A Christian Retreat Center and Summer Camp
located in Lancaster County, PA

Black Rock Retreat Winter Youth Retreats

• 2009-2010 WINTER RETREAT SEASON REGISTRATION FEE: $90 (Same fee for both retreats)
• INDIVIDUAL REGISTRANT DISCOUNT: Bring a friend and you BOTH receive $15 off the registration fee!
• GROUP RATES: Any group of 8 or more participants will receive 1/3 off the registration fee per person.  Any group of 16 or more campers will receive one complimentary registration for an adult leader.

We are pleased to announce that we will once again be offering 2 Winter Youth Retreats for you to choose from!  First, our annual Jr. High Winter Retreat will be held on December 27-29, 2009 for anyone in 6th-8th grade.  This event was a huge success last year and we're grateful for all who attended and hope that the experience will continue to help you grow closer to the Lord!!

We are also proud to introduce the THIRD ANNUAL Sr. High Winter Retreat from February 12-14, 2010 for anyone in 9th-12th grade!  This weekend promises the same high energy experience of Teen Week during summer camp, with a wintertime twist!  You won’t want to miss out on this exciting opportunity!  Spaces are limited so register today!

Our speaker for this year's Jr. High Winter Retreat is Matt Saxinger! Matt Saxinger, pastor at Christ Evangelical Free Church, works with Post High, a ministry for young adult students, and considers it a great opportunity to serve the Lord and grow at the same time. Matt says that while being a pastor is an amazing thing, it certainly was not what he always wanted in life. Though he was saved at a young age, most of his life was lived on the basis of, "I'll be a good kid and just do whatever I want." While that doesn't always seem like such a bad thing, it was a selfish and empty pursuit. Thankfully the Lord did not let him to stray too far before He allowed Matt to realize that there is no better place to be in life than at the feet of the Savior. That's true for every person, whether you’re a pastor, business man, stay-at-home mom, or Jr. high student; there is truly no better place, and it's through prayer that we realize this, and live a life that worships Jesus Christ.

Along with being a pastor, Matt is the husband of an amazing wife who is an absolute blessing to his life. They have been married for over a year and it has been the best time of his life. Matt says “she is his best friend, helping me to grow spiritually and to simply enjoy life.” When Matt gets some time to relax, he enjoys fishing, hunting, sports, traveling and lots of other fun stuff.

Our Sr. High Winter Retreat speaker is Jason Soucinek! Jason Soucinek is an Associate Staff Member of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding. He lives in Spokane, Washington and is a graduate of Whitworth College. Upon completing his education he worked several years in advertising until the Lord brought him into full time youth ministry. He is now the director of a relationship and media education program, iPULSE, which is dedicated to seeing students enter into an authentic relationship with Jesus Christ and challenge the sexual status quo of the current youth culture by saving sex until marriage. In its first two years of operation iPULSE, which uses today’s popular media to deliver the abstinence until marriage message to students, has reached more than 7,500 students using several multi-media platforms.With a passion to challenge the sexual status quo of the current youth culture, Jason strives to create resources that encounter teenagers "in the trenches" while also helping bridge the generation gap between parent and teen.

Jason lives in Spokane, Washington and enjoys living life to its fullest!

YOUTH GROUPS are also invited to join us for this exhilarating winter weekend!  We’ll provide the games, activities, program, speaker, music, worship, food, lodging, entertainment, and staff!  All you have to do is come and enjoy!  Maybe some of your students have already been to Black Rock as a summer camper or with your group for a retreat.  Here’s a chance to do something new and add some great memories to your Black Rock experience!  Our motto at Black Rock is, “To Know Christ and Make Him Known!”  It is our desire that every aspect of these retreats will do just that!  If you can’t put together a group, but know of individuals in a youth group who would like to come…send them anyway!  We’ll have plenty of our own staff to serve as “counselors” and spend the retreat with them.  Their goal is to be there to serve our campers in any way they can! 

All youth leaders are welcome!  This is a great opportunity to come and just spend some quality time with the students you minister to while we take care of all the work!  Maybe there’s someone in your youth group that you’ve really wanted to sit down and talk to, but just haven’t been able to find the uninterrupted time to do it.  Perhaps you’re so busy with the planning and administration required for implementing your own events that you don’t really get to enjoy them yourself and spend much quality time with your students.  This could be a wonderful chance to deepen some relationships and have a blast doing it...without the stress of leading a retreat!

Join our Youth Leader’s meetings during the retreat.  On the first Friday night of the retreat we will have a Youth Leader orientation to Black Rock Winter Retreats where we will introduce key staff, briefly discuss the schedule and flow of the weekend, and allow you to ask questions. We will also collect names of students you would like us to pray for throughout the weekend.  There will be another meeting/prayer time on the first morning of the retreat right after breakfast and before the morning session.  On the last morning we will give you an opportunity to share testimonies of how God worked in the lives of your youth over the weekend and then give us feedback on how we can make our retreats better!  We hope you will join us for these important meetings that can help enable us to serve you better. The time and location of the meetings will be communicated at the initial orientation meeting.

Registration Procedures and Information:

Below is a list of various downloadable forms that can be used for the registration process, followed by more registration details.  Click on a form to download and print.

• Individual Participant Registration Form
  
• Group Participant Registration Form
  
• Group Invitation Letter
  
• Individual Registrant Letter
• Winter Retreat Flyer
• Group Roster
  
• What to Bring & General Schedule
  
• Health Screening Form

• Registration for both retreats will be held from 6-7pm on the first night of the retreat.  The retreats will end at 1:00pm on the last day of the retreat, and campers may be dropped off and picked up at Oakwood Chapel.
• Each participant, whether camper or adult youth leader, MUST complete an Individual Participant Registration Form or a Group Participant Registration Form for themselves.
• Every retreat participant must also complete a Health Screening Form that should be brought to the retreat.
• Due to limited space, reservations will be handled on a first-come-first-served basis for both individual registrants and groups.  If space is full you will be notified and placed on a waiting list.
• Upon receiving a registration form with payment, a confirmation letter will be sent to you if you are an individual registrant.  Group registration confirmation will be sent to the group leader.
• The Retreat Flyer may be posted anywhere for informational purposes to let everyone know about this exciting opportunity. 
• Please feel free to make as many copies of each of these documents as you want and distribute them as needed. 
• Group leaders should submit a Group Roster, individual registrations, and full payment for your entire group by the registration deadlines of December 18, 2009 for the Jr. High Winter retreat, and February 1, 2010 for the Sr. High Winter retreat.
• Cabinmate Request: Individual registrants may request to room with up to 3 friends.  We do our best to honor these requests, however, Black Rock reserves the right to split up cabinmate requests without prior notification if needed and cannot guarantee they will be granted.  Cabinmates MUST request each other, be independently registered, and close in age.
• Individual Registrant Discount: Bring a friend and you will BOTH receive $15 off the registration fee, which then becomes $75/person!  Friends must fill out separate registration forms and request each other.  This discount is applicable for one friend only.
• Group rates are available for a group of 8 or more participants, excluding adult leaders.  Any group of 8 or more campers will receive 1/3 off the registration fee per person!  Additionally, any group of 16 or more campers will receive one complimentary registration for an adult leader.  The group discount also guarantees that your group will be housed together, though there may be other campers in a cabin with you that are not a part of your group.  Groups with less than 8 participants may still attend, but will not be guaranteed that they will all have lodging together and are not eligible for the group discount. 
• Please note that discounts may not be offered in future years.
• Discounts do not apply to adults participating in the retreat as group leader.

We truly hope you will give us the opportunity to serve you through these exciting events.  Please feel free to contact us if you have further questions…and don’t forget to pray for snow!

Seeking Him,

Josh Foley
Summer Camp Director