Bring the whole family to Rainbow Trail to experience fun, quality family time, and spiritual renewal! Enjoy hikes, games, various activities, optional white water rafting and our outstanding home cooking. Our program includes Bible study for all ages including adults. Specific program information is available by contacting the camp office. Come enjoy a wonderful week in the mountains by yourself or with your whole family!
Don't forget about our Labor Day Family Weekend - a traditional "end of summer" camping celebration. Sessions fill quickly, so register early!

***GUEST PRESENTERS***


Our July family camp will be June 29-July 5, 2008. Note that the 4th of July falls during this week. We are happy to announce that Tim Thies will be joining us in July to lead our adult study.

Tim has been Senior Pastor to Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota since April of 2000 has been privileged to witness “first hand” how the Holy Spirit continues to challenge, move, transform and shake the foundation of this 20 year old community of faith. Tim's family have been family campers at Rainbow Trail for several years. He is excited to be back in a teaching role at Rainbow Trail. In his spare time, Tim enjoys running, biking, weight lifting and racquetball. Time permitting, Tim pursues the endless task of dwindling down the stack of books and journals related to his professional and personal endeavors.

Description of the Adult Study "Where In The World Are You? Connecting Faith and Daily Life" with Tim Thies:

"Where In The World Are You" is an opportunity to embrace the rich tapestry of ways to connect Sunday to Monday by weaving your faith into the complexity of your daily life.
Through thought-provoking discussion and reflection questions that touch at the heart of everyday life we will traverse topics such as "Vocation According to the Scriptures;" "Luther’s Understanding of Vocation;" "Your Calling in Today’s World" and "Vocation as Ministry." The facilitating process will invite participants to focus upon fundamental elements such as stress, power, and accountability that, in a refreshing way, encourage and enable spiritual growth when Sunday greets Monday.
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Our August family camp, "SHAPED to Serve," will be August 3-9, 2008. We are excited to introduce Linda Staats, Director of HomeGrown Faith Ministries for The Youth and Family Institute. Staats will be leading our August family camp.

Linda’s deep roots in the Lutheran church and her broad experience with families through all of life’s ages and stages fuels her passion for passing on faith from generation to generation through a vital partnership between church and home.

With a Masters degree in Human Development and the Family from the University of Nebraska, Linda brings a life span approach to ministry. She is known for her knowledge of resources and for her ability to combine research, theology and people’s own holy stories to engage and empower all generations for serving at home and in the world.

Linda’s career reflects her ability to listen, equip, link, support, and teach: Assistant to the Bishop, Minister for Faith Formation in the ELCA Grand Canyon Synod; Adjunct Faculty, Center for Youth Ministry, Wartburg Seminary; Minister for Faith in Daily Life in an 1800 member congregation; Statewide Director for Building Developmental Assets in Youth for the Arizona Ecumenical Council; college faculty; parent group facilitator for a university research program; certified trainer for Prepare/Enrich, a national resource for couples; therapist, Building Family Strengths instructor; retreat facilitator, and creator of new ministries based on successful grant writing.

Description of the Adult Study "SHAPED to Serve" with Linda Staats:

How has God "SHAPED" you for ministry at home and away from home? How are you called to use your unique combination of gifts to SHAPE the world in which you live? Through Bible study, inventories, and small group interaction we will discover our calling as baptized individuals and as the Body of Christ. The theme for the week is based upon Ephesians 4:14: "We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming."
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James Hersch, our resident family camp musician, will be joining us again for both camps. For over twenty three years, acclaimed writer, singer and guitarist James Hersch has been quietly building a repertoire of work that puts him squarely on the edge of acoustic music's importance in North American culture. You will love his music, and the stories that he tells will touch your soul. To learn more about James, click here.

***FAMILY CAMP PROMO VIDEO***



***2008 FAMILY CAMP DATES***
June 29 - July 5
August 3 - 9
Labor Day Weekend: August 29 - September 1

***2008 FAMILY CAMP FEES***

WEEK LONG RATES
Adult		$345.00
Teen (age 13-18)		$260.00
Children (age 4-12)		$175.00
Children (under 4 years)		No Charge
LABOR DAY WEEKEND RATES
	Cabins	Lodge
Adult	$140.00	$180.00
Teen (age 13-18)	$105.00	$135.00
Children (age 4-12)	$70.00	$90.00
Children (under 4 years)	No Charge	No Charge

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***2008 FAMILY CAMP REGISTRATION***
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