Dates: July 23-25, 2021

Time frame: from Friday at 2:30pm to Sunday at 9:30am

Cost: $75 Includes all meals

Location: Church location

Hillcrest Christian School

449 E Wilbur Thousand Oaks CA. 91360

Who can come: 6th - 12th grade

Check in: starts at 4:30pm

This is a camping retreat, we will camp on the football field, it is grass. Please do not put tent stakes into the grass.

Saturday we will head to the beach for a beach day and Baptisms.

If you would like to be baptized please see your youth pastor to let him know you would like to be baptized and to discuss what baptism means.

We will also have a fire pit area, bring a fire pit and wood

What to Bring in  general and for camping:

Tents

Fire Pit & Wood (if you want, it's optional, other churches will have fire pits)

Clothes for 2 days & beach clothes.

Sunscreen

Pajamas or warm clothes for night time (usually pretty warm at night where we are)

Bible-other then the one on your phone

**Camping Chair**

**Sleeping Bag**

**Camping Air Mattress, Cot or Pad**

Toothpaste & Toothbrush

Towel

Pillow

Tennis Shoes

Specifically for Beach Day

Beach clothes

Appropriate bathing suit

Sunscreen

Body boards

Fins

Flip flops

Towels

Baby Powder (helps remove sand)

Body wash, Shampoo for the showers, (there are no showers provided at the school, you will shower at the beach showers before returning to camp)

Beach Shade Canopies or Umbrellas

Team Color Clothing to be worn throughout retreat for games (colors TBD closer to the date of retreat).

Parents please send your youth with money to buy lunch on the way up and the way back from the retreat, "Suggested amount $30"

Suggested things to Bring

Camera

Backpack

Flashlight

Hat &/or Beanie

Chap Stick

Extra Socks

Spending Money

-Suggest that belongings be marked & Identified by adding one’s

name onto property

-When Packing Clothes, please insure that none are profane &/or

provocative

And also, space in vehicles may be limited... so please only

pack for 2 full days!

What NOT to Bring/Do

The allowing ABSOLUTES are cause for immediate removal from the retreat, In extreme cases we may call local law enforcement, along with PARENTS WILL NEED TO PICK UP CHILD:

-NO DRUGS

-NOALCOHOL

-NO VULGAR LANGUAGE

-NO FIRE of any KIND

-NO WEAPONS of any KIND

-NO PUBLIC DISPLAY of AFFECTION (NBC RULE)

“NO GUYS in the GIRLS DORM or GIRLS in the GUYS DORM

-NO PRACTICAL JOKES

-NO STEALING

-NO DESTRUCTION of CAMP PROPERTY

- CELL PHONES can ONLY be used during the time to & from the Retreat, and

during FREE TIME, All other times (during teachings, camp time, meal times,

game times, etc, Cell Phones must be given to Retreat Leader to be held or left

in vehicle.

Medication & Food: 

If any child needs a special diet, please let us know before the retreat, we will try to accommodate, call 805-405-8414. 

We will have a few medical supplies for any injuries until the Ambulance/Parents can arrive at CC Conejo Valley. If any of your Youth have a problem and need medicine, they will need to come with their youth leader to receive any over the counter medication. Please insure that they are not allergic to the medicine. (have a list of any over the counter medicine your youth may be allergic too).