Chrysalis Family Ministries

2010 Christian Heritage Family Discipleship & Homeschooling Conference

Chrysalis — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:22:36 +0000

Join Thousands at the 2010 Christian Heritage Family Discipleship & Homeschooling Conference!
http://www.christianheritageonline.org/events/2010-main-conference-page/

Keynote Speakers:
Ken Ham – Answers in Genesis, Kentucky
Kevin Swanson – Generations of Vision, Colorado
Featured Speakers: Wade Myers ~ Brian & Betsy Ray
And many more excellent speakers!
New! … Speech & Debate Workshops with Demonstrations

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April 22-24th, 2010
Overlake Christian Church
9900 Willows Road
Redmond, WA 98052

FIRE Homeschool Family Camp History

Chrysalis — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:36:13 +0000

FIRE Camp was birthed in 2004 by the heart and vision in Heather & Jim Idoni. For 2 years they carried and nurtured FIRE Camp into a wonderful season of fellowship for homeschool families. In 2006, with much support from the Idoni’s, Vicki & Kevin Hughes were blessed to be given the opportunity to run with the FIRE Camp vision under their ministry, Chrysalis Family Ministries. FIRE Camp is run with a vision for Fellowship, Inspiration, Refreshment & Encouragement for Christian homeschool families. FIRE Camp is not run for a profit. Every penny is sowed right back into the camp events and activities.

What were past camps like?

FIRE Camp 2004 – coming soon

FIRE Camp 2005 – coming soon

FIRE Camp 2006: Our theme was On the Prairie Trail with Speakers Skeet Savage, her son Israel Wayne and daughter, Mercy Hope of Wisdom’s Gate (publisher’s of The Homeschool Digest). Our main event was building covered wagons.

FIRE Camp 2007: Our theme was The truth of Creation with Mike Riddle of Answers in Genesis as our speaker. We dug out “dinosaurs” during our first year at FaHoLo campground.

FIRE Camp 2008: Our theme was Discovering our Biblical Heritage with James Whitman, a homeschool Dad and the director of The Center for Judaic-Christian Studies as our speaker. For our main event activity, we built furniture pieces.

FIRE Camp 2009: We took a year off and had a Family Reunion Picnic Day at Meyer’s Lake Campground.

FIRE Camp 2010: Our theme is Priorities.

2010 FIRE Camp Registration

Chrysalis — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:21:43 +0000

Please note that this is a formal registration and NOT a request for information. Review camp policies and fees completely before registering your family. If you have any pre-registration questions use the contact form on this site. If you do not hear back from us within 7 days, please contact us in case your registration never made it to us.

FIRE Camp 2010 Policies and Fees

Chrysalis — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:12:55 +0000

FIRE Camp – Boarding – Meals – Events – Insurance

Please read all policies carefully. We are not responsible for what you did not take the time to read.

In the past we have had a Family Pass to cover all the events and activities we host. This year, in an attempt to make this time of fellowship affordable to all families, we will not be charging a fee (aside from the cost of your room, meals and insurance) but instead we will be taking a love offering. In the past we tried to keep our Family Pass cost to $200 per family. If you are able to contribute to camp monetarily, it will help us secure our meeting space, activities, and hopefully a speaker. For a list of current secured activities visit our 2010 FIRE Camp Activities page.

Insurance is $10 per person. The campground requires us to secure an insurance policy which covers each person in attendance from our group regardless if they participate in our events and activities.

Total invoice balance will include Family Camp Pass, Lodging & Meal Plans (if applicable). ALL reservations (including pre paid meal cards and lodging) will go through FIRE camp.

A deposit of $50 is due within 1 week of receiving your invoice. (If your total due is less then $50 then the full amount is due.) By May 15th, 2010 50% of total balance is due. (New registrations as of May 15th will be required to put $50 plus 50% of remaining balance as a deposit.) 100% balance payment due by July 10th. (We need to do this to pay the campground.)

All fees are 100% non refundable. Camp fees are transferable to another family for the same week until May 15th, 2010. No exceptions please.

All fees may be paid by check, money order or credit card. Bounced checks will be charged $30. Credit card orders are charged an additional 4% to cover our processing charges from paypal.

Invoices will be sent within 1 week of registration online. Credit Card orders will be sent a request for payment via Paypal. Payments are due within 7 days of invoicing. If minimum payments are not made within 7 days of invoicing or if the 50% and/or 100% due dates are not paid on time, your registration will be canceled and you will not be refunded anything you may have already paid. Sadly, we have to do this in order to protect ourselves due to a history of many non-paying registrations. If there is some way we can work with you to get your payments in without canceling your reservation we are willing to work with you within the parameters the campground gives us to pay them. Contact us. We can’t help you if we don’t know you need/want it.

Families are required to sign and return Hold Harmless Agreements with the campground and with FIRE Camp before camp begins. We must have the full name and address for each person in your group for insurance purposes. (example: Grandparents that do not live with you.)

Some of the policies of the campground include:

Modest dress: no speedos or bikinis etc.
Smoking in designated areas only ( FIRE camp request: Please be respectful to other families and do not smoke near children.)
No pets.

Finalized details and schedule will be in your emailed newsletter in the beginning of August.

The Faholo Campground in GrassLake, MI has indoor and outdoor pools, beach with boating, playground, go carts, high and low ropes courses, indoor gym and more.

Boarding:

Availability is on a first come, first serve basis. Check in is after 7pm Sunday August 29th with check out by 11 am Friday September 3rd. You may be able to add extra days to the end of the week but earlier check in dates are not available at this time. If you need different check in/out dates, please note it in the registration form.

When there are only a few rooms of any variety left, we will do our best to let you know on this site. You will be notified if your boarding option is booked *before* you send any fees.

Conference Center Rooms/Hotel style rooms.

Room options:

A. 2 twin beds and bunks allowing for 4 to 6 people.
Each room has it’s own bathroom. Linens provided.

1-6 People = $63/night

Camping Sites
You will need to bring your own chairs, tables and fire ring.

B. Full Hook-Up
$31/night

C. Water and Electric Site
$28/night

D. No Hook-Up Site
$18/night

Meals:

Meal plans are not required in order to attend camp. Those staying in the Conference Center do not have the ability to cook in room.

Ages 5 and under are free for all meals however we still need to know how many of each meal you will need.

Ages 6-11: Breakfast $4, Lunch $5, Dinner $6 (per meal).

Ages 12 & up: Breakfast $6, Lunch $7, Dinner $8 (per meal).

2010 FIRE Camp Activities

Chrysalis — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:08:16 +0000

What we will offer will depend completely on the love offerings given in advance of camp. As offerings come in and events are confirmed, we will list them here.

Events & Activities:

Speaker – Discussing Biblical Priorities

Dowel Rod Drama – A presentation in music and dance by the older children. Meeting daily to practice.

Devotionals – Time away to share the Word and our hearts.

Worship – Meets each morning for a time of worship and praise.

Board Games – A fun time each day to just relax with family and friends both new and old.

Plaster – We know you can’t resist another plaster project. We believe that the plaster is like the fishes and loaves in the Bible…it never runs out.

Please do not wait to register. Our first deposit to the campground is due the beginning of March. If we do not have enough registrations we will have to cancel the camp.