Join us any day or time between Thursday, May 21, and Tuesday, May 26, to help get Camp Chickagami ready for the summer season. Please register so we can plan for your arrival.

It takes many hands and lots of love to keep our beloved camp going. Volunteers of all types are welcome to share their gifts at Camp Chickagami. 

Our schedule is flexible -- all we ask is that you let us know what meals you will be present for so we can plan appropriately, and if (and when) you'll need sleeping accommodations.

All volunteers will be provided with lodging. Prior to arrival, logistics about what to pack will be communicated via email.

All volunteers are provided with meals and lodging. Mealtimes will be 8:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. each day. 

Our overnight youth camp sessions combine classic camp fun with meaningful faith exploration. Campers swim, try archery, create art, and play games while building leadership skills, independence, and lifelong friendships. Each location offers unique experiences: Stony Lake Camp features high- and low-adventure courses, while Camp Chickagami offers field trips, including a Glass Bottom Boat tour and swimming at Ocqueoc Falls. Throughout the week, our Christian Formation team leads age-appropriate, engaging programs that help campers explore their faith and spirituality through shared experience and reflection.

For younger campers or those new to overnight camping, we also offer day camp at Camp Chickagami during overnight weeks. Day campers experience the same activities, programming, and community—swimming, archery, arts and crafts, adventure courses, and faith exploration—while being dropped off each morning and picked up each afternoon. It's an excellent introduction to camp for those not yet ready for an overnight experience.

Local Day Camp is offered for kids heading into 1st grade in the upcoming school year through 6th grade. Camp provides lunch and snacks. The day starts at 9:00 and ends at 4:00.

This session is for 9th-12th graders next year and runs from Sunday to Friday. It includes a two-night canoeing and camping trip.

Campers will have a fantastic week camping at Camp Chickagami and another lovely campground nearby! They’ll be cozy in our tented Pioneer Units, featuring screened, enclosed platforms nestled in the woods, along with spacious tents. Throughout the week, campers will have the chance to explore the beautiful surrounding woods and will embark on a fun two-night off-site camping and canoe adventure mid-week.

During this exciting trip, campers will not only canoe and camp but also learn valuable wilderness skills along the way. With our friendly staff, they’ll explore their faith through storytelling and connect with nature in meaningful ways. It’s a wonderful chance for campers to develop leadership skills, gain some independence, and create lifelong friendships that they’ll cherish for years to come!

Our overnight youth camp sessions combine classic camp fun with meaningful faith exploration. Campers swim, try archery, create art, and play games while building leadership skills, independence, and lifelong friendships. Each location offers unique experiences: Stony Lake Camp features high- and low-adventure courses, while Camp Chickagami offers field trips, including a Glass Bottom Boat tour and swimming at Ocqueoc Falls. Throughout the week, our Christian Formation team leads age-appropriate, engaging programs that help campers explore their faith and spirituality through shared experience and reflection.

For younger campers or those new to overnight camping, we also offer day camp at Camp Chickagami during overnight weeks. Day campers experience the same activities, programming, and community—swimming, archery, arts and crafts, adventure courses, and faith exploration—while being dropped off each morning and picked up each afternoon. It's an excellent introduction to camp for those not yet ready for an overnight experience.

Local Day Camp is offered for kids heading into 1st grade in the upcoming school year through 6th grade. Camp provides lunch and snacks. The day starts at 9:00 and ends at 4:00.

Counselors in Training camp is for rising 9th-12th graders in the upcoming school year. The session runs is an extended session and runs for 10 days - July 8th through July 17th.

Counselors-in-Training is a wonderful residential program that focuses on developing essential leadership skills, nurturing childcare abilities, and mastering program planning. CITs enjoy the experience of shadowing counselors in their cabins while soaking up knowledge from our amazing team of trainers. And let’s not forget the fun! A lot of our counseling staff are proud alumni of our CIT program, which truly highlights the lasting connections built here.

Generations Gathered is an all-ages, family-friendly creation care camp that centers on creation care and environmental stewardship. You might find yourself gardening with community members, learning about the land you're on, taking nature walks together, and engaging in service projects that teach us intentional ways to care for God's creation. It's faith formation woven through action.

Our overnight youth camp sessions combine classic camp fun with meaningful faith exploration. Campers swim, try archery, create art, and play games while building leadership skills, independence, and lifelong friendships. Each location offers unique experiences: Stony Lake Camp features high- and low-adventure courses, while Camp Chickagami offers field trips, including a Glass Bottom Boat tour and swimming at Ocqueoc Falls. Throughout the week, our Christian Formation team leads age-appropriate, engaging programs that help campers explore their faith and spirituality through shared experience and reflection.

For younger campers or those new to overnight camping, we also offer day camp at Camp Chickagami during overnight weeks. Day campers experience the same activities, programming, and community—swimming, archery, arts and crafts, adventure courses, and faith exploration—while being dropped off each morning and picked up each afternoon. It's an excellent introduction to camp for those not yet ready for an overnight experience.

Local Day Camp is offered for kids heading into 1st grade in the upcoming school year through 6th grade. Camp provides lunch and snacks. The day starts at 9:00 and ends at 4:00.

Our overnight youth camp sessions combine classic camp fun with meaningful faith exploration. Campers swim, try archery, create art, and play games while building leadership skills, independence, and lifelong friendships. Each location offers unique experiences: Stony Lake Camp features high- and low-adventure courses, while Camp Chickagami offers field trips, including a Glass Bottom Boat tour and swimming at Ocqueoc Falls. Throughout the week, our Christian Formation team leads age-appropriate, engaging programs that help campers explore their faith and spirituality through shared experience and reflection.

This session is for youth entering 9th to 12th grade. It runs from Sunday to Friday.

Our overnight camp sessions are fantastic residential programs overflowing with fun activities like outdoor adventures, creative crafts, exciting games, and more! Campers will have the wonderful opportunity to team up with our Christian Formation leaders to explore their faith in engaging, age-appropriate, and self-directed ways. Throughout the week, campers build valuable leadership skills and gain independence and create lasting friendships that they’ll cherish for years to come!

NEW THIS YEAR! An optional off-site end of week event!
The Big Provincial Gathering and Provincial Youth Event! The Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes is apart of Province V in the Episcopal Church. Every year there is a Big Provincial Gathering that happens somewhere in our Province, and this year it's happening in Kalamazoo! Senior Campers will leave camp at Stony Lake on Thursday evening after dinner and travel to Kalamazoo to join youth from around the Province for the Provincial Youth Event and the Big Provincial Gathering. Students will need to be picked up from Kalamazoo on Saturday afternoon and more logistical details will be communicated via email. If you have questions about this, please email camping@greatlakesepiscopal.org.

Days at the Lake is intentionally flexible. Come for the full offerings—optional programs, worship services, creative activities—or simply enjoy the lake, rest, play games, and be present with the people you love. These days are yours to shape.

Additional information about registration, program structure, what's included, staffing & safety, making camp accessible, scholarships, inclusion, draft schedules, and an in-depth FAQ can be found on our website.

Incremental pricing starts at $100 per person, plus $75 for each additional person. Scholarships available.
Labor Day Work Camp blends service with celebration. You'll work alongside other families doing meaningful tasks to help camp prepare for its winter rest, then enjoy downtime to swim, relax, and build community. It's about making light work through shared effort and finding joy in working together.

Additional information about registration, program structure, what's included, staffing & safety, making camp accessible, scholarships, inclusion, draft schedules, and an in-depth FAQ can be found on our website.

Imagine spending a weekend working on a fiber project you love—knitting, weaving, embroidery, felting, whatever calls to you—surrounded by people doing the same. No judgment. No performance. Just hands working, minds quieting, and souls settling into something deeper.

Throughout the weekend, you'll gather with other fiber artists for group reflection around themes that matter. You'll share meals together, laugh together, work alongside each other. On Saturday, there's an optional trip to the Alpena Fiber Festival—a chance to be inspired, connect with the broader fiber arts community, or simply enjoy free time however you wish.

It's contemplative without being silent. Social without being performative. Creative without being instructional. It's about your work, your pace, your process. And it's wrapped in a faith context that honors the sacred work of creating with your hands.

This is a silent retreat. Not silent like a library—silent like a sanctuary. A place where you step away from constant noise and return to your own voice.

You'll arrive at camp as autumn paints Michigan's trees. You'll walk through forests, sit by the lake, journal in quiet spaces. Each morning and evening, you'll gather briefly for a centering session and a simple liturgy. The rest of the time is yours—guided only by prompts for reflection and the rhythm of the day.

It's not about pushing yourself to spiritual enlightenment. It's about stopping long enough to listen. To yourself. To God. To the quiet. To whatever your soul needs.

You'll eat meals together—that's the only shared time (besides opening and closing sessions). Otherwise, you're alone. And in that aloneness, something often shifts. Clarity emerges. Healing happens. You remember who you are beneath the noise.

Join us any day or time between October 9 - October 11, 2026, to help put Camp Chickagami to sleep for another winter season. Please register so we can plan for your arrival.

It takes many hands and lots of love to keep our beloved camp going. Volunteers of all types are welcome to share their gifts at Camp Chickagami. 

Our schedule is flexible -- all we ask is that you let us know what meals you will be present for so we can plan appropriately, and if (and when) you'll need sleeping accommodations.

All volunteers will be provided with lodging. Prior to arrival, logistics about what to pack will be communicated via email.

All volunteers are provided with meals and lodging. Mealtimes will be 8:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. each day.