Family Camp is truly time away to grow together. Everything about your week with us has been planned to the tee – including the content and lessons for every member of your family.
Imagine your family gathered together for worship twice a day…every day. Family Camp is unlike church in that parents aren’t pulled one way while kids are pulled another. At Family Camp, we all worship together.
Berea offers activities for every member of the family! Whether you’re looking for a day at the beach, an afternoon on our high ropes course, a game of paintball, or a chance for some target practice – Berea has it all.
Perhaps the best thing about Family Camp is the community. Every member of your family will live, play, and worship alongside other believers who are just where they are – whether that’s braving middle school, entering college, or raising kids.
Dr. Duffy Robbins, Professor of Youth Ministry at Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania, is a respected youth ministry veteran with over forty years of experience in the field. He speaks around the world and serves as a Teaching Pastor at Faithbridge Church, Spring, Texas. He is a faculty member in the Doctor of Ministry program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary where he co-leads the doctoral cohorts for Ministry to Emerging Generations.
His warm conversational style, coupled with a quick sense of humor and a unique ability to make Scripture come alive, have also made him a popular speaker for Congregations, Parenting Seminars, College chapels, Mens’ Retreats, as well as numerous Family Camps and Conferences.
Duffy lives in Cranberry Township, PA with his wife and best friend, Maggie. They have two grown daughters, Erin and Katie.
Reverend Raymond Garcia graduated from Eastern University in 2000 with a major in Youth Ministry and minors in Biblical Studies and Communications. He received his Master of Divinity from Palmer Theological Seminary in 2007. Rev. Garcia is the Founder and Executive Director of The Philadelphia Project and Pastor of Roxborough Church. His wife, Michelle (Thomas) Garcia ’09, is also an alumna of Eastern University and serves with him in his ministries. They have four children, sons Isaiah, Nathan, and Thomas, and daughter Cadence.
Erin was born and raised in West Virginia, but after high school, she came to Boston to pursue her love of music at Berklee College of Music and has lived in the Boston area ever since. At Berklee, she met her husband, Andrew, and in 2016 their daughter, Layla Hendrix Martin, was born. Ministry and music are Erin’s greatest passions. She loves to encourage people to encounter the Lord through meaningful and creative worship experiences. She also enjoys writing songs for worship that speak to the everyday experience of walking with Christ and songs that help to write God’s word on our hearts.
Erin is on staff with Grace Chapel serving as both the Creative Arts Director for all the campuses and the Worship Leader for the Watertown, MA campus. Before joining the Grace Chapel team, she was the Director of Worship at BrookRidge Community Church in Haverhill, MA for 16 years.