Illinois Trail Life Summer Camp
Passion Community Church, 4225 Camp Warren Ln, Decatur, IL 62521
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Illinois Trail Life Summer Camp includes activities such as aviation, rocketry, climbing, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, boating, archery, shooting sports, basketball, baseball, horsemanship, ropework, wood tools, leatherwork, and outdoor cooking. The program also offers activities like marshmallow shooter, slingshots, automotive care, communications, ham radio, Trail skills, Fireguard, Fire Ranger, Emergency Preparedness, First Aid, Citizenship, Pioneering, and Family Man. Campers take part in daily devotions, worship times, evening worship, campfire, games, free time activities, and scheduled competition game activities, along with sessions on topics such as Our Flag, Founding Fathers, Service, and Clowning Around.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: June 21–27, 2026, with scheduled times for branch or trail badges Monday through Friday and evenings consisting of games and worship as group activities
• Price: Trailmen: Tent: $315; Cabin: $350; Retreat Center: $395; RV Additional Trailman: $250. Registered Adults: Tent: $235; Cabin: $250; Retreat Center: $275; RV 1st Adult: $350; RV Additional Adult: $215.
Camp registration includes the chosen accommodations, 17 meals from Sunday evening through Saturday morning, 2 camp t-shirts, opportunities for service projects, badge work, daily devotions and worship times, a variety of free time activities, and scheduled competition game activities. Tent campers bring their own tent and gear, cabins require campers to bring their own bedding, and the Retreat Center does not supply linens, pillows, or bedding and has no maid service. Hammocks are not permitted when tied to trees or cabins, and stand hammocks are permitted only for Adventurers who camp with their troop. The camp states that it is a great first time for Mountain Lions 2 to climb the rocks before they become Navigators, and Mountain Lions are placed on a track for branch work, service, and learning experiences with possible options for advanced skills. Navigators and Adventurers can work on required trail badges or choose from elective badges, and Adventurers may lead sessions and serve in roles such as 1st officer, quartermaster, and assistant chaplain.
Illinois’ Trail Life Summer Camp states that it is intended to help grow and mentor Trailmen with experiences rich in adventure, character, and leadership, with fun, friendship, and learning. Trail Life is described as a Christian outdoor adventure, character, and leadership program for boys and young men, serving boys and young men from Kindergarten through 25 years old from anywhere in the community. The program states that the men teach the young men, and the young men teach the boys, with a focus on youth learning responsibility and integrity and learning to see God’s hand in everything, and that God is described as the center and the Rock of the Trail Life program. All attending adults must be current registered members of Trail Life. Immanuel is described as honored to support and back a troop based in the heart of Palatine. The leadership contact for camp inquiries is listed as Trephina Bedell at [email protected].
Last updated January 9, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: June 21–27, 2026, with scheduled times for branch or trail badges Monday through Friday and evenings consisting of games and worship as group activities
• Price: Trailmen: Tent: $315; Cabin: $350; Retreat Center: $395; RV Additional Trailman: $250. Registered Adults: Tent: $235; Cabin: $250; Retreat Center: $275; RV 1st Adult: $350; RV Additional Adult: $215.
Camp registration includes the chosen accommodations, 17 meals from Sunday evening through Saturday morning, 2 camp t-shirts, opportunities for service projects, badge work, daily devotions and worship times, a variety of free time activities, and scheduled competition game activities. Tent campers bring their own tent and gear, cabins require campers to bring their own bedding, and the Retreat Center does not supply linens, pillows, or bedding and has no maid service. Hammocks are not permitted when tied to trees or cabins, and stand hammocks are permitted only for Adventurers who camp with their troop. The camp states that it is a great first time for Mountain Lions 2 to climb the rocks before they become Navigators, and Mountain Lions are placed on a track for branch work, service, and learning experiences with possible options for advanced skills. Navigators and Adventurers can work on required trail badges or choose from elective badges, and Adventurers may lead sessions and serve in roles such as 1st officer, quartermaster, and assistant chaplain.
Illinois’ Trail Life Summer Camp states that it is intended to help grow and mentor Trailmen with experiences rich in adventure, character, and leadership, with fun, friendship, and learning. Trail Life is described as a Christian outdoor adventure, character, and leadership program for boys and young men, serving boys and young men from Kindergarten through 25 years old from anywhere in the community. The program states that the men teach the young men, and the young men teach the boys, with a focus on youth learning responsibility and integrity and learning to see God’s hand in everything, and that God is described as the center and the Rock of the Trail Life program. All attending adults must be current registered members of Trail Life. Immanuel is described as honored to support and back a troop based in the heart of Palatine. The leadership contact for camp inquiries is listed as Trephina Bedell at [email protected].
Last updated January 9, 2026.
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