Register NOW For the 2025 Golf Outing!

Save the date of August 12, 2025 for the 17th Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser!

Registration is open now for individuals or teams. Registration includes 18 holes of golf, a cart, polo shirt, a $50 donation to CranHill, and more! Proceeds from this event go directly to supporting the ministry and covering some of the costs of operating the youth camp. Now is the time to get your team together and plan on a great day of having fun and supporting the mission of transforming lives!

Event Details:

10:00 AM - Registration Opens

11:00 AM - Lunch

12:00 PM - Shotgun Start

5:00 PM - Dinner and Awards

Looking to be a bigger part of this important event? We are still looking for sponsors to help make this year's outing a huge success!

To register to golf, confirm your sponsorship, or get more information, click the button below!

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Fall Retreats Are Filling Up!

Girl's Horsemanship Retreats

These weekends are perfect for girls ages 10-17 with a love of horses! These weekends combine riding lessons, basic horse care skills, and fellowship with peers.

Spots fill quickly! Available Weekends:

Father Son Retreat - Sept. 19-21

Join us for a weekend of adventure! Get ready for outdoor challenges, good meals, laughter, and strengthening relationships as fathers and sons. Activities include learning new target sports, climbing the rock wall, and tackling high ropes courses.

Mother Daughter Retreat - Oct. 17-19

Enjoy a weekend of celebrating the relationship between moms and their daughters! Get ready to spend quality time together outdoors. You can plan on exciting activities, new relationships, and chapel sessions designed to teach and encourage!

Mark Your Calendars for CORE!

C. O. R. E. - CranHill Outdoor Recreation Education

Registration is open now for this unique outdoor education program designed for homeschooled kids ages 6-16. Students participate in monthly sessions with their peers, giving opportunities for new friendships to form.

This year, there are three sessions to choose from! Every month, the focus will be on learning valuable life skills, practicing outdoor survival techniques, and spending time appreciating the beauty of creation. Spots in these sessions fill quickly, so don't wait to sign your child up!

Check out this year's available sessions!

We're Accepting Applications!

Apply Today for the 2025-2026 Intern Team!

This 9 month program is dedicated to discipling the next generation of young adults, equipping them to lead in different ministry roles. Working within the year-round programs at CranHill, interns will have opportunities to dive deeper into their faith, learn practical skills, and experience life alongside a community of other believers. The internship includes:

Onsite housing
Spiritual and academic development
Hands-on experience in all areas of camp
Opportunities to work within a focus area
Participation in the local church
Learning to live in community

If you or someone you know is searching for an opportunity this fall, don't wait to reach out! For more information, or to apply, check out the link below!

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CranHill Family Minute

With Joel Russcher, Advancement Director

For many years, our family had the same routine when arriving at CranHill for camping. My

wife would go into the office to check in and I would get 3 little bikes off the roof of our old

Volvo wagon. We would our boys our site number and they would set out finding new friends,

discovering what new animals were in the petting zoo, visiting the playgrounds and maybe

catching a frog or two. We typically wouldn’t see them for an hour or more, which gave us time

to set up our campsite. Eventually they would show up, usually when hungry. Being at

CranHill, we never worried about them or their safety as we knew that camp was filled with

Christian families that would happily apply a bandage or help them find their way to our

campsite.

Galatians 6:10 reminded me of what we experienced so many times at CranHill:

"Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers."

We come to camp to get away and relax in God’s beautiful creation, to refresh, spend time with

family, make new friends and spend time in a community of believers. But it’s kind of easy, isn’t

it - doing good to other Christians? It’s my hope and prayer that wherever you vacation this

summer, you will come away with the spirit of what the Apostle Paul reminds us, to do good to

all people, not just Christians.

It reminds me of this song which was probably sung at CranHill many times over the years:

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord

And we pray that our unity will one day be restored

And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love

Yeah, they'll know we are Christians by our love!

Prayer: Dear Lord, help me and my family be reflections of your light and love, living the life that Jesus modeled and taught us, glorifying you in everything we say, think and do.

Fire Starter

"I cried out "I am slipping!" But your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer."

Psalm 94:18-19 NLT

CranHill is devoted to being a ministry through which God is Transforming Lives into the Image of Christ through Youth Camps, Family Camping, Retreats, and Adventure Experiences.