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 […]

Children’s Winter Camp: We had a camper who shared that her mom had died of an overdose about a year ago. She shared with her counselors and our staff member that she was struggling with God being fair and good. After attending the Life’s Unfair breakout group, she was encouraging campers by saying that she found joy […]

I once heard someone say that the furthest point from home is the first step away from it. You may take that to be a good or a bad thing, but I would like to think of that first step as a new beginning. Often we think the destination as most important with respect to […]

224 youth and children kicked off 2018 by making a first time decision to follow Jesus during Winter Camp! Moms and sons spent quality time together at this year’s Mother/Son retreat. 5 campers surrendered their lives to Jesus for the first time. Ojai Valley Outdoor Adventure Camp: 60 students engaged the Creator and His creation. […]

They, whoever they are, say that good things come in small packages. I believe this to be true in so many ways, and as the Program Director of Children’s I see this come alive with every child that walks through our doors at Forest Home. Winter is such a beautiful season, filled with love, laughter, […]

Winter Camp is Coming! What an exciting time of year; as we enter into a season of “thanksgiving” we could not be more thankful to Jesus! Here at Forest Home, our Program Team has been working tirelessly to plan yet another year of fantastic Winter Camp programming. We are thankful to Him for bringing together […]

Cedar Ridge Our brand new, hotel suite style lodging is now open. Please pray that the Lord would greatly bless this lodging and that the countless families and individuals will experience the transforming work of Christ in this space. Winter Retreats We can’t wait for guests to join us this winter! From Home for the […]

It is awe-inspiring to recall the ways God moved this summer to draw men, women, youth and children nearer to Him! This summer… 11,290 men, women, youth and children were reached with the Gospel through a Forest Home program 931 campers made first time decisions for Christ On the mountain: 378 men, women, youth and […]