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the great outdoors + adventure + grace = LIFE-CHANGING!

 A week at camp is often the highlight of a child's summer - swimming, boating, archery, late-night campfires, singing, new friends and new challenges - what could be better? How about if it didn't have to end after just five days?

We want Tshimakain Creek Camp to be the BEGINNING for our campers - the beginning of newfound confidence, trust and strong relationships. Everything we do is based on communicating the unconditional love of Christ and the hope of a life with Him. And the best part? What begins at camp continues to be nurtured throughout the year by the local churches with whom we partner.

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For just $87, you can make a new beginning possible for a child like Eli . . .

Eli came to camp with one shirt that he wore all week. When it came time to choose his camp shirt, a small would have been the best fit, but he asked for a medium so it would last him a long time. On the last day of camp, Eli kept hiding out in the woods. Finally, he admitted that he was hoping to hide until the bus left so he could come back the next week. He had truly had the time of his life. Read more stories about kids like Eli.

A free camp for disadvantaged children would not be possible without the financial support of partners like you. Please give generously.

THE STAFF

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The staff at Tshimakain Creek Camp is unique - in more ways than one! While the core staff stays the same throughout the summer - directors, facilitators, lifeguards, cooks and medical staff - each church brings its own counselors, worship team and activities coordinator. Many of the positions are filled by committed youth group members. In this way, church kids learn about ministry, and ongoing relationships are facilitated between the campers and the churches who invited them.

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Youth Outreach Director Dennis Roach has 35 years of experience working with youth - 25 years with adolescent offenders and 10 with the Union Gospel Mission. A master at team and trust-building, Dennis works with youth leaders throughout the year, encouraging them in their ministry to at-risk youth.


THE SETTING

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The Mission’s beautiful Tshimakain (shi-muh-kin) Creek Camp sits on 125 acres bordering the Spokane River and offers a wide range of outdoor recreation. For more information about renting the facilities for your next retreat, please call 509-258-4257.

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Tshimakain Creek Camp

6088 Martha Boardman Rd Ford, WA 99013 | 509-258-4257

For information on camp registration and sponsorship please call 509-535-8510.


Help us build more cabins to serve more campers!
Materials and donations needed. 

Call Roy 509-953-2512 or Ken 509-258-4257 for more information.

 

When you send children to Tshimakain Creek Camp, you’re giving them the opportunity to discover God’s love, their own worth, and how life can be an amazing adventure.  You’re enabling them to leave the city and see sites they might not otherwise see.  But the real value of a week at Tshimakain Creek Camp – the reason we am asking you to sponsor as many children as you can again this year – is that, while there, they experience love, beauty, trustworthy people, and adventure for themselves.  And what they experience, they understand.  What they experience sticks with them long after camp is over.  Denny Roach, our camp director, put it like this: “Experience is a rope thrown to us – something we can hold onto.”