Chrysalis Family Ministries

FIRE Camp 2010 will be held at Faholo Campground in GrassLake, MI

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.

Please note that this is a formal registration and NOT just a request for information. Please 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 have an email with your invoice from us within 7 days , please contact us in case your registration never made it to us. Please also note that your deposit is due within 1 week of receiving your invoice .

• 2010 FIRE Camp Activities
• FIRE Camp 2010 Policies and Fees
• 2010 FIRE Camp Registration
• FIRE Homeschool Family Camp History
• Camp Location

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

This is a camp for the whole family. We do not host children without a parent/legal guardian.

Camp is going to be held at Faholo Campground in GrassLake, MI.

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 or campsite, 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 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 Insurance, Lodging & Meal Plans (if applicable). The campground requires us to collect all the room/campsite and meal fees and to send a deposit to them. ALL reservations (including pre paid meal cards and lodging) will go through FIRE camp.

What exactly is your cost?    Room/Campsite + Meals (if having campground provided meals) + $10 per person for Insurance + Love Offering (if you are able to) = Your Total

Room, campsite, and meal prices listed at the bottom of this page.

Camp deposits go toward your room or campsite fee. 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. 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: Mom, Dad, children and 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).

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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.

Other possible Space & Sky activities we would like to do as funds permit:
Mini hot air balloons
Sundial

If donations allow, we are hoping to have a main event project of building telescopes. This is how the main event project works. Groups of 10+ children and an adult work together to build it. At the end of camp we hold a silent auction and the highest bidder for each project wins and gets to take it home. The money goes right back into camp. Our family makes no profit. We even pay our own room and board.

Please do not wait to register. Events and activities are completely dependent on timely deposit payments and generous donations.