Come explore God's beautiful creation with art teacher and artist Karen Fitzsimons.  While hiking we will work on drawing techniques by doing nature studies.  We will learn how to paint a landscape and we will set up still lifes from natural items we find on our hikes.  We'll also participate in all the fun camp activities like Bible study, worship, swimming, and horseback riding.  Dates: July 18-23, 2010  

You're special thing for the week will be spending two nights out of camp along the Mississippi backwaters.  You'll canoe and cook your meals on the open fire.  You're last day there you'll canoe downstream to be picked up and brought back to camp.

Want to spend more time with the horses? You will be with the horses daily going on extra rides, learning how to care for horses, and even helping the wranglers with tack and saddles. NOW 2 WEEKS! Dates: July 4-9 and July 18-23.

If you are interested in drama, love acting and enjoy being a part of a play, this is a great place to learn more and try new things.  Don't miss this week!  During the week we will develop and practice skills through theatre activities and games,  dramatize scripture, and explore set and costume related to the play and Christ Hike.
The afternoons will be spent on theatre skills and games, Bible study, and rehearsing our play. The mornings are for all of the usual Sugar Creek activities: horseback riding, swimming, arts and crafts and more. The evenings will include preparing for the Christ Hike, worship, and campfire.  Date: July 18-23, 2010

Our artist-in-residence for the week is Stacey Parkhurst Meyer. She has a B.A. in theatre and a Master Degree in education. Stacey has over fifteen years experience as a director of plays and musicals in high schools and with middle school students and community members. Best of all, Stacey loves Sugar Creek!

Experience the richness of our area's Norwegian heritage in this exciting, brand new program. Our counselors will team with area resource people to give you a taste of Norwegian food, language, culture, and spirituality. The week will also include Sugar Creek's wonderful campfires, swimming, games, Bible studies, and, of course, riding our beautiful Norwegian Fjord horses! Dates: July 18-23

Your pastor will pick the week your church is to come.  You'll do all the regular camp things and have some time to spend meeting with your pastor. 
Dates: June 13-18, July 25-30

This is an out of camp program where you will spend two days biking the Elroy-Sparta Bike Trail and two day canoeing down the Kickapoo River.  Along the way you'll play games, do Bible study and have lots of fun!  You are welcome to bring your own bike or a bike will be supplied for you.  You must bring your own bike helmet.

Join our talented Sugar Creek counselors for a week of music and praise. Hone your skills on guitar, percussion, and vocals (even writing your own lyrics!). Some experience is recommended. This is part of our new Fine Arts Week on July 18-23.

Camping along the Mississippi and canoeing in our 26-foot Voyageur canoes will be the highlights of this program.  A great chance for fun, fellowship and spiritual growth. Come with a group of friends, or bring your whole youth group! We can fit 10 people in these beautiful canoes!

You won't want to miss out on this popular senior high program.  You'll spend Monday to Thursday in a house boat with 9 other campers and two staff cruising the Mississippi.  Campfire on the sandbars, Bible study and worships on the beaches, will all be a part of the fun.  Sunday and Thursday nights are spent at Sugar Creek.

Experience adventure as one of the first campers at Sugar Creek's new site on Gull Lake in Minnesota! You will travel to the northlands for a week of hiking, canoeing, and learning wilderness survival skills focusing on the sacred order of shelter, water, fire, food.

This is a great opportunity to serve.  At this week long servant camp you'll get your hands dirty and sweaty by working to help make some improvements at Sugar Creek.  It's a great way to give a little something back to camp.  Of course you'll also get to go swimming and do some of the other fun camp things. June 13-18, 2010

Get your boots on for a hands on experience working with the horses.  You'll work with the camp wranglers cleaning out the barn, caring for and saddling the horses, and getting rides going.  Maximum of three JW's per session.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be on staff at Sugar Creek? Are you interested in being a leader in your home congregation? In this two-week program, you will experience group building and adventure activities, hone your leadership skills, and learn about what it takes to be a camp staff person. Get a taste of all the Sugar Creek programs, and help our staff lead your favorite activities like Bible study, horse rides, pool parties, and campfires. An additional third week is available through an application process, which will be completed during the two-week program. For those who are accepted to stay the third week, they will get to shadow a counselor in a cabin group. There is no additional charge for the extra week. (Go home each Friday and return on Sunday.)