Welcome to Forest @Home weekly series. Since you are unable to visit Forest Home this summer, we are bringing the joy and hope of Forest Home to you each week. We’ve gathered together pastors and worship leaders that you love from Family Camp to share brief hope-filled messages from God’s Word […]
Dear Forest Home Family, We love you and are praying for God’s protection, peace and wisdom over each of you, your families, churches, and communities as we face this world-wide challenge together. I know this situation impacts all of us, and I pray God gives you unshakable peace in the days ahead. In the past […]
“If I could re-live my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God!” Dwight L Moody, 19th century evangelist Statistics show that 43% of Christians made their faith decision before the age of 12. Another 32% chose to follow Christ between the ages of 12 and 21. The earlier a person comes […]
Last month, I attended my first ever National Youth Workers Conference in Tampa, Florida. If you are one of our youth pastors, you may be familiar with this event! If not, picture 3,000 youth leaders learning, worshipping, and playing together for a whole weekend. IT WAS AWESOME! I had the opportunity to learn valuable insight […]
Scarcely a month has passed since over 9,000 campers attended one of Forest Home’s amazing summer programmed camps. One season of ministry through Family and Youth Camps has closed yet waiting down the mountain are 16,000 more souls who will visit Forest Home before year’s end. In all, over 30,000 people will have visited Forest […]
I was recently asked, “What is the purpose of camp, and why is it so important?” Camp is a powerful place. It is a place where we can get away from the normal cadence of everyday life “down the hill”. It is also a place that eliminates so many modern distractions that we find ourselves […]