FCC Work Party 2027 – Many Hands. One Camp.

Coming Spring 2027 – Applications Opening Soon!

Every spring, staff and volunteers from Christian camps across British Columbia come together for something special: a few days of hard work, great fellowship, and the opportunity to make a real difference at another camp.

The FCC Work Party is about more than completing projects. It's about camps helping camps, sharing our gifts, building relationships, and remembering that we're all part of something bigger.


Looking Back at 2026

This past spring, 30 volunteers from nine different camps gathered at Charis Camp & Conference Centre for an incredible few days of serving together. From yard work and wood projects to renovations of staff and intern facilities, it was amazing to see what could be accomplished when camps joined forces.

A huge thank you to Charis for hosting and to everyone who gave their time, energy, and talents to make it happen!


Looking Ahead to 2027

We're already looking forward to our next FCC Work Party in spring 2027!

Does your camp have a project that could use some extra hands? Applications to host the 2027 FCC Work Party will be opening soon. The host camp and dates will be announced at the 2027 BC Camping Conference.

Whether you're swinging a hammer, painting a wall, clearing brush, or simply lending a hand, there's a place for everyone.


Many hands. One camp. One shared mission.


For more information or questions about hosting, contact Jay Haynes at jhaynes@younglife.ca.

Thanks to all who helped in 2025!

Work Party 2025! We were soooo blessed to host 18 folks from 5 different camps across BC plus several local folks who joined the fun! 


The main focus was the residence capital project. We were hoping to get the insulation installed and inspection completed, as well as the drywall started. We not only completed this, we were able to get the front and back decks modified and deck boards installed. 


We also had a crew in the carpentry/wood shop sorting, organizing and assembling shelves and storage bins. I actually want to go out there and get some stuff done. 


We also had a mechanical type guy and he helped us out with service on our camp tractor! 


So all in all, it was a great week of completing some work and getting to fellowship with other camp folks.


Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

- The crew at Echo Lake Bible Camp️  


AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO TOM! 

Our first ever winner of the GOLDEN HAMMER AWARD!

A camp community extends beyond a single camp!

thanks to all who helped in 2024

On behalf of Camp Douglas, I want to say that I am so grateful to the FCC and to each person who came to help with our work party week. Thanks to the 30+ volunteers who attended, we were able to make huge progress on tasks that are really difficult to do on a one-day work party, and the ideas and perspectives shared throughout the week by other camp professionals were really helpful and encouraging to our small team.

 

Projects included burning forest debris (which means fewer wasp stings this summer); sweeping cabin roofs; organizing and cleaning storage areas; we pulled up new driftwood logs from the beach to refurbish our campfire area; our bathroom walls got drywalled and mudded; our Bible study room got a new roof; we have new kayak, life jacket, water shoe storage solutions; song sheet storage solutions; and a whole new storage area for our office. We are absolutely over the moon and feel so supported by the wider camp community.

 

Thank you so much to Maple Springs Bible Camp, Camp Squeah, Camp Luther, and Ness Lake Bible Camp (who had an 11 hour drive to get to us!), as well as other kind individuals who came to support for the week.

And thank you to Camp Homewood for reaching out and offering to help us with our picnic table problem. What a blessing! Thank you so much.

 

-Lucy Rosenberg, Director at Camp Douglas

THANK YOU! 2023 work party

As an FCC board and community we are SO excited that Luther Ministries took the leap of faith to open a second site at Camp Tulahead. We know that kids desperately need the experience of camp, and most of all to know Jesus! Without all the hard-working staff at our camps in BC so many more kids would miss that opportunity. Please pray for Luther ministries and Camp Tulahead as they re-open this summer, and thank God for another camp that is not closing or degrading but rather being renewed for another season of ministry! This year at the work party some highlights were Matt's excellent humour and musical prayers, amazing food, fellowship with other camp workers, a great hike, canoe ride, and a freezing cold lake swim, we even got some work done including: brush and log clearing, building picnic tables, garbage cleanup, house renovations, painting, building docks and more!

 

We want to thank the Camp Luther team, Camp Bob, Rockridge Canyon, Maple Springs Bible Camp, Lake of the Trees Bible Camp, Camp Squeah and other churches and volunteers connected to serve Camp Luther Ministries (Camp Tulahead)

God bless you this summer! 

 

-Mark Wilson (Work Party)

Thank-you! 2022

Our semi-annual work week was blessed to have volunteer supporters from other FCC camps join us this year.  And what a blessing it was!  A lot of work was completed including a new covered archery platform, a new roof on one of the cabins, another cabin exterior completely repainted, a number of dead trees felled and bucked, and a host of other cleanup tasks.

We are grateful to FCC and these volunteers for giving us their valuable time. Praise the Lord!

- Mark Dean - Work Party Coordinator Daybreak Point Bible Camp

A Word On being a part of a Work Party

Aside from feeling extremely blessed by all the work that was completed during the work party the week made us as a camp feel part of something much bigger than our own little camp.  Fellowshipping with other camps and their staff was truly uplifting and just the encouragement that we and hopefully many others needed at this time.  Events like the Work Party take you out of that sense of isolation that can be so prevalent in ministry and unite us with others who have the common goal of living for Jesus and making him known to others.  

- Camp Program Director