Family Camp 2025 - Reservations & Registration
Family Camp will take place at Koinonia Conference Grounds, Sunday June 8 to Saturday June 14, 2025.
Located in Corralitos, just north of Watsonville, Koinonia is set inside a beautiful redwood grove and offers amazing facilities and activities for our group to enjoy.
The Family Camp brochure can be viewed and downloaded here:
http://familycamp.org/Family_Camp_2025-Brochure.pdf
Here's a link for more info on Koinonia's website:
https://www.koinoniaconferencegrounds.com/guest-groups
Reservation and Registration for Camp
We will have a 2-step process for camp. The Reservation step will allow the Registrar to allocate rooms so that the most campers can attend camp. A completed Reservation form and deposit are required to be confirmed.
Upon the completion of the Reservation period, the Registrar will send out confirmations to campers to complete the Registration forms and provide the remaining total that is due. We will have a waitlist for those that are not confirmed and there is always the option for day visits as well.
Payment Methods
This year we have 3 ways to submit payments
- Mail a check (no fee)
- Make out checks to "UMC Family Camp"
- Mail to Craig Norris, 705 Waltham St, Mountain View, CA 94040
- Send a payment via Zelle (no fee)
- Send to "umcfamilycamp@gmail.com". Access your Zelle account through your online banking app in order to send payments.
- If you have never used Zelle before, you may have to jump through some hoops due to your bank's security measures. If you do submit a payment through Zelle, please email Craig at familycamp@thenorrises.com so he can look out for the payment.
- You may see a notice identifying the account owner as "Craig Norris," because Craig is the person who opened the account on behalf of Family Camp.
- Pay via credit card (3% fee)
- Step 1: Reservation
- Until April 1
- Form is online
- Form must be fully completed and submitted with a non-refundable deposit/li>
- Note: Submitting a Reservation form does not guarantee a spot at camp
- Priority will be given to groups willing to share. The goal is to fill rooms to allow the most campers to attend camp.
- Notification of reservation status will be sent out on or around April 3
- Anyone without a confirmed reservation will be put on a waiting list until June 1.
- Full-time reservations can be converted to day visit reservations, but must be reserved in advance and follow all the day visit guidelines (see below)
- If and when spots open up, reservation confirmations will be sent out on a lottery basis for reservations received by March 31 and by date received.
- Deposits for those on the waiting list will be returned if a room can not be secured and a day-visit reservation is not completed
- Anyone not wishing to remain on the waiting list or to convert to day visits can request to be taken off the list and will have their deposit returned
- Registrar will send forms and remaining total due to those with confirmed reservations
- Information required:
- Indicate all the members of your group, including ages
- Indicate any mobility issues as it relates to going up and down steep inclines (all primary areas are wheelchair accessible)
- Full-Time Sharing Reservations (Priority)
- Anyone staying for 3 days or more is considered full-time by Camp Koinonia
- Must be willing to share or serve as a volunteer group leader for priority
- Sharing is generally defined as cohabitating with people outside of your immediate family. The Registrar will have ultimate authority to determine whether a group is considered to be sharing.
- Highly encouraged to self-organize into groups
- Groups of 6 or 10 are ideal, but not a requirement
- The size of a group will be a factor in determining priority
- Consideration that half of the beds in each room will be top bunks
- 3 bunk beds (6 beds total) or 5 bunk beds (10 beds total)
- Take the time to organize your group and coordinate prior to reservation
- Make sure to indicate all the members of both your family and those you are sharing with
- Matching of smaller groups can be requested. Grouping will be attempted but there is no guarantee a match will be found.
- Deposit for Reservation
- $100 per camper ages 8 and older
- $50 per camper ages 3-7
- $0 per camper under 3 years old
- Non-refundable unless Family Camp cannot offer a room
- Full-Time Non-Sharing Reservations (Lottery)
- Anyone staying for 3 days or more is considered full-time by Camp Koinonia
- Open spots will be offered (determined by lottery) if any are available after Priority reservations have closed
- Deposit for Reservation
- $100 per camper ages 8 and older
- $50 per camper ages 3-7
- $0 per camper under 3 years old
- Non-refundable unless Family Camp cannot offer a room
- Part-Time Reservations (Lottery)
- Anyone staying for 2 days or less is considered part-time by Camp Koinonia
- Open spots will be offered (determined by lottery) if any are available after Full-time reservations have closed
- Deposit for Reservation
- $50 per camper
- $25 per camper ages 3-8
- $0 per camper under 3 years old
- Non-refundable unless Family Camp cannot offer a room
- Day Visitor Reservations
- No reservations needed for day visitors.
- Registrations for day use can be made between May 1 and June 1.
- Anyone coming just for the day and not staying overnight is considered a day visitor
- Multiple days are allowed
- Day visit dates must be registered in advance
- Ad hoc day visits during the week are not allowed
- If someone does not have a confirmed Day Visitor reservation and they show up on site, they will be asked to leave
- See Day Visitor registration information below.
- Step 2: Registration
- April 3 - April 30
- Forms will be sent by the Registrar to those with a confirmed Reservation
- Will include the remaining amount due
- Forms must be fully completed and returned
- Remaining amount due (as indicated by the Registrar) along with Registration forms
- Full-time Sharing
- Total per camper price for Sunday to Saturday with a confirmed Reservation
- $550 per camper ages 14 and older
- $350 per camper ages 8-13
- $275 per camper ages 3-7
- $0 per camper under 3
- Includes room, meals, facilities and Family Camp led activities
- Deposit will go toward your total
- Full-time Non-Sharing
- Total price for Sunday to Saturday with a confirmed Reservation
- Room for 2: $1,800
- Room for 3: $2,100
- Room for 4: $2,500
- Room for 5: $2,900
- Room for 6: $3,350
- Room for 7: $3,900
- Room for 8: $4,450
- Room for 9: $5,000
- In addition, each non-sharing family gets a discount of $200 for each child ages 8-13 and $275 for each child ages 3-7
- Campers under 3 are not included in the room count for pricing purposes
- Includes room, meals, facilities and Family Camp led activities
- Deposit will go toward your total
- Part-time
- Total per camper price per day with a confirmed Reservation
- $175 per camper ages 9 and older
- $90 per camper ages 3-8
- $0 per camper under 3
- Includes room, meals, facilities and Family Camp led activities
- Deposit will go toward your total
- Day visitor
- Communicate with our registrar to make arrangements
- Registrations for day use can be made between May 1 and June 1.
- $30 per meal per camper
- Final amount due is determined by the registrar with oversight from the Board
- Deposit will go toward your total
- If you need to discuss financing, please contact our registrar Lori
- Forms and payment must be postmarked by April 30
Thanks in advance for your patience as we work through this new process. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Lori (lori.umc.registrar@gmail.com).
Blessings,
Family Camp Board