Rainforest Falls Day Camp
Mariners Community Church, 100 Stone Pine Rd, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
About
Rainforest Falls Day Camp includes lessons, crafts, games, afternoon activities, snacks, and station rotations built around powerful Bible stories and learning daily Scripture. Campers take part in Sing and Play Tune Lagoon for singing, dancing, and learning, and end each day with a Canopy Closing that includes singing, dancing, and sharing what was learned. The program also features themed days such as Beach Day with games and sand castles in a coned off boundary, Wacky Water Day with a slip n’ slide, water balloons, super soakers, and water relay games, Movie Day with the movie “RIO” and popcorn, and a final Bouncy House Day with bounce houses, a jumpy slide, and an obstacle course focused on discovery and creativity and crazy fun games.
• Ages: 3–11 years old
• Schedule: Five-day session, Monday, July 20 – Friday, July 24, with a half-day option from 9:00am–12:00pm and a full-day field trip option from 9:00am–4:00pm
• Price: $250 per child for 9:00am–4:00pm with field trips; $150 per child for 9:00am–12:00pm with no field trips
The camp runs from Monday, July 20 through Friday, July 24, with field trip campers attending 9:00am–4:00pm daily and non–field trip campers attending 9:00am–12:00pm daily. Field trip days include Beach Day at Francis Beach with a coned off boundary and a rule that no camper will go near the ocean water at any time, Wacky Water Day, Movie Day with “RIO” and popcorn, and a final Bouncy House Day where families are invited to join at 2:00pm, and preschoolers and campers who did not register for field trips are invited to the jumpy family finale.
The preschool program is described as thoughtfully designed to match the needs of preschoolers and help them thrive in a fun, safe, and nurturing environment, and preschool campers must be 3 years old by the start of camp, have previous preschool experience, be potty trained, and attend the half-day preschool program. If a child is about to enter kindergarten in Fall 2026, they are asked to participate in the preschool program, and the field trip option is not available for preschool campers.
For campers joining field trips, parents are instructed to send a packed lunch and full water bottle in the morning, and for Wacky Water Day, to send appropriate swim attire such as swim trunks or a bathing suit to wear under the camp T-shirt. Snacks and water are provided during the Bouncy House Day jumping and running around time, preschool campers are required to attend the half-day preschool program, and parents are recommended to register their child before the start of camp on Monday, July 20. Walk-in registration is available the first morning of camp, but a spot is not guaranteed and scholarships are not available for walk-in registrations, while scholarships are available for other registrations.
Rainforest Falls Day Camp is part of the children’s and youth camp offerings at Mariners Church, where camps are described as important to their work with children and youth and as a way for students to get connected to their church. The church states that it is a community of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ that seeks to authentically love God and love people, and is committed to helping everyone connect with God, grow with others, and serve the world, including aiming to reach the unchurched on the coast with the life-giving message of Jesus Christ and studying the growing Latino population to see what role Mariners should play in reaching 2nd generation English speaking Latinos.
The leadership team connected with the church includes Paul Richardson, who was called to lead the church in April 1988, his wife Lisa Richardson, Pastor Len Banks as Pastor of Connections, Kaitlin Gehret as staff to lead the Surf’s Up KidMin, Ivette Moctezuma as part-time Director of Community Outreach, and Curt Vanderstelt as Director of Youth Ministries. The church’s history includes beginning in 1986 from several small Bible study groups, calling themselves Mariners Community Church, and later milestones such as renting space in Shoreline Station in 1990, a relaunch in 1999, growth to over 250 people by 2000, adding multiple services, launching the “Making Ourselves Ready” campaign in 2010, closing on the Stone Pine property and holding the first worship service there in 2013, and adding key staff for children, youth, and community outreach between 2015 and 2019.
Last updated July 21, 2026.
• Ages: 3–11 years old
• Schedule: Five-day session, Monday, July 20 – Friday, July 24, with a half-day option from 9:00am–12:00pm and a full-day field trip option from 9:00am–4:00pm
• Price: $250 per child for 9:00am–4:00pm with field trips; $150 per child for 9:00am–12:00pm with no field trips
The camp runs from Monday, July 20 through Friday, July 24, with field trip campers attending 9:00am–4:00pm daily and non–field trip campers attending 9:00am–12:00pm daily. Field trip days include Beach Day at Francis Beach with a coned off boundary and a rule that no camper will go near the ocean water at any time, Wacky Water Day, Movie Day with “RIO” and popcorn, and a final Bouncy House Day where families are invited to join at 2:00pm, and preschoolers and campers who did not register for field trips are invited to the jumpy family finale.
The preschool program is described as thoughtfully designed to match the needs of preschoolers and help them thrive in a fun, safe, and nurturing environment, and preschool campers must be 3 years old by the start of camp, have previous preschool experience, be potty trained, and attend the half-day preschool program. If a child is about to enter kindergarten in Fall 2026, they are asked to participate in the preschool program, and the field trip option is not available for preschool campers.
For campers joining field trips, parents are instructed to send a packed lunch and full water bottle in the morning, and for Wacky Water Day, to send appropriate swim attire such as swim trunks or a bathing suit to wear under the camp T-shirt. Snacks and water are provided during the Bouncy House Day jumping and running around time, preschool campers are required to attend the half-day preschool program, and parents are recommended to register their child before the start of camp on Monday, July 20. Walk-in registration is available the first morning of camp, but a spot is not guaranteed and scholarships are not available for walk-in registrations, while scholarships are available for other registrations.
Rainforest Falls Day Camp is part of the children’s and youth camp offerings at Mariners Church, where camps are described as important to their work with children and youth and as a way for students to get connected to their church. The church states that it is a community of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ that seeks to authentically love God and love people, and is committed to helping everyone connect with God, grow with others, and serve the world, including aiming to reach the unchurched on the coast with the life-giving message of Jesus Christ and studying the growing Latino population to see what role Mariners should play in reaching 2nd generation English speaking Latinos.
The leadership team connected with the church includes Paul Richardson, who was called to lead the church in April 1988, his wife Lisa Richardson, Pastor Len Banks as Pastor of Connections, Kaitlin Gehret as staff to lead the Surf’s Up KidMin, Ivette Moctezuma as part-time Director of Community Outreach, and Curt Vanderstelt as Director of Youth Ministries. The church’s history includes beginning in 1986 from several small Bible study groups, calling themselves Mariners Community Church, and later milestones such as renting space in Shoreline Station in 1990, a relaunch in 1999, growth to over 250 people by 2000, adding multiple services, launching the “Making Ourselves Ready” campaign in 2010, closing on the Stone Pine property and holding the first worship service there in 2013, and adding key staff for children, youth, and community outreach between 2015 and 2019.
Last updated July 21, 2026.
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