Final WE Trip this week....

Jim Culp wrote
at 7:41am

Just finished shopping for the last Wilderness Experience trip this morning. After 10 months of planning, five day trips, three Summer trips, and connection with over 50 kids and more than 20 adult volunteers, it is hard to believe it is almost over.

This Thursday, we leave for the Klamath River, to swim, whitewater raft, hike to waterfalls and continue to connect with God. This is are smallest trip, designed for kids who have participated all year long. Our focus this week is "growth" as a follower of Jesus. Most kids this week are believers and we want to help them have the tools to grow.

Please pray for our safety, energy, continued connection with the kids and opportunities to encourage students to grow as they follow Jesus! Thanks for following us and praying for us this Summer.

Check out the new pictures and videos on our Wilderness Experience '09 Facebook page. We'd love to have you follow us on Facebook.

WE 09 - Bucks Lake

What a great trip...we tubed behind the Martinez's boat in a 3 man tube, swam, played watermelon rugby at amazingly beautiful Bucks Lake (check out the pictures later in the week). But the best part by far was that we had a couple new decisions for Christ and one of the kids who has changed the most in the past three years shared his story of how he came to faith this year. It will be a life-changing story for many of the other kids.

We take a week off, then wrap up WE Summer 09 with a whitewater raft trip on the Klamath River.

Wilderness Experience - Mccloud Falls!!

What a great trip to McCloud Falls!! We took 35 youth to McCloud for some awesome cliff jumping. 15 kids did the 40 footer!! Even six adults mustered the courage to take the leap!! Then we shared a great time jumping and swimming in glacier water at Lower Falls. A dozen kids fished and caught a bunch of fish, too. Friday morning was incredible with a great outdoor ed lesson by Naomi Groot on the life of a Trout (played by Casey Moreno), followed by Casey's moving testimony. Throwing in Casey's "Southern Rock" styled worship and the morning was great...and all that followed a great talk by Colby on Thursday night on Psalm 104 on the Majesty of God in His Creation!! Amazing trip!!

Keep Praying for us as we have 40 signed up for Buck's Lake in six days from now!!

WE 09 Pacific Ocean Trip

Our first Wilderness Experience Trip of 2009 was an amazing trip to the Pacific Ocean in Marin County. We hiked the redwoods at Muir Woods National Monument, swam and played at Stinson Beach, watched the sunset at Tennessee Beach in the Marin Headalnds of Golden Gate Park and walked across the Golden Gate Bridge. We had 28 youth, 2 kids and 10 adults. We worshiped God in the beauty of His creation, encouraged each other, played crazy games and just had a great time hanging out together.

Get ready for McCloud Falls next week!! It's Amazing!! 39 youth are signed up and ready to go take the plunge at the falls!

Wilderness Experience 2009

Wilderness Experience 2009
Summer Trips

Wilderness Experience is a program designed to get youth engaged in activities to bring God’s creation and values alive.

June 25-27: Our first trip of the summer takes us to the beauty of the Pacific Ocean in Marin County. We will experience the views of Point Reyes National Seashore, hike around Muir Woods National Monument, and spend a day body-surfing the Marin Headlands beaches of Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

July 9-10: McCloud River and its three waterfalls is the second destination. We’ll camp out, jump into a glacial-melt river and have a great time enjoying the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

July 16-17: The third trip of the summer will take us to the Plumas National Forest for some boating fun at Bucks Lake and also an incredible trip to Rock Creek, with its waterfalls, granite waterslides and cool, clear swimming holes.


July 30 – August 1: The final trip is a raft trip on the Klamath River, hikes around the Klamath National Forest. We’ll camp at Happy Camp, CA, tame the white-water of the Klamath and go on one of the most amazing hikes to Ukonom Falls.

Wilderness Experience Sign-up. Contact jim@orchardchurch.com