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Owning a horse is a dream-come-true for many. Daily caring for a horse, riding, connecting, bonding – these are some of the joys of horse ownership. Horse lovers enjoy the freedom and thrill of connecting with a horse. Not just controlling the animal, but becoming a partner with the horse. Horse ownership may not be realistic for everyone. But a week of Horsemanship Camp at Warm Beach in Stanwood, Washington, gives a taste of horse ownership and much more. Horsemanship ...

On March 7-9, 2014, over 250 men descended upon Warm Beach Camp for what may be the Seattle area’s largest overnight men’s event – Men’s Advance. Men from diverse church backgrounds ranging from Assemblies of God to Lutheran and Free Methodist, gathered for prayer, worship, teaching, and good ole fashioned guy-type fun. Keynote speaker, Dr. Dennis Swanberg, cracked the ManCode, one of his most influential books. Swanberg spoke with great humor and sound biblical truth about the core necessity of ...

Here is the latest news on the Camp projects currently underway: Building permits for the project going on in lower Cedar Lodge have now been received, so work is progressing once again. This project is taking place in the basement area under Cedar Lodge Chapel. The old restrooms are gone, and office space and reconfigured storage areas are replacing them. It will take several more months to complete this phase of the work. All the labor is being done by ...

Do you know who comes the farthest distance to attend summer youth camp at Warm Beach? For the past five summers, Warm Beach Camp has partnered with the Myungsung Presbyterian Church in Seoul, South Korea, and they have been sending kids all the way to the U.S. to go to summer youth camp at Warm Beach, a distance of more than 5,000 miles! The government in South Korea mandates that everyone learn to speak English. Christian churches there have been teaching English ...

May 10, 2014 -- Please save this date! We want to say, “Thank you!”The people who stand with us as volunteers and donors are vital to making the ministry of Warm Beach Camp work, and we think it is important to tell you that once in a while! The Partners in Ministry Dinner is our chance to thank you!Please join us as our guests on Saturday, May 10, at 6 pm in the Program Center Auditorium. Enjoy a delicious soup ...

This is Matt Lambert’s second year as the Director of Youth and Outdoor Ministry at Warm Beach Camp. While Matt may be new to this position, he is not new to the Camp. Matt has been volunteering and working at Warm Beach since 1997. With all this history under his belt, we wanted to find out more about his hopes and dreams for Warm Beach Camp’s Summer Youth Camps. The culture of our world is ever changing and alive. Warm ...

Every organization has to budget for “keeping the lights on.” At Warm Beach Camp that cost just got a whole lot cheaper thanks to a grant from our electrical service provider, Snohomish Co. PUD, and some really hard working volunteers. Several months ago, WBC received a grant from the PUD that paid for 85% of a $15,000 lighting upgrade project that will drastically improve the efficiency of the lighting in Cedar Lodge. After the ballasts and bulbs have been replaced, ...

A popular European horse sport is making strong inroads into the Pacific Northwest. Equestrian Vaulting, the sport of dance and gymnastics on the back of a moving horse, has 40 vaulters in the Stanwood area alone from the Warm Beach Camp vaulting program. Some of these vaulters are not just preparing for local and regional competition, but world competition as well. The Northwest’s largest vaulting club, the Warm Beach Vaulters, has three athletes preparing for selection trials for the World ...

[lead]Retreat! This command is not just for the military battlefield. It is for those times when life is too busy, too stretched, and simply overwhelming. Jesus understood the concept of retreat perfectly as indicated in Luke 5:16, “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”[/lead] Do you find yourself in need of retreat? Daily we find individuals and groups getting the respite they need by spending time at Warm Beach Camp. Recently, we found these excerpts online after groups ...

The Ministry of Marriage Encounter traces its roots back to Spain in the 1950s. Fr. Gabriel Calvo, a Catholic Priest, wanted a means whereby the married couples under his care could learn to communicate better within their married relationship. More importantly, Fr. Calvo wanted these couples to understand the crucial role God plays in a healthy marriage. The intense, interactive weekend known, worldwide, as Marriage Encounter is the result. The Warm Beach encounter is the oldest Marriage Encounter expression in ...

Warm Beach Camp’s Horsemanship Program has been going strong for over 30 years. Over the years, various Directors have taken the reins and led the program in ways that brought honor to God and blessing to campers. Horses and horsemanship provide living illustrations of Biblical truths and help campers see themselves in relationship to a God who loves them and who wants what is best for their lives. This belief guides the program, not only to help campers become better ...

Okay, so there is a lot fun and games… HUGE Highland Games, Cool Machines Show, Climbing Tower, High Ropes Course, Horseback Riding, and a host of other activities. But that’s not what makes Men’s Advance worth attending. Activities are things guys already do together – go to sporting events, play softball, go hunting, or attend car shows – guys like to do stuff when they’re together. A man’s life is meant to be lived engaged, active, focused. A man’s life ...

Does it ever feel like the faster you go in life the faster life gets? Like there is an ever dangling carrot in front of your nose? The more frantic life gets, the more necessary renewal and spiritual formation becomes. True renewal comes from God and his ability to refresh and form our souls like no other. The Potter’s Wheel event at Warm Beach Camp is a unique time of rest and spiritual formation based on Isaiah 64:8. “Yet you, ...

July 29-August 1, 2018Refreshed Family Camp at Warm Beach Camp provides foster and adoptive families a time and place to find refreshment by drawing closer to God and each other. The schedule is relaxed with a nice variety of options, and blend of age level and family experiences. It's an awesome family experience! Activities 2018 Theme: Wild & Free For kids, and adults alike, Family Camp offers some memorable activities that keeps people coming back every summer. You'll have opportunities ...

Here is the latest news on the Camp projects currently underway: Work has slowed on the renovation project in lower Cedar Lodge while we wait for more building permits and inspections. The volunteers have moved outside where they are getting the new siding on and painted. The photo at right shows the bluff-side of lower Cedar Lodge with the new windows, doors, and siding, including to the new freight entrance door. The new offices going in to this area must ...

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The annual Kids 2 Camp Benefit Auction was held on Saturday, August 24. The bidding was fast and furious, and when the dust settled, more than $81,000 was raised for the Kids 2 Camp Fund!By the end of this year, over $133,000 will have been given out in scholarships, helping bring more than 1,400 campers to WBC. We are committed to not turning any child away because of cost. But this requires funds for scholarships. Each year, many people help ...

For more than 50 years, Warm Beach Camp has been a place where kids can enjoy a week of summer camp, explore nature, have fun, make new friends, and learn about God. That tradition continued this summer for hundreds of children and teens who came to camp.One of the Camp Pastors this summer presented the concept to the campers about being adopted into God’s family. He had adoption certificates that the kids could sign and keep as a tangible reminder ...

Thousands of people will come and enjoy The Lights of Christmas this year, but few realize that the process of getting the more than one million lights in the trees started three months earlier.For the past 17 years a small group of brave individuals begin the process on the first week of September. They don their layers of warm clothing, and many days, their rain gear. They buckle up their harnesses and climb into the 60-foot lifts. They make themselves ...

Here is the latest news on the Camp projects currently underway: The area in lower Cedar Lodge where the restrooms used to be looks totally different now! Work continues on turning that space into new office and storage areas, and an enlarged laundry. Structural improvements being made to the building are taking longer than anticipated, but these improvements must be completed before work can begin on Cedar Lodge Chapel upstairs. Installation of the new walk-in cooler and freezer for Food ...