CCC will operate four camp weeks in 2011:
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| Week 1 |
June 19 - 25, 2011 |
| Week 2 |
July 3 - July 9, 2011 |
| Week 3 |
July 17 - 23, 2011 |
| Week 4 |
July 31 - August 6, 2011 |
Please call 704-721-0033 for availability.
Groups are expected to arrive on Sunday morning between 9:30 and 11:00 AM. Groups will depart the following Saturday around 10:00 AM. On Sunday, every participant will be placed in a Christian Mission Group. Each CMG is comprised of 1-2 adults and 4-5 youth. CMG's are formed with the intention of mixing up churches, ages, sexes, and construction experience. Each CMG will work together for the entire week (Mon-Fri). CMG’s depart for worksites by 9:15 AM and return between 4:00 and 5:00 PM. In the evenings, the staff will have activities planned, including community building, worship, games, sharing, and free time.
All camp locations run on the same camp week schedule.
Carolina Cross Connection operates out of five camp locations throughout western North Carolina. Campers will stay at one of these locations during a camp week, working in the surrounding community. Each location offers a unique, rural setting for a week of service. Amenities differ, depending on the camp.
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Camp Carolwood is located in northeastern Caldwell County in Happy Valley, just off N.C. Highway 268, approximately 15 miles northeast of Lenoir. It is a district camp of the United Methodist Church, Western NC conference. Lodging includes five separate cabins housing approximately 90 campers, bathroom facilities housed within each cabin. Meeting areas include a dining hall, gymnasium, campfire area, and an outdoor worship area. CCC staff quarters and junior staff quarters are housed in the main lodge. Recreational areas include large fields, a volleyball court, an indoor basketball court, a horseshoe pit, and an outdoor swimming pool that may be open for our use.
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Camp Loy White is located in northern Cleveland County between N.C. Highway 18 and N.C. Highway 10 in the small town of Casar (pronounced K-zer). It is a district camp of the United Methodist Church, Western NC conference. Lodging includes a single, two-story lodge housing approximately 65 campers; males will be on one level and females on the other level. Bathroom facilities are located on each level inside the lodge. Staff quarters, a mobile home, are located on the far end of camp, on the other side of the pond. Meeting areas include a large dining area/kitchen, picnic shelter, and an outdoor worship area overlooking a large pond. Recreational areas include a large field, a baseball field, a basketball court, a volleyball court, and an outdoor swimming pool which will usually be opened for limited periods in the afternoon when a lifeguard is available.
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Camp McCall is located in the northeast corner of Rutherford County off of Hwy 226 only minutes from the McDowell County border. It is a few miles southeast of Marion, NC. It is a district camp of the United Methodist Church, Western NC conference. Lodging includes two separate lodges for males and females, housing approximately 54 campers total; bathroom facilities are located inside these buildings and are complemented by several separate bathhouses. One lodge also houses the kitchen and a porch with rocking chairs. Meeting areas include an outdoor covered picnic shelter, an outdoor worship area, and a campfire area. Recreational areas include fields, a volleyball court, and a large pond just for swimming and canoeing (available when lifeguard is on-duty).
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Joshua Youth Camp is located in the western piedmont, just outside of Albemarle. It is owned and operated by a collection of Freewill Baptist Churches in the area. Lodging includes two lodges which can hold approximately 80 campers total; bathroom facilities inside each lodge. Meeting areas include a dining hall/kitchen and all-purpose room situated close to the lodges, and an indoor chapel. Recreational areas include large fields, volleyball courts, an outdoor swimming pool, and a pond with paddle boats.
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WWMS is located just outside of Wilkesboro, overlooking scenic mountain views. The school cafeteria will serve as a multi-purpose room, dining hall, and sleeping quarters (divided between genders). Campers will also have access to the gym, soccer fields, and other meetings spaces. Bathrooms include separate showers for each gender.
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The fees to attend Carolina Cross Connection 2011 will be announced by October 11, 2010. Please check back to this page and our blog, www.carolinacrossconnection.org/news for more updates in October.
Camper fees are all-inclusive, covering meals from Sunday lunch to Saturday breakfast, lodging, staffing, programming, and camp rental. Campers may wish to bring some extra spending money for CCC merchandise and snacks sold in the evenings.
- Participants must be rising 8th graders (or 13 years old) or older.
- Though you do not have to be a Christian to attend CCC, we recommend that you are at least open to learning more about Christ and serving others. People of all Christian denominations are welcome to attend.
- CCC does not discriminate against gender, race, or national origin.
- CCC does not discriminate against those with physical or mental handicaps, though these issues should be addressed with the CCC staff prior to attending.
- No previous experience in CCC, other missions groups, or construction is necessary! Campers will perform a variety of home repairs of varying degrees of difficulty. Some youth and adults may not be experienced in performing such tasks, and that’s okay! Through our preparation materials and our summer staff’s instruction, we will teach you how to do the work required and empower you to do tasks of varying difficulty.
- We require ALL participants to stay at CCC for the entire week. The CCC experience is based on a tightly-knit community that works, serves, plays, and worships together. Arriving late, leaving early, or leaving and then coming back are major disruptions to this community and can rob people of valuable experiences. If a person cannot commit to the a full CCC week (arrive Sunday morning, stay all week, leave Saturday morning), then they are not quite ready for the CCC experience and should wait until a time when they are able to commit to the timeframe required.
- Each group must provide at least one adult for every five youth. This adult will also serve as a driver for a work team for the entire week. Adult drivers must be 25 years of age or older.
- Each group must provide at least one vehicle for every six participants it brings. These vehicles will be used to transport campers, tools, and a lunch cooler to and from worksites each day. Vehicles must be capable of safely carrying 6-7 passengers (i.e. equipped with 6-7 seatbelts), with room to spare for hauling tools. Keep in mind that some tools are larger than others, such as ladders, lawnmowers, and weedeaters.
- Each group must provide one large lunch cooler and one water cooler for each vehicle.
- Each group may be asked to provide some of the tools that will be used by the camp community during the camp week. This list will be provided at a later date. If you have questions about tools, please contact the CCC office.
- CCC accepts and can accommodate groups of any size, up to 80 participants (youth + adults) at a single camp location during a particular week. In most cases, multiple groups from the same church may attend different camps DURING the same week, if the church leaders so choose.
- big your group is, and what the current camp space availability is. If you were to bring more than 50 folks from the same church, then yes, it is very likely that yours will be the only group in camp. If you were to bring between 25 and 50 folks, you will likely be in camp with one or two other larger groups. In any case, our staff will create a program which emphasizes the same values described above, no matter what the camp make-up.
To these ends, we are modifying our group capacity requirement. Carolina Cross Connection now accepts groups of any size, up to 80 participants!
This is a fairly significant change in the history of Carolina Cross Connection, and we are aware that there may be questions that arise. We will do our best to address some of those here and help you to understand what we are working towards. So here are some “FAQ’S” regarding this new change…
Q: CCC has traditionally been geared toward small groups, and during a camp week, there would be 60-80 campers representing 4-6 different churches. I always appreciated the value of this experience, keeping group and camp size small, bringing strangers together to build a tight-knit Christian community, mixing people up in work teams, etc. Does this change mean that CCC is abandoning these traditions?
A: Absolutely not. We do continue to see great value in the model we have used for many years, and it is a model we will continue to strive for. But we do look forward to introducing some new, different kinds of camp experiences as well, in addition to the traditional model. Rest assured that CCC’s programming will look very much like it always has, and things like Christian community, breaking up cliques, meeting new friends, and forming work teams that are diversity-rich are values that we still hold dear and help make CCC such a powerful experience.
We are also excited about the possibilities of new camp experiences, and the value of an entire camp being filled with one or two large groups. We believe this will help strengthen those church communities, deepen the relationships between friends, and give those folks the opportunity to serve together and learn how they take it back home as well. What a radical difference it would make for a youth group, 40 or 50 people strong, to have their lives changed at CCC, and how it would impact their home church and community!
Q: We want to come to CCC, and our youth group is HUGE. If we were to register, is it possible we would be the only group in camp?
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As always, groups must provide a ratio of 1 driving adult for every 5 youth, no matter the group’s size. Camp space is limited and filled first-come, first-served.
Q: Our youth group is REALLY HUGE. Can you accomodate more than 80 people?
A: Possibly, but we do have limits to our camp capacities. Please call 704-735-4257 to inquire before registering.
Q: May we request that ours be the only church group in camp?
A: Yes you can, but there is no guarantee. At the very least, you must register more than 50 people, keeping an adult-to-student ratio of 1:5, to be considered for a “one-church-only” camp week. Again, if this is your desire, please call first to discuss feasibility.
Q: Our group is very small, and we wouldn’t want to be assigned to a camp with just one, huge group from another church. Could we be assured of this?
A: You have nothing to worry about. We don’t want any small groups to feel overwhelmed or “dwarfed” by other larger groups. We will always work to ensure that your small group is assigned to a camp balanced with several other small to medium-sized groups, as we believe this will provide the best experience for all.
- There is no "minimum number" for groups that want to attend CCC. Though most people come to CCC with a church youth group, individuals or small groups of 2-3 friends/family are also welcome to attend. Please contact the office if you wish to attend CCC as a individual or with a small group.
- Other requirements may be found in the registration brochure and form.
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