Tracks

Topic

Leader

Description

Adventure Rec

Trainings for Ropes, Rec and Adventure

Reece Phillips

Learn to create effective training programs for ropes, recreation, and adventure activities in camp settings. Topics include planning paperwork, using icebreakers, structuring sessions, and understanding teaching styles. Discover strategies to keep trainings engaging, ensuring staff retention and skill development. Leave with practical tools for impactful training experiences.

Business Admin

An Innovation Model for Christian Camping

Jim Blake

Discover six proven protocols for innovation in Christian camping, practiced successfully at Alliance Redwoods. This hands-on workshop includes an exercise to assess your camp's current needs and real-world examples of successes and challenges. Leave with a blueprint to guide your camp's innovation journey, engaging your board, donors, and stakeholders in this faith-driven adventure.

Business Admin

The Seven Disciplines of a Highly Effective Board

Ron Frey

Learn what effective boards do in and out of meetings, their roles, and how members can achieve more while staying in their lanes. This seminar covers board leadership in vision casting, governance, and fundraising, providing a framework for board members and executive directors to work as a unified team.

Leadership

Faith-Based Hiring

Jarrod Coburn and Kayla Williams

In an industry with seemingly declining numbers, it's hard to be sure we'll have the staff to faithfully serve our campers. Can we afford to look for ministry partners rather than just employees? We can! God has the desire to bless us with servant-hearted applicants who are passionate about the work they're doing! We must trust Him with every part of the application and hiring process. Pulling from the Word and practical ministry experience, we hope to encourage leaders to not compromise the integrity of their ministry for the sake of the ministry.

Program

Cliff Jumping Changed My Life

Andy Warken

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Program

Designing Programs Backwards

Joshua Kerr

Learn how to design impactful experiences for campers and staff using "backwards design." This workshop will introduce tools to align program goals with details, fostering creativity and coherence. Discover how to generate innovative ideas that advance your program's mission.

Site & Facilities

Alliance Tour and Route 66 Reflection

Brandy Wilson Gunderson

Experience God's self-revelation through creation with Alliance Redwoods' treetop journey. Inspired by Psalm 19, this tour features Scripture on Route 66-style signs, encouraging visitors to reflect on their faith. Join us for a tour of our facilities and a self-guided scriptural journey.

Site & Facilities

The Camp Health Center

Erin Flora

Discuss the camp Health Center and what needs to be done to provide excellent care to campers. Discuss legal requirements, best practices, and policy/procedure formation and maintenance. Provide information on working with a Medical Director and hiring/training nurses.

Current Issues

Steward Yourself: Personal Wellness Through a Biblical Lens

Cody Galbraith

Explore how God's design for spiritual, emotional, and relational wellbeing forms the foundation for physical wellness. Dive into ways to steward your body through fitness, nutrition, and sleep, all to the glory of God and the benefit of others. Questions and discussions are encouraged!