CONNECT
Take time to connect with your group while having fun on the snow tubing hill, broomball, tournaments, laser tag, great food, and more!
CHALLENGE
Challenge and equip your students through dynamic messages, awesome worship, intentional small group time, and relevant workshops.
ALL-INCLUSIVE
This retreat includes all activities, all food, and housing. So when you sign up to come to Grace Adventures, there are no additional hidden fees.
Michigan Winter Youth Group Retreats
Experience a group-changing weekend at Grace Adventures in West Michigan. This isn't your ordinary winter retreat. Grace provides a distinctive experience by removing the responsibility of planning and running a youth retreat and allows youth pastors to connect and disciple their students. Let us take care of the scheduling, cooking, and speaking so that your youth group can have fun and grow closer together and to God!
Join us for a winter weekend and experience fun activities like our climbing wall, snowtubing, broomball, horseback trail rides, laser tag, and much more!
2023 Dates, speakers, bands
Session 1
January 6-8
Middle School Only
Speaker:
George Moss
Worship Band:
Paul Riemersma
Status:
Closed
Session 2
January 13-15
Middle School and High School
Speaker:
TBA
Worship Band:
TBA
Session 3
January 27-29
Middle School and High School
Speaker:
Ben Vander Kodde, Grace Adventures
Worship Band:
Joe Guerra
Session 4
February 3-5
Middle School Only
**Call for availability**
Speaker:
TBA
Worship Band:
TBA
Session 5
February 10-12
Middle School and High School
Speaker:
Antonio Marshall, University Chaplain at Olivet Nazarene University
Worship Band:
Nate Morris
Session 6
February 17-19
High School Only
Speaker:
Daniel Hollenbeck
Worship Band:
TBA
Session 7
February 24-26
Middle School and High School
Speaker:
Jason Magnuson, Calvary Church in Fruitport
Worship Band:
4th Point
Blast Theme:
From 90’s fashion to challenges in school, there’s nothing new under the sun. There are both good and difficult seasons in life. In God’s big picture, they are all temporary, but His kingdom is eternal. We will dig deeper into common struggles and how, in the midst of them all, God is still faithful.
Be Equipped IN Your Faith
Through dynamic large group club sessions with Biblically based speakers and worship centered bands, your students will be introduced to a relationship with Jesus and challenged to go deeper. In small group discussion, you get the opportunity to follow up, answer questions and dig into what faith looks like in everyday life.
Have A Blast!
Themed events, games and tournaments will give your group a chance to compete together and against others while working as a team. During free time relax around the fire with a board game or chose one of our many activities such as horseback rides, laser tag, tubing hill, broomball, and climbing tower. No matter the weather we’ll have something fun going on!
Tentative Schedule
Friday
7:00 Registration / Move-In
8:00 Session 1
9:00 Small Group Time
9:30 Evening Activities
11:15 Cabin Time
Saturday
8:00 Breakfast A
9:00 Breakfast B
9:45 Session 2
10:45 Small Group Time
11:30 Large Group Game
12:30 Lunch A
1:30 Lunch B
1:30 Free Time Activities
5:30 Dinner A
6:30 Dinner B
7:30 Session 3
8:45 Small Group Time
9:15 Evening Activities
Sunday
9:00 Breakfast A
9:45 Breakfast B
10:30 Session 4
11:45 Small Group Time
12:15 Pack and Depart
"Having a weekend dedicated to God is something unique and I would dare to say foundational in today's world. Days move fast, technology makes them move faster. Having time that has been prayed for, planned, and executed in the name of God is a vital reset.
Grace Adventures has been an incredible partner with my youth group for the last several years. We are a high-energy group that loves lots of flexibility and options. Grace Adventures has come alongside us to curate amazing weekends that work specifically to our group's needs. I am so thankful for this facility and their great staff and will always love working with them."
- Leader, Grace Community Church
2023 Retreat Rates
- Includes:
- All Lodging And Meals
- All Activities
- All Sessions
- Includes:
- All Lodging And Meals
- All Activities
- All Sessions
Upon registration, a $25.00 Non-Refundable deposit is due per reservation.* Any cancellations will forfeit that deposit.
Canceling spots within 45 days of the retreat, you are obligated to 60% of your retreat fee
Canceling spots within 14 days of the retreat, you are obligated to the full retreat fee.
*If any of your participants has COVID-19 or is quarantining because of COVID-19 exposure and needs to cancel their reservation, we will work with your church for a partial or full refund of that participant's fees.
If Grace Adventures is not permitted to host an event due to legal obligations or restrictions imposed through Executive Order, Local Health Department order or directive, or any similar legal restriction or circumstance of similar effect, Grace Adventures will reimburse any deposit and minimum. In all other circumstances, Grace’s cancellation policy outlined above will apply.
