Agapolis. Through an Ancient Greek animation, we will communicate the story of Biblical love; God is the author of love who demonstrated His love for us through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
This perfect, sacrificial, and unconditional love is called Agape love. In our animated story, the God of love, Agape, creates Agapolis as a place for His love to flourish. Unfortunately, His love is rejected and forgotten until one character questions the way the citizens of Agapolis have selfishly distorted the love of Agape. 

Theme Overview

As we enter into the winter season, we tend to be more attuned to spreading good tidings of great joy, peace, hope, and love. While we might say and hear these words more often during this time of year, do we understand the truth behind them?

This winter camp season, we are eager to walk students through 1 John 4:7-12 in order to discover the truth about love. In a world that has distorted what love truly means, we look to Scripture for the foundational definition of love. While the world has reduced the definition of love to mediocre acceptance, casual preference, and even based on conditions, the love of God is infinite, unfathomable, and unconditional. The reality is that God Himself is love.

When we believe and receive the truth of God’s love for us through Jesus, we are compelled to love God and respond in obedience to His Word. By abiding in God’s love for us, we learn how to love others with grace and truth. Our hope this winter is that students learn the truth about the joy, peace, hope, and love that can only come through the saving grace of God through Jesus Christ. 

Theme Verse

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.”

1 John 4:7-12

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Aaron Logan

Speaker

Aaron “Chip” Logan is the Children’s Pastor/Elder at Grace Church of the Valley in Kingsburg, CA. Before coming to GCV he spent four years on Hume’s own program team as a camp director. Aaron has a deep passion for God’s Word and loves figuring out how to present the big truths of the Bible in powerful and easy-to-understand ways. He also loves fancy leather Bibles, comic books, good sitcoms, really long podcasts, and spending time with his wife, Anna, and their two young sons.

Nick Ely

Speaker

Nick Ely is a lead pastor at Christ Church in Phoenix, Arizona, where he has served since 2013. He is married to Rachel and they have four rambunctious boys: Titus, Jude, Josiah, and Ezekiel, who probably love Hume Lake as much as anyone on planet Earth. Nick was in student ministry for 7 years and loves to present God’s Word to young people in a way that is faithful, accessible, and powerful.

Brian Howard

Speaker

Brian is the Teaching Pastor at Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village, California, where he has served with students and adults since 2007. His preaching ministry is built around making disciples who live and love like Jesus Christ. Brian believes that the Holy Spirit changes lives through relentless proclamation of the gospel and careful teaching of the Bible. He and his wife Dani have been married since 2013 and have three children, Grace, Noah and Hope.

Rich Baker

Speaker

Rich Baker is the Pastor of Communities at Arbor Road Church in Lakewood, CA. His job consists of connecting people to the Lord as well as to one another. Prior to his current role at Arbor Road, Rich worked at Hume Lake Christian Camps as the Director of High School Ministries for 14 years and received his master’s degree from Liberty University. Originally from Stockton, Rich and his wife Allyson have been married for over 10 years and have two children, August and Eisley.

Brian Holland

Speaker

Brian is a disciple of Jesus first who has, by the grace of God, been in some type of pastoral role for 30 years in Southern California. He is currently the Lead Pastor for Ignite City Church. He has a strong desire to see people come to know and follow Jesus passionately and to live in true biblical community. He gets to be married to his best friend, Kelley, and has two amazing sons, Tyler and Dylan. Brian’s purpose in ministry is to help make disciples of Jesus who make disciple-makers.

Dr. Erik Thoennes

Speaker

Erik Thoennes is a Professor of Theology at Biola University and a pastor at Grace EVFree, La Mirada. He was voted Professor of the Year twice and was awarded the Faculty Excellence Award by his colleagues at Biola University. He is the author of “Life’s Biggest Questions: What the Bible Says About the Things that Matter Most,” and “Biblical and Theological Studies: A Student’s Guide,” Erik and his wife Donna have four children and love the people and ministry of Hume Lake!

Eric Holmstrom

Speaker

Eric loves Jesus, his brilliant bride Sarah, and their four children! If he’s not jumping on the trampoline with the kids, playing Pickleball, or on a date with Sarah, you can find Eric talking with someone about how Jesus changes everything. Eric is the Associate Lead Pastor and one of the Teaching Pastors at Purpose Church in Pomona, CA. Eric loves serving the local church through preaching, leadership, and ministry resources.

Cory Fenn

Speaker

Cory is a husband and father whose greatest passion is sharing the good news of Jesus with the world. He also serves as the Executive Director of Onward, a leadership development and discipleship organization that helps train and develop young and emerging ministry leaders from all over the country.

Deposit and cancellation policy

Deposits
  1. Deposit #1 will be $35/spot
  2. Deposit #2 will be an additional $100/spot (a total of $135/spot). This deposit is due 60 days prior to your date of arrival for camp.
  3. If any deposits are not made by the specified due date, you will be contacted by our Registration Department. Full payment for your balance will be due 2 weeks prior to your date of arrival at camp.
Cancellations
  • If you cancel any spots, you will forfeit the full deposit per spot at the time of cancellation.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected].

Jake Ellis

Speaker

Jake Ellis is a teaching pastor from the central coast of California. He is passionate about equipping people in all stages of faith to become more like Jesus. As a worship leader for over a decade, he believes that all good preaching must ultimately lead to worship, and he longs to teach God’s Word in a way that moves people toward greater devotion. Jake and his wife, Nikki, have two daughters whom he adores and one goldendoodle that he feels neutral about.

Ryan Guzman

Speaker

Ryan Guzman is a Family Ministry Pastor and Teaching Pastor at a church in Los Angeles, where he has served with students and families for a decade. He is passionate about seeing students grow in their relationship with the Lord and connecting them into their local church body. Ryan has a Masters of Preaching from Talbot School of Theology. He loves his wife and two kids, and you can usually find them running around Disneyland, playing music, or watching basketball.

Chris Hilken

Speaker

Chris Hilken is a husband, father of 5, and the lead pastor of College Ave Church in San Diego. He is also a professor of systematic theology and apologetics. He is passionate about teaching the Word of God so that we can know, love, and follow the real Jesus.

Jeff Gokee

Speaker

Jeff provides visionary leadership, strategic thinking, and passion as the Executive Director of PHOENIX/ONE. Jeff earned his B.A. in Youth Ministry from Moody Bible Institute. He has been a pastor for over 20 years, serves on the board of Harvest India, and communicates weekly through his podcast Front Porch Confessional. Jeff and his wife Patti have been married for over 20 years and have 3 children: Ben, Cooper, and Mika.

Jeff Sanford

Speaker

Formerly the Wagon Master at Hume Lake’s Wagon Train camp, Jeff Sanford is now a high school teacher at Hume Lake Charter School. He started his youth ministry experience working at Skate Church in Portland, OR where his passion for teaching students ignited. He has a passion for the Lord and for clearly communicating the Gospel in a fun, clear, and creative way. He loves being with his awesome family, bird watching, hockey, skateboarding, playing music, and doing art.

Stevy York

Speaker

Stevy lives in Encinitas, CA with his wife Trisha & son Callum, where he is the Associate Pastor at Light Church. The passion for students to encounter God through the Gospel was birthed at Hume Lake where he started following Jesus when he was in high school. He studied Biblical & Theological studies at Biola & served as a Youth Pastor in Orange County for 7 years before moving back to his hometown of San Diego. You can often find him at the beach with his family & a California burrito in hand!

Hume Christian Camps and Retreats

Join us for an amazing

Summer at Hume

We’ve opened our lodges and cabins to families and couples! Come up the mountain to worship, hear the Word, and spend time playing together in God’s creation. It’s the best place to be this summer!

Virtual Summer Camp 2020

Missing camp? Try our

Virtual Camp

We’re bringing Hume to you! With chapels hosted by our Camp Directors, you’ll get to participate in worship, play “virtual Rec” games, watch theme videos, and hear from Hume speakers. You don’t want to miss this!

We need help this summer!

Volunteer

As you know, things are a bit different at Hume this summer. The good news? The Lord has made it possible for us to shine His light in some wonderful ways, and we really need your help to make it happen!

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