Our Mission
“Camp Highroad Welcomes All To Grow, Learn, and Experience Christ’s Love In God’s Creation.”
It is our mission, as a ministry of the United Methodist Church, to provide a welcoming, safe and caring environment for people of all ages. We strive to do this by sharing Christ's love with our guests, by reaching out to our community, by protecting our environment, and by working as if "working for the Lord" (Col. 3:23-24) in all that we do.
How We Got There… We adopted "Welcoming all to grow, learn, and experience Christ's love in God's creation." as our mission statement in 2003, after a meeting of the Strategic Planning Committee. At that meeting, the first goal set was to create a safe, caring environment that would be a "place apart," a place of peace, where all could come and truly experience God’s love in His creation. In addition to our adoption of a strong mission statement, Camp Highroad embraced the Seven Core Values of Christian Camping in 2006, shortly after their inception.
The Seven Core Values are:
1) Fostering Genuine Christian Community
2) Aiding in the Development of Christian Spiritual Leaders
3) Nurturing Christian Discipleship
4) Providing a Place Set Apart
5) Practicing Earth Care and Stewardship
6) Inspiring Guests to Love and Serve
7) Partnering with Local Churches and Conferences to Accomplish Shared Goals
Our Director, Rick Dawson, was a member of the team that developed the core values and was able to quickly institute them into our daily routine. As a result of our passion for our mission and values, demand for our services has grown. We add new schools every year to our Outdoor Education Program, our Christian Summer Camp Program is growing, with new sessions being added each year, and our individual activities and classes are evolving and growing in popularity with groups as varied as Girl Scouts and Police Camps. In addition, thanks to our many loyal supporters and sponsor churches Camp Highroad has become one of the shining jewels in the United Methodist camping community. We credit all of this success to God, and we continue to hold fast to the mission and values that we believe in!
Camp Highroad is open to campers regardless of their nationality, age, race, religion, disability, color, sex, family, and national origin.