Summer Camps and Camp Gilead Retreats

During the summer, we run our own camps with incredible, godly, trained, qualified, CPR-certified, background- and reference-checked counselors, amazing and solid speakers and worship leaders, and AWESOME activities! We offer swimming, tubing, kayaking, putt-putt, baseball, basketball, Dodgeball, sand volleyball, paintball, a high ropes course (we have partnered with a local business for this), pedal carts, the Oasis camp store, fishing, a "Creation Critters" zoo and programming, and so much more! In summer 2013, we will be adding horseback riding to our list of optional activities!

Calling All Familes!

Bring your family to Camp Gilead this summer to experience the latest in family vacations: summer camp!  Our Family Camp is designed for today’s Christian family: relaxed atmosphere, casual dress, great Bible teaching for children and adults, meals prepared with children in mind, and exciting activities for everyone!  Best of all, it’s super affordable!  Make Camp Gilead your family vacation destination!  When your kids come home from camp each summer, don’t you sometimes think – “I wish I could have been there to experience that for myself?”  Well, now you can!

College and Career Retreat

It is often difficult to stay focused and to walk by faith in a distracting and alluring world. While we know that Christ is to be preferred above all else, we can soon find ourselves seeking fulfillment and satisfaction from seemingly easier, but inferior idols. Our B.A.S.I.C. Retreat for college students will help you keep Christ preeminent in all things (Colossians 1:18). Join us this coming September 11-12, 2013. Offering fervent and Christ-centered teaching from God's Word, your choice of action or relaxation, refreshing fellowship with like-minded young adults, and great food, the B.A.S.I.C. Retreat will reenergize you in your weariness, refocus you on your mission, and re-establish you in Christ. Call 863-984-1353 or e-mail us for more information!

Group Conferences and Retreats

Camp Gilead is a year-round conference and retreat center, and is the perfect place for your school or church group to host its next planning meeting, banquet/reception, ladies’ conference, men’s conference, couples’ retreat, youth camp or retreat, scrapbooking retreat, church picnic, church baptism, or so many other possibilities!  We can accommodate groups of up to approximately 200 guests.  We offer cabins with twin bunks, hotel-style efficiencies, and apartment-style suites, as well as RV hook-ups and tent camping areas!  Our facilities and activities are yours to enjoy while you’re here, and it is our prayer that during your event, lives will be changed for the glory of God!  For more information, click here! 

Bible Correspondence Lessons

The deadline to sign up for lessons to receive a discount for summer 2013 camp has passed. Parents, you will be able to sign up for lessons to receive a discount for summer 2014 camp during check-in for this summer’s camp. If finances are a concern, please click here to learn about our scholarship opportunities.

Volunteer Opportunities

Retirees, are you looking for a meaningful (and WARM!) way to spend your winters? Join us at Camp Gilead for Camp Swamp (Seniors With a Mission and Purpose)! Winter, Spring, and Fall programs are available. Bring your skills, your tools, and your energy to help us complete projects around camp! If you will be staying with us for multiple days/weeks, we offer RV hook-ups, hotel-style efficiencies, and suite-style apartment with kitchens/living rooms. During January and February, we also offer a daily morning snack, lunch, and Thursday evening potluck, as well as many other opportunities for fellowship, such as putt-putt golf tournaments, game nights, sings, carpetball tournaments, and weekend outings! Click here for more information or to sign up for one of our 2013 or 2014 sessions!

For everyone else ages 18 and up, do you enjoy mowing, weed eating, lawn/garden work, or maintenance/repairs?  If this is you, and you would like to donate your time to Camp Gilead, while having a blast and serving the Lord, we would be honored!  Please click here to sign-up and we will be in touch with you shortly! 

Bible Clubs

Camp Gilead was founded on the after-school Bible Club ministry back in the 1930s, and God is still abundantly blessing these clubs today!  Each week, we minister to children from local schools at local churches (or here at Camp Gilead)!  At Clubs, kids play games, have a snack, learn a Bible lesson and memory verse, make friends, and have a great time!  After club is over, parents can pick up their children or Camp Gilead vans can transport them home. 

Creation Critters

Creation Critters offers something for everyone!  We have an indoor and outdoor “zoo,” comprised of birds, fish, snakes, a skunk, rabbits, flying squirrels, bearded dragons, a chinchilla, leopard geckos, a tarantula, a Florida gator, snapping turtles, an Arctic fox, and so much more!  This aspect of our ministry is PERFECT for homeschool field trips, or we can also travel to your church or school with our animals and/or fossils!  For more information or to schedule a visit or speaking engagement, click here.