FBC 2024
JULY 21-27
A multi-generational family camp that provides Christian teaching, worship and renewal.
We are looking forward to Family Bible Camp 2024. Please keep checking our site for updated information.
FAMILY BIBLE CAMP
JULY 21-27, 2024 THE CAMP AT FINDLEY, CLYMER NY
Family Bible Camp Speakers
For the week of FBC there are three speakers.
Bible hour speaker speaks about an hour after breakfast. Following the first speaker there is a brief cookie break, and then we gather back together for the discipleship hour with the second speaker to finish the morning sessions. After a fun filled day we close out our day by gathering together to listen to the evening speaker.
Bible Hour Speaker: Suzanne Nicholson
Suzanne is making her first appearance at Family Bible Camp. She is currently a Professor of New Testament at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky where a spiritual awakening took place in February 2023. Prior to Asbury, she taught for 16 years at Malone University. She received her B.A. from the University of Minnesota, her M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary and her Ph. D. from the University of Durham. She is the author of the book Dynamic Oneness: The Significance and Flexibility of Paul’s One-God Language and the 8-week Bible study Women in the New Testament. She currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies and is the Assistant Lead Editor for Firebrand, an online Wesleyan magazine. She was an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church and is now an elder in the Global Methodist Church. She and her husband, Lee, have two adult children.
Discipleship Hour: Matthew Sleeth
Evening Preacher: Mark Webb
Bishop Webb returns to Family Bible Camp on the 10th anniversary of his first appearance in 2014. He currently serves as one of the two active bishops in the newly formed Global Methodist Church. He previously served as the resident bishop of the Upper New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church for over 10 years. Prior to that, he served as District Superintendent of the York District of the Susquehanna Conference and pastor to three churches in eastern Pennsylvania, including the Aldersgate UMC in Mechanicsburg for 13 years. In 2018, he was named as one of the top 100 leaders by the John C. Maxwell Transformational Leadership Award. He received his B.A. from Shippensburg University and his M. Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary. He received the Harry Denman Award in 2002. He and his wife Jodi live in Lititz, Pennsylvania and have two adult sons, Tyler and Benjamin.
Matthew Sleeth, MD, a former emergency room physician and chief of the hospital medical staff, resigned from his position to teach, preach, and write about faith, God, and the Bible. Dr. Sleeth has spoken at more than one thousand churches, campuses, and events, including serving as a monthly guest preacher at the Washington National Cathedral.
Recognized by Newsweek as one of the nation's most influential Christian leaders, Dr. Sleeth is the executive director of Blessed Earth and author of numerous articles and books.
He lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with Nancy, his wife of more than four decades. Their grown children serve with their families in full-time parish ministry and as medical missionaries in Africa.
Bible Hour Speaker: Suzanne Nicholson
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Discipleship Hour: Matthew Sleeth
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Evening Preacher: Mark Webb
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ACCOMMODATIONS
SHOWERS HALL
Showers Hall is a dorm-style building with two single beds to a room. Most rooms are located on the second floor (stair access only). There are shared bathrooms on both floors.
GREGORY LODGE
Gregory Lodge is a one-story building with two single beds per room and shared restrooms. This building has easy, level exterior access.
GOODWILL LODGE
Goodwill Lodge is a two-story building. Most rooms contain two single beds, and a few contain either three beds or a single bed. Goodwill is a more rustic building and has shared bathrooms on each floor.
CABINS
Four cabins are located uphill of the main grounds. Each offers four bunk beds and a full bed, along with a bathroom.
RV SITES
The Camp at Findley has 20 RV sites on the lower campus. There are 10 full hook-up sites and 10 water and electric sites. All sites have access to a picnic pavilion and a bath house with showers. For a little more peace and quiet, there are 4 electric-only hill-top sites. A pavilion with a full kitchen and bathrooms, including showers, are located on upper campus. Tent-camping is available in any of the RV sites.
A visual overview of the grounds at the Camp at Findley can be found here:
GENERAL INFO
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Smoking, vaping, alcohol, and firearms are NOT permitted on camp property.
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Please bring your own linens and blankets. You may also want to bring your own lawn chair for worship services in the tent.
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Nurseries are available daily from 9am-noon for children ages 0-2 and 3-4, as well as in the evenings from 7-9 for children ages 0-5.
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Youth programming is designed based on grade-level groupings according to fall 2024 grade level.
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Parents/guardians of minors are responsible for providing adequate supervision of their children whenever they are not involved in specific Family Bible Camp program offerings.
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Family Bible Camp programming is funded entirely through the offerings received at evening services and through special gifts designated for the Family Bible Camp.
LEADERSHIP
Jillian Grattan
Lizi Carbrey
Nursery Leads
Lydia and Dan Albrecht
Elementary Leads
Heidi and Dean Ottaway
Middle School Leads
J.L. Miller
High School Lead
Jon Crissman, Seth Crissman
Worship
John Cooke
Pianist
DAILY SCHEDULE
RATES:
2024 Fees/costs for lodging/meals
Prices coming soon...
