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Winter Blast

Winter Retreats to Connect Youth Groups Together

Register Your Group For 2027
View Dates & Speakers
Information Packet
2027 Rates & Resources

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

Bring your group to a life-changing weekend at Grace Adventures. This isn’t your ordinary winter retreat. Grace provides a distinctive experience by removing the responsibility of planning and running a youth retreat, allowing you and your leaders to focus on connecting with and discipling your students. Let us take care of the scheduling, cooking, and speaking so that your youth group can have fun and grow closer to God and one another.

Join us for a winter weekend and experience fun activities like our climbing wall, snowtubing, broomball, horseback trail rides, laser tag, and much more!

2027 Dates, Speakers, Bands

Session 1

January 8-10

Middle & High School

Speaker: Daniel DeForge
Worship Band: TBD
Status: Open!

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Daniel DeForge has served in full-time Christian camp ministry for the past 11 years. He is passionate about seeing students encounter God through His Word and has had many opportunities to teach the Bible in both church and camp settings. Daniel enjoys helping young people engage with Scripture and seeks to communicate God’s Word in a way that is clear, practical, and relevant to their lives.

Daniel lives in southwest Michigan with his wife, Anna, and their three children. When he is not teaching or working at camp, you can often find him outdoors enjoying God’s creation through hunting, photography, or videography.

Session 2

January 22-24

Middle & High School

Speaker: Apollo McCullough
Worship Band: TBD
Status: Open!

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Apollo McCullough is the Lead Pastor of Port City Church McGraft, a growing campus of Port City Church in Western Michigan. Originally from Kansas City, Kansas, he now lives in Muskegon County with his wife, Ashley, and their four children. With over six years of pastoral experience, Apollo is passionate about helping people follow Jesus and discover their identity and purpose in Christ. Drawing from his personal story of redemption, he connects authentically with audiences while teaching Scripture and sharing the hope, freedom, and life-changing love of Jesus.

Session 3

January 29-31

Middle School Only

Speaker: TBD
Worship Band: TBD
Status: Open!

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Speaker Bio Coming Soon

Session 4

February 5-7

Middle & High School

Speaker: Joey Anderson
Worship Band: TBD
Status: Open!

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Joey grew up in the church, developing a lifelong passion for glorifying God through both words and actions. That passion led him to preach, lead youth retreats, and teach middle and high school students, including developing and leading a thriving youth ministry during challenging seasons.

With a deep commitment to the truth, power, and beauty of Scripture, Joey focuses on communicating the Gospel in clear, practical, and engaging ways. Through biblical teaching, spoken word, and creative storytelling, he encourages audiences to discern truth, grow in their faith, and experience the transforming love and grace of Jesus.

Session 5

February 12-14

High School Only

Apollo

Speaker: Chuck Connell
Worship Band: TBD
Status: Open!

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huck Connell is a husband, dad, pastor, and Army veteran who loves Jesus Christ. After ten years serving in youth ministry, he is stepping into a preaching and care role at his church in West Michigan.
Chuck loves spending time with family, running, disc golf, and spending time outdoors, but one of his greatest passions is helping people see Jesus more clearly. Through stories, Scripture, and honest conversations, he loves showing why Jesus is worth trusting and worth building your life around.
Coming to Grace Adventures is something Chuck always looks forward to each year, and he’s excited to spend the weekend diving into God’s Word together.

Session 6

February 19-21

Middle & High School

Speaker: TBD
Worship Band: TBD
Status: Open!

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Speaker Bio Coming Soon

2027 Retreat Rates

Students

$ 164

Includes:

  1. All Lodging and Meals
  2. All Activities
  3. All Sessions

Leaders

$ 119

Includes:

  1. All Lodging and Meals
  2. All Activities
  3. All Sessions

Cancellation Policy

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.

Be Equipped in Your Faith

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!

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 / Welcome Event

8:15 Session 1

9:30 Small Group Time

10:00 Evening Activities

11:30 Cabin Time

12:00 Lights Out

 

Saturday

8:00 Breakfast

9:15 Session 2

10:30 Small Group Time

11:00 Large Group Game

12:00 Lunch

1:15 Free Time Activities

4:00 Free Time Activities

5:30 Dinner

6:45 Session 3

8:00 Small Group Time

9:00 Lip Sync

10:00 Evening Activities

11:30 Cabin Time

12:00 Lights Out

Sunday

8:00 Breakfast / Pack

9:30 Session 4

10:45 Small Group Time

11:15 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