Family Camp 2026
Friday, October 16, 1:00 p.m. – Sunday, October 18, 1:00 p.m.
Friday check-in time is 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Grow, learn, and have fun with your family and friends.
We are very excited to announce that we have moved Family Camp back to our Summer Camp location in Amery, WI! We previously rented from Wapo from 2007- 2012. Why Wapo?
Three Big Reasons:
- We want our youngest campers (0-7 yrs) to grow up in the same camp setting as the teens. That way the adjustment to a week of Summer Camp won’t seem so daunting to the children and/or their parents.
- Families have requested a longer Family Camp for years! Now we can provide that opportunity when most of the MN schools are closed for MEA!
- Camp Wapo is more cost-effective. We can provide an extra afternoon and two more meals, for the same registration price.
So please join us! Grow, learn, and experience joy, with your family and friends.
St. Mary’s Family Camp Program began in 1994 and is now held MEA weekend in October at Camp Wapogasset in Amery, WI. Families drive themselves to the camp approximately 75 minutes northeast of Minneapolis. Although this weekend is called Family Camp, we welcome everyone to attend. Most of the 43 rooms sleep 8 and have a bathroom, so please consider attending as an extended family or with a group of friends to help us maximize space.
For those who have sent their kids to Summer Camp, it is a great way for your children to share their camp experience with you! For those who have been on the fence about sending your kids, it is a wonderful way for both parents and kids to preview and experience a slice of life at Summer Camp.
*Minors must be accompanied by a parent, guardian, or an “adopted” parent for the weekend.
Unfortunately, camps around the country, including ours, are experiencing significant price increases to meet the highly increased overhead costs: lodging, meals, and necessary materials. While we are doing everything we can to maintain an affordable Family Camp experience for all, we must be sustainable.
Please consider asking your parish priest for assistance in creating and maintaining a Camp Scholarship Fund to help subsidize your parish’s camp fees. We have found that many people love to donate and support these experiences.
Thank you so much for your interest and support of Family Camp!
See the Weekend Schedule
Registration Will Open August 1
“Let everything take second place to our care for our children, our bringing them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord…. Give them the great things, not the little things.”
—St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 21
If being an Orthodox Christian is a way of life, a participation in Christ, lived as a growing union with the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, participating in the Body of Christ as a full member of the Church, and fueled by the energizing grace of the All-Holy Spirit. What then does it mean to be an Orthodox Family or an Orthodox Home? How does being an Orthodox Family inform the rhythms of our communal life, direct the usage of our resources, help us navigate the struggles and disappointments of life, nurture a family dynamic that is healing and empowering, and lead us to salvation?
Meet This Year’s Speaker
The Rev. Fr. David Hyatt is the pastor of St. Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He and Khouryee BethAnn have three sons who were born and raised in northern Minnesota, where he served as a Baptist pastor for more than twelve years before converting to the Orthodox Church at Twelve Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church under the guidance of Fr. Timothy Sas. After moving to Pennsylvania in 2017, their family joined an Antiochian parish north of Philadelphia. While there, Fr. David worked as an assistant to the director of Saint Emmelia Ministries of the Department of Homeschooling of the Antiochian Archdiocese, helping to organize homeschooling conferences across the country. He completed his Orthodox education through the Antiochian House of Studies and was subsequently ordained to the Holy Diaconate in 2020 and the Holy Priesthood in 2021. Fr. David has served as the assistant to His Grace, Bishop. THOMAS (Joseph), auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic, since 2019. Fr. David and Kh. BethAnn and their three sons moved to Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in July 2023 to serve as the pastor of St. Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Church.
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION
August 1 – 15
$160
+ Convenience Fee*
per person
*Register early for a reduced rate. Reduce fees by paying with an Electronic Check (ACH): Electronic Check (ACH) Fee: 1.53% + $0.50 per registrant versus the CampDoc Convenience Fee of 4.12% + $0.30 per registrant
REGULAR RATE REGISTRATION
Until August 31
$170
+ Convenience Fee*
per person
REGISTRATION INFO
Registration will open August 1 at 10:00 a.m. and closes August 31, at 11:59 p.m.
THE WEEKEND OVERVIEW
Read about the Family Camp Play-by-Play.
MAP TO CAMP
Get directions to Camp Wapo.
NEED HELP PACKING?
Get some ideas from our packing list.
REFUNDS?
We will offer a full refund (minus the processing fee) through September 15, 2025.