Campground Photo Contest
Share Your Picture Perfect Memories Submit your best camping photos from 2024 and you could win free camping in 2025! To enter you must email your full resolution photos, with your full name and what you love about camping at Lake Michigan Family Campground to...
Building & Remodeling for You!
June 2024 Updates Michigan Area United Methodist Camping’s Board of Directors dedicated the income from the sale of camp properties to site improvements and investments (not for operations). In the last few years, over $2 million has been invested in site renovations...
At the Heart of Camp
At the Heart of Camp By Allison Vitale, Program Director Summer Camp is like nothing else. At camp, you are surrounded by the most encouraging counselors, an intentional Christian community, and the beautiful outdoors that constantly reveal God’s amazing character....
Double Your Impact
You can help make camp accessible to everyone by donating to the Camp Affordability Fund. Thanks to a generous anonymous donor who will match all camp scholarship donations, you can double your impact! Your gift helps campers:
Explore Prayer Practices
By Rev. Cora Glass “The retreat helped me intentionally be present before God through scripture and prompts.” Fifteen participants gathered at Wesley Woods Camp & Retreat Center in February for the Introduction to Contemplative Prayer retreat. They immersed...
Summer Camp Internships
More Than a Summer Job Grace Outside announces the return of its summer intern program. We are grateful to the Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church for the funding grant that fuels the summer camp internship program. The ideal candidates are...
Spiritual Scrapbooking Retreat
Scrapbooking at Wesley Woods Camp & Retreat Wesley Woods is pleased to invite scrapbookers and crafters to two Spiritual Scrapbooking Retreats in Dowling, Michigan: • April 19-21, 2024 register ALL CRAFTERS WELCOME Enjoy time for scrapbooking or crafting in...
Grace Outside Hires New Program Director
Grace Outside recently hired Allison Vitale as full-time program director for the Michigan-based camp and retreat ministry. The move represents a commitment to growing the spiritual experiences for summer campers and retreat guests at all the Grace Outside destinations.
A Blog About Nothing
Sometimes it’s impossible to experience grace and peace without taking time away from all that there is to do and do nothing. Let’s find the courage to take a sabbath break.