From forest to shoreline, Beechpoint offers 83 acres of splendid beauty and endless hours of recreation. Exceptional programming, caring staff, choice activities, and hearty meals frame your experience for the week or the weekend! Let us offer you a place to view the "masterpiece" of God's creation. Drive down the long tree-covered lane and meet us by the lake — you'll enjoy your stay!
Five decades have proven true, Lives are changed at Camp!™
Learn More »Join us on Saturday, May 1st, for a great time of food, music, and live auctioneering fun! Our grilled-steak picnic and live music begins at 3 PM. Eat a bite, take a tour, look over the items, and get ready to bid for that special pie, ipad, or Colorado Condo.
Make plans to attend! Come for the fun!
Proceeds will be used towards completion of the new kitchen. A favorite segment of each auction is when guests give scholarships, so campers can get a life-changing opportunity. For more info, call 800-991-2267.
Beechpoint’s Golf Marathon is Friday, May 14th, at the Lynx golf course in Otsego, Michigan.
Players are still needed to fill the field. Not only will this be the most fun of your golfing life, it will benefit camp’s expanding outreach to help to change lives! If interested, contact Mark Davidhizar today. (mdavidhizar@beechpoint.com)
The wind was brisk and cool, but the sun was shining as 100 friends arrived to share their day with us.
Families muscled tarps over the tops of our summer cabin-shelters. After sweeping, setting up beds, hauling mattresses, and stretching the canvas into place - the crew moved on to the next… then the next… then the next… You get the picture…
Nearby another crew was assembling a new shelter and spring-cleaning cabin windows and beds and fans in our Woodland area. You talk about clean - I want to sleep in those cabins!
What would a work day be without the sound of a chain saws and wood-chippers? Skilled (and safe) workers cleared brush from the BMX track, carved cradles for the fireside logs, and just made the wood-chips fly. As one looked toward the lake, another set of men and women dressed in parkas and gloves, worked shoulders against the wind as they attached new hardware to the dock sectionals that will soon become the piers.
Watching over them from the elevation of the new dining room and kitchen were window cleaners, fuzz dusters, floor moppers, shop “vackers”, trash haulers, and equipment movers. A team of fifty cleaned everything from the walls to the stainless steel. And you talk about square footage to cover…. Wow! This task force of teens to retirees were getting the job done!
A work day just couldn’t be called such if the rythmic or random sounds of hammers were not heard. If you followed the banging, you found a lakeside cabin remodel making some more progress as windows, doors, and the roof were being replaced.
What am I leaving out? ….The food! Beechpoint coffee and cinnamon rolls hit the spot mid-morning, as appetites built to enjoy fresh deli sandwiches and fix-ins for lunch. What a fun day! A hundred brothers and sisters in Christ, from various churches, working together for a common purpose. Beechpoint’s primary mission is to reach urban and at-risk youth with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through a quality Christian camping experience.
Lives are changed at Camp! And volunteers are the engine of change! A special thank you to all who continue to pray, give, and serve to make it happen. For information on future volunteer opportunities, please contact beechpoint@beechpoint.com.
95 campers, parents, and mentors came to Beechpoint this March for our annual Purity Retreat. They heard the message of God’s design for dating, relationships, and sex - and were challenged to commit to pure living. Pray with us that the weekend would remain in their hearts and that they will live out the decisions they made.
Youth from camp’s Leaders in Training program participated in the weekend.
Campers ages 10-18 attend the weekend with a parent or adult mentor.
The retreat ends with a commitment ceremony where campers can choose to make a pledge of purity to God.
“I liked learning about the type of guys that girls want to date. When I get home I am going to be more of a gentleman, be more respectful, and be cautious when choosing who I date.” – boy, age 13
“This weekend taught my daughter the importance of saving herself for the man God has for her. I realize the importance of this retreat. I didn’t have this when I was growing up.” – mother
“I learned that people should keep their lips to themselves.” – girl, age 10
“The best part of the weekend was learning all the new Bible verses and going skating with everybody. I learned that we need to wait until we are married to have sex and that us girls really give boys something to look at and talk about by the way we dress.” – girl, age 15
Our second Winter Blast 2010 was a huge success with nearly 80 children able to participate! Lessons from the life of Daniel taught campers about standing firm for God - even in the face of opposition. Enjoy these pictures and quotes from the weekend. Visit camp photos to see more winter blast photos.
“I learned that God takes care of me. Camp is the funnest thing in the world!” - girl, age 6
“Because of you I got to make smores for the first time, they were delicious! Becasue of you I have the record for the longest sledding run alone. Because of you, my first time at Winter Blast was the best!” - boy, age 12
“I got to express all my feelings. All I want to do when I get home is be the person that I was here.” - boy, age 11
“At Winter Blast this year I did the Klondike Derby. I enjoyed that so much because we had to build teamwork and that is the biggest! The food was so good that I wanted to take all the meals home.” - girl, age 10
“I didn’t know that Christians have fun. I learned how real Christians live in camp.” - boy, age 8
“I learned that God is sovereign, which means in control. My favorite event was sledding and rolling down the hill. Thank you for helping me come to camp!” - girl, age 10