Not all Christian camps operate year-round but Trout does. Be in the know about upcoming events. And if you have questions about specifics, contact us. See you at the next big Trout event.
Students are expected to attend one of the free Dteam training weekends at Trout either May 5–7 or May 12–14. Throughout the summer, in-depth ministry training takes place through personal reflection and study, participation in the MinistrySafe Program, small group interaction, and group building experiences.
REGISTER coming soon
There will be bus transportation from Arden Hills and Princeton.
There's no more important man in a boy's life than his dad, and no more important gift than time well spent together. Man Camp is designed for fathers or grandfathers and sons that want to have an adventure while creating memories that will last a lifetime. This weekend is all about strengthening your relationship, encouraging your son, and growing closer to God together.
Highlights include: cook out, chapel, archery, trap shooting, riflery, zip line, laser tag, bonfire, and dad's time with the speaker to dive into what it means to raise up Godly boys.
Age: For boys in 1st–9th grade
Cost: $129 per adult, $89 per child
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Students are expected to attend one of the free Dteam training weekends at Trout either May 5–1 or May 12–14. Throughout the summer, in-depth ministry training takes place through personal reflection and study, participation in the MinistrySafe Program, small group interaction, and group building experiences.
REGISTER coming soon!
There will be bus transportation from Arden Hills and Princeton.
Far too often it is hard to quiet the noise around us. Join us for personal and group prayer, worship and guided reflection.
Help Trout prepare for summer ministry by cleaning, organizing and building with whatever skills you have. Our Serve Team volunteers have always been a crucial foundation to the work at Trout Lake Camps. For more information contact Trout at 218.543.4565.
Work Hard, Play Hard!
We work hard on projects, but we play hard too. During the day, our staff will lead you in a project - some big, some small, that will make a big difference in getting Trout ready to teach kids about the life changing message of Jesus Christ. Our evenings are filled with fun and fellowship.
Host - Mark & Mandy Johnson
Mark and Mandy Johnson have lived in Arden Hills for just 3 years now and are part of a young church called Pursuit Community Church in Mounds View. We enjoy snowshoeing in the winter and being at the lake in the summer.
We both grew up going to and working at Christian camps in Washington and Wisconsin. They were so formulative to our spiritual growth that when our two kids wanted to serve at Trout and spend the summers up there, we were thrilled to partner with Trout in our kid's development! We have been involved with Trout Lake Camps for more than 35 years, as volunteers, campers, speaker, staff, retreat planners, and Serve Team! We love leading the willing volunteers at Serve Team as we accomplish so much and develop relationships while doing it!
We realize retirement can be a busy time of life, but we are all looking for activities with great purpose. We believe that being at Serve Team and helping the camp get really for the busy summer season is an opportunity to serve the Lord with the skills He has given you. Why not share them?
This discipleship retreat is offered by Converge North Central and the Evangelical Free Church. It is designed for students in grades 6-12. This year the retreat takes place in April. Lodging is offered at local Duluth hotels. This is a high impact retreat that your students won’t want to miss.
Help Trout prepare for summer ministry by cleaning, organizing and building with whatever skills you have. Our Serve Team volunteers have always been a crucial foundation to the work at Trout Lake Camps. For more information contact Trout at 218.543.4565.
Work Hard, Play Hard!
We work hard on projects, but we play hard too. During the day, our staff will lead you in a project - some big, some small, that will make a big difference in getting Trout ready to teach kids about the life changing message of Jesus Christ. Our evenings are filled with fun and fellowship.
Host - Mark & Kim Welty
Mark & Kim have been volunteering at Trout since 2013, they spend the majority of their summers at Trout as well as coming up through the year to help with various building or painting projects. Mark's family has been going to Trout over the years since it opened in 1947. They love working at Trout and spending time with the Serve Teams seeing new and existing friends. Volunteering is one way we can live out Acts 1:8 with our support of Trout's important ministry. When we're not at camp, we enjoy our time at Grace Church in Eden Prairie, family, car collecting, and other hobbies.
How many times have you thought – I need to spend more time with my daugher...just the two of us for a weekend? Girls' Getaway is for a mother or grandmother to bring their young girls to Trout. You will laugh together, have warm conversations around the fire and also have fun together. This weekend is about strengthening your relationship with your daughter or granddaughter and growing closer to God.
Highlights include: dinner party, fun chapel times, crafts, zip line, laser tag, climbing wall, a main speaker who will talk about what it means to be a Godly girl and more.
Age: For girls in 1st–9th grade
Cost: $129 for adults, $89 for kids
Help Trout prepare for summer ministry by cleaning, organizing and building with whatever skills you have. Our Serve Team volunteers have always been a crucial foundation to the work at Trout Lake Camps. For more information contact Trout at 218.543.4565
Work Hard, Play Hard!
We work hard on projects, but we play hard too. During the day, our staff will lead you in a project - some big, some small, that will make a big difference in getting Trout ready to teach kids about the life changing message of Jesus Christ. Our evenings are filled with fun and fellowship.
REGISTER
Hosts: Rod & Gwen Larson
Rod and Gwen have a long history with Trout Lake Camps. They have been campers, summer counselors, and Rod was a leader for high school "grub-in" retreats. Their son and daughter have been campers and served on the camp staff. Their son Pete and his family are active volunteers during the summer. Since 2016 Rod and Gwen have attended serve teams. "It's like being a camper again, enjoying sweet memories, helping to build, improve, and clean the camp, while enjoying great fellowship with other volunteers. It's a way to give back to Trout for all that camp has done for our family. It's serving the Lord and praying for the summer program. It's a great week of work, good food, fellowship, and fun."
Monday, February 20 | 1–4 p.m.
Trout Lake Camps invites you to join us for an afternoon of fun! Enjoy sliding down the tubing hill, scaling the two-story indoor rock climbing wall, laser tag, and hot cocoa. This event is free and open to the public. Interested? No need to RSVP, just show up!
*Follow posted signs as you approach camp. Our staff will greet you and direct you.
Trout Lake Camps
10173 Trout Lake Drive
Pine River, MN 56474
Phone: 218.543.4565
Winter Expedition is designed for children's ministries for 4–6th graders. In addition to the fun games and activities, the weekend is tailored with the goal of challenging kids with the gospel of Jesus by meaningful Christ-centered chapel sessions. No matter where they are at spiritually, kids will be challenged to dig deeper and grow in their walk with God. We take care of the details so you as leaders can focus on creating meaningful relationships with your kids.
Cost: $129 per student and $89 per leader
What to expect:
Great worship
Wonderful food
Indoor climbing wall
Crate stacking
Archery Tag
Broomball tourney
Tubing hill
and more!
More Details
For Church Groups Grades 6–12
Winter Rush is designed to be a getaway for you and your youth group at Trout. We tailor the weekend with the goal of challenging students with the gospel of Jesus by meaningful bible-centered talks. No matter where your students are at spiritually, they will get great teaching and be encouraged to grow deeper in their relationship with Christ. The weekend is highly social and we provide activities and space for your youth to grow together as a group.
Dates:
January 20–22, 2023
January 27–29, 2023
Cost: $129 per student and $89 per leader
What to expect:
Great worship
Wonderful food
Indoor climbing wall
Crate stacking
Archery Tag
Broomball tourney
Tubing hill
and more!
More Details
For Church Groups Grades 6–12
Winter Rush is designed to be a getaway for you and your youth group at Trout. We tailor the weekend with the goal of challenging students with the gospel of Jesus by meaningful bible-centered talks. No matter where your students are at spiritually, they will get great teaching and be encouraged to grow deeper in their relationship with Christ. The weekend is highly social and we provide activities and space for your youth to grow together as a group.
Dates:
January 20–22, 2023
January 27–29, 2023
Cost: $129 per student and $89 per leader
What to expect:
Great worship
Wonderful food
Indoor climbing wall
Crate stacking
Archery Tag
Broomball tourney
Tubing hill
and more!
More Details
Monday, January 16 | 1–4 p.m.
Trout Lake Camps invites you to join us for an afternoon of fun! Enjoy sliding down the tubing hill, scaling the two-story indoor rock climbing wall, laser tag, and hot cocoa. This event is free and open to the public. Interested? No need to RSVP, just show up!
*Follow posted signs as you approach camp. Our staff will greet you and direct you.
Trout Lake Camps
10173 Trout Lake Drive
Pine River, MN 56474
Phone: 218.543.4565
Join us at camp for a weekend tailored for Dteam members. Over the weekend we will have music and messages as well as time to enjoy the winter activities Trout has to offer - broomball, tubing, climbing, crate stacking and all the hot chocolate you can drink. Catch up with old friends and make some new ones. This retreat is open to any former Dteam member and anyone interested in joining the Dteam.
Cost: $40 per person, Free for 2022 Alumni
Age: 7th–12th Grade
Transportation will be available from the Arden Hills or Princeton location.
*Must indicate on registration. Limited space available.
Enjoy relaxation, refocusing, research and reflection by the fire. This retreat is created to encourage and help pastors and staff prepare for their year of ministry. The cost for the week is $140 per person. Contact the Trout office for more information.
Want a way to kick the New Year off. Spend the holiday weekend with all your friends at Trout Lake Camps?
Enjoy a retreat created specifically for college-aged students. In addition to a New Years Eve service with great music and message, we will have time of sharing how God has moved in our lives over the past year. This weekend there will be plenty of time to relax and enjoy all that Trout has to offer - broomball, tubing, climbing, bouldering walls and a giant bonfire. This retreat is open to individuals and college/young-adult ministries.
If you worked as a volunteer or summer staff in 2022, your cost is free. Bring your friends for $40 each which includes meals and all you can drink hot chocolate in the Stoneridge Dining Center.
Age: completed high school to 25 years.
Cost: $40 per person, Free for 2022 Summer Staff Alumni
Join others from your church and help Trout prepare for fall and winter ministry by cleaning, organizing and building with whatever skills you have. Our volunteers have always been a cruicial foundation to the work at Trout Lake Camps. Mark & Kim Welty (see photo) will be your hosts for this event. Dan Guertin at Eagle Brook is coordinating this event and in his own words "More details to follow. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to email me at dpguertin@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns."
The 4th annual fall mission trip to Trout Lake Camps (TLC) is scheduled for Sun. Oct 2 through Thurs. Oct 6, 2022. For those of you who are not familiar with the EBC Mission Trips to TLC, we have been doing these trips each spring and fall since the fall of 2019. The types of work we do range from cleaning to sanding to painting to small scale and large scale construction projects. People with all skill levels are needed to help make the camp better for the kids each summer.
Two of the people we will be working with are featured in this short video.
Help Trout prepare for fall and winter ministry by cleaning, organizing and building with whatever skills you have. Our Serve Team volunteers have always been a foundation to the work at Trout Lake Camps. Mark & Kim Welty will be your hosts for this event. For more information contact Trout at 218.543.4565.
Trout Lake Camps and Bethel University are teaming up on Saturday, September 24 for the Bethel vs. St. John's football game. Wear your favorite Trout swag to the game and reconnect with Trout and Bethel alums. Cheer on Timmy the Trout vs. Roy the Lion during the halftime mascot race.
• Laptop raffle for BU students.
• Campus tour.
• Free T-shirts and gear (while supplies last).
• Inflatables for the kids.
• Free stadium meal coupon and game ticket.
Visit here to register for the campus tour and free stadium meal coupon.
Schedule:
• 11 a.m. - Campus tour.
• 12 p.m. - Stop by our tent for a stadium meal coupon, game ticket and free stuff.
• 1 p.m. - Kickoff.
• Halftime - Mascot race.
• 5 minutes after the end of the game - laptop raffle near inflatables – must be present to win (Benson Great Hall entrance).
Please join us and other retired pastors and missionaries this fall to relax and be challenged by our long-time friend Ralph Gustafson. He has a wealth of knowledge in higher education, decades of church leadership experience and is a gifted communicator. Accompanying Ralph during our general sessions is Randy Berg from Calvary Christian Church in Hastings. Randy has a unique gift of leading traditional worship around the piano.
Worship, play and be renewed. Recreational activities include rifle and trap shooting, archery, mountain biking, horseback riding, horseshoes, golf, floor hockey, paintball, zip lines, high ropes course, boating and more.
Grab some friends (or fly solo) and join us in the north woods at Trout Lake Camps. Step outside of the norm for a chance to dig deeper into your faith, connect with other guys and have a lot of fun. Breathe in the fresh air and see what God can do in just 40 hours. That scent in the air? Rest, renewal, rejuvenation (and grilled meat). More than a change of scenery, it's a change of spirit.
The cost ranges between $135-$160 depending on housing.
There's no more important man in a boy's life than his dad, and no more important gift than time well spent together. Man Camp is designed for fathers or grandfathers and sons that want to have an adventure while creating memories that will last a lifetime. This weekend is all about strengthening your relationship, encouraging your son, and growing closer to God together.
Highlights include: cook out, chapel, archery, trap shooting, riflery, zip line, laser tag, bonfire, and dad's time with the speaker to dive into what it means to raise up Godly boys.
Age: For boys in 1st–9th grade
Cost: $115 for adults, $85 for kids
More Details
This discipleship retreat is offered by Converge North Central and the Evangelical Free Church. It is designed for students in grades 6-12. This year the retreat takes place in April. Lodging is offered at local Duluth hotels. This is a high impact retreat that your students won’t want to miss.
Far too often it is hard to quiet the noise around us. Join us for personal and group prayer, worship and guided reflection. If you would like specific details regarding the retreat, contact Mandy at mJohnson@ConvergeNorthCentral.org.
REGISTER now!
Join us at camp for a weekend tailored for Dteam members. Over the weekend we will have music and messages as well as time to enjoy the winter activities Trout has to offer - broomball, tubing, climbing, crate stacking and all the hot chocolate you can drink. Catch up with old friends and make some new ones. This retreat is open to any former Dteam member and anyone interested in joining the Dteam.
Cost: $32 per person, Free for 2021 Alumni
Age: 7th–12th Grade
Transportation will be available from the Arden Hills or Princeton location.
*Must indicate on registration.
Details to come!
REGISTER and see who else will be there!
