The Mainland is the place at Covenant Point where we facilitate our biggest camps, yet have enough counselors and program staff to create a staff to camper ratio of almost 4 to 1. Mainland camps, except for a few excursions throughout the summer, stay on the main site of Covenant Point. Numerous sleeping lodges, an extensive waterfront, dining hall, large indoor and outdoor meeting spaces, nature building, pavilion, game fields, arts and crafts building and target sports range give the Mainland program a lot of activity options.

Investing in the spiritual lives of each camper is important to us. We prioritize one-on-one attention to every camper and work hard to support the counselors engaging in those friendships. Each week of Mainland camp has an age-appropriate guest speaker, many hours of singing and worship and a daily quiet time. Campers take advantage of the various skills offered by Covenant Point (waterfront, arts and crafts, nature, games and target sports), but also have numerous times throughout the week when they can choose other adventurous options. Ski boats, wake boards, knee boards, water tubes, bikes and BB guns make camp an exciting place, but the creativity of the staff causes each week to become the apex event of a camper's summer.

The Island is a special camp for students in Jr. High that focuses on community and relationships. Registering only 25 campers each week, the Island has a unique aura all its own. A high and low ropes course, vertical playpen, land swing, water swing and zip line give the Island camps a sense of challenge, adventure, community and spontaneity.

Platform, canvas tents house the campers for the week and a large, wooden shelter keeps them safe and dry as they eat and prepare meals. Chapel times, singing, games and free time are all spent in the woods and on the waterfront of the Island. The Island boasts about its rustic feeling--no indoor plumbing, no electricity, no outside influences and no concept of time, as all watches, CD players and candy are left in a box on the Mainland for the week. The Island is a place where campers get back to nature and learn to find God simplistically in the creation and people around them.

Spiritually, both the Island directors and the counselors take part in the weekly chapel theme. Twice a day the campers worship God "Island Style", hear devotions and Bible stories, watch skits and engage in genuine, faith-based discussion. Seminars on modern, relevant topics are given for the campers to think about and discuss as small groups, and the counselors lead the campers in cabin devos each evening.

Wilderness Trips are available to students entering 6-12th grade.

Wilderness Trips create an opportunity for rustic living, challenge and simplicity. Trip campers are stripped of their usual surroundings--comfortable bedrooms, computers, electric stoves and faucets--and take up the trails, roads and rivers of the back country. Trips come in all shapes and sizes, and are available to all age levels.

Prior experience is not need to register for a trip, but an enthusiastic attitude, a willing spirit and a sense of adventure make trip camps a wonderful, outdoor, faith factory.

Family Camp is for the whole family--young and old. Covenant Point has enough "stuff" around to entertain even the most active children and enough peace and quiet to still the busiest souls. Family Camps at Covenant Point are intergenerational, and a careful combination of rest, play, camp and vacation with only one twist--the fruitfulness of fellowship with other Christians.

The Triathlon is a fundraiser that takes place each August to raise money for additional handicap accessibility at Covenant Point. In the past, funds have helped build ramps and new, accessible bathrooms in our main assembly buildings and dining hall. Everyone is welcome to enter God's Kingdom, and at Covenant Point, we believe that everyone should be able to get around God's facilities. All entry fees help expand our ministry to people who are physically challenged. The Triathlon consists of three elements: a 1/4 mile swim in Hagerman Lake, a 25 mile bike around the surrounding lakes and a 7 mile run around Hagerman Lake. We welcome single competitors and teams. Call or e-mail Bill Fish for more information. (906) 265-2117 or billfish@up.net.