Join us for Word of Life Youth Summer Camp this July! Students will experience high-energy action, form lifelong friendships, and make defining decisions about their faith as they spend their days worshiping, studying Biblical truths, and having a ton of fun in the Florida sun!

Dates: June 20-27th, 2026

-We will depart from HBC on Saturday, June 20th, at 11 PM and arrive back at HBC on Saturday, June 27th, around 2 PM (Meet in the Senior High Room for registration on June 20th at 10 PM)

Cost:

• $700 for students that do not receive WOL scholarship for the 2025-2026 year (this cost includes the required $200 transportation fee)
• $200 transportation fee for every student, including students who will receive WOL Scholarship for the 2025-2026. (Please read the note below from Pastor Nathan about the increase in transportation cost)

If you earn WOL scholarship this year, we will apply your reward on our end, so no code is needed.

Important Details

• A required WOL health form will be sent out when we get closer to camp, so please fill it out when you receive the email from WOL.
• If you haven’t already, please fill out the required HBC Medical Form HERE.
• You can find the packing list HERE.
• The deposit of $50 is nonrefundable and goes towards the $200 transportation fee
• There is an additional nonrefundable charge of $50 if your student drops out of camp, regardless of scholarship, after March 18th. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, we are requiring this because WOL requires us to pay this amount if anyone drops out after their deadline. However, if you find someone to cover your spot or we have a waitlist, we will not require this.

Register for Camp HERE! The deadline to sign up is March 18th.

 

“It’s hard to believe with the winter storm so recently in our past that we are talking about summer camp in Florida…yet here we are! We look forward to another year of travelling to WOL Florida, and growing together as a group in community around God’s Word. Year over year, I continue to be encouraged at what the Lord teaches our teens at camp (through the speaker, through their counselors, and through one another), and how teens come back in greater friendships with one another. Camp is, in this youth pastor’s opinion, a meaningful week in our ministry calendar, and one we look forward to again this summer!

Pastorally, I do want to draw your attention to the cost of camp this year, and note the increase in cost. Over the years we’ve been able to keep costs way down for teens to go to camp, in large part because teens earn scholarships and because of HBC owning two working buses. This year, at this time, only one of our buses is safely working. I run into a tension point: students have to be safe on buses, and I’d like for as many students to go to camp as possible (for as cheap as possible).

To achieve teen safety and as many students going as possible, this year we are renting a charter bus for the week (along with our one working bus and two 15 passenger vans). This rental of course comes at an increased cost to the church, a bill we can’t entirely foot. This is where we work with you as parents: we are paying some of the cost of the charter bus rental, and asking you to meet the difference. On the whole, $200 (if your teen earns scholarship) for a week of camp is really quite the deal.

I’ll finish by saying this: I recognize for some these increased funds may be prohibitive for your teen to go to camp. I’ve said often to the teens and will reemphasize here…I never want a teen to miss out on what God could teach them, or time around God’s people, because funds are an obstacle. The Lord always provides what’s needed, and I’ve seen numbers of teens assisted over the years to go to camp or mission trips. Please ask or reach out if you have questions or need help, and know my heart is to move all I can to love your teen and family well. I want their time in this youth ministry to be an outstanding and formative experience, and hope this year of camp is no different!”

-Pastor Nate Fox

“Who is Jesus? There’s hardly a more important question a person can ask. In Scripture Jesus makes grandiose claims to His person, statements that if true demand a response. He’s more than good teacher…more than a prophetic voice for a time…more than a pretty good person. Throughout the narratives of the Gospels, He says things about Himself ordinary people could never say (“If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father”…”I and the Father are one”…”No one comes to the Father except through me”). As Gilbert highlights early in his book, these are not just mere statements to be treated with passivity, but claims that demand an active response. 

I commend this book to you, as easily readable book that explores what Jesus said of Himself, and how people responded to His miracles and statements. Greg Gilbert has gifted us with a book that can be digested, yet at the same time holds meat to chew on for a lifetime. I trust that as you read a book like this one your mind will be captivated and your affections heightened for Jesus, as you consider there’s truly none like Him. May God use this book that your worship of Him come closer and closer to the whole-hearted adoration He is due!”

-Pastor Nathan Fox