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For the camps that fill quickly, our registration process will be STEPS 1-2-3.
This includes Fun Camp, Basketball Camp and Sports Camp.
EPIC Converge and Middle School Camp
VBS and 6th Grade Camp will start at STEP 3.
VBS and 6th Grade Camp
Monday, March 27 at 10 AM
Fun Camps
Monday, April 10 at 10 AM
Sports Camps
Tuesday, April 11 at 10 AM
EPIC Middle School Camp
Wednesday, April 12 at 10 AM
Short online form to gather (1) your REQUEST to join us for the camp (2) some basic parent/guardian contact information and (3) if siblings are requesting the same camp or camp the same week.
FUN CAMPS — We offer two weeks of the SAME FUN CAMP to allow more kids to participate. Choose ONE week.
Wait for an email (child/youth specific) from terrihall@universitycarillon.net that will go out within 48 hours after the SHORT ONLINE FORM goes live. This email will let you know if you have a spot or if you are on the waiting list. (Those who have a spot will proceed to “Step 3” – the long online registration form.)
Child/Youth name must match that in the Step 2 email.
This will need to be filled out and include payment within 24 hours to hold your spot. If we do not receive the Realm form and payment within 24 hours, you will be moved to the waiting list. (Be sure to use the parent/guardian email.)
*If cost is a concern, you may use this form to coordinate a payment plan or request scholarship consideration. Limited scholarships are available; based on need and available funds.
This form does NOT equal registration for individual camps. While you may fill out this form at anytime, we will review your request once you secure a spot for your child/youth through the normal registration process.
June 3-7 • 9AM-12PM
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (VBS)
rising PreK (4s/vpk) – 5th grade
$25 per child
*All children must be potty trained.
Youth leaders for VBS (rising 7-12th grade)
A week of summer fun, including games, themed snacks, music, crafts and creative Bible teaching.
*Due to the volume of children attending this year, please refrain from requesting class changes. Encourage your child to make new friends in their class. Any changes will be made after the first day is completed if approved.
• We are encouraging all children to wear their VBS class color t-shirt each day but if they are unable to, it is okay!
• Wear tennis shoes or other athletic footwear each day (no flip-flops) due to games/recreation
REGISTRATION — Monday at 8:30AM
• Please come in for Registration starting at 8:30AM in the Front Building.
AFTER REGISTRATION: SIGN IN YOUR CHILD with teacher
• PreK/K – Second building – sign in with your child’s teacher in homeroom classroom, daily.
• Rising 1st – 5th grade will go to the Worship Center (first building from the street – must sign in with your child’s teacher)
• VBS Worship Rally starts promptly @ 9am.
DROP OFF – 8:45-9:00am
• PreK/K – Second building – sign in with your child’s teacher in homeroom classroom, daily.
• Rising 1st – 5th grade will go to the Worship Center (first building from the street – must sign in with your child’s teacher)
• VBS Worship Rally starts promptly @ 9am.
PICK UP– NOON
(participants under 18 yrs are unable to sign out siblings)
• PreK/K – Second building – sign out with your child’s teacher in homeroom classroom, daily.
• 1st-5th graders – Worship Center – sign out with your child’s teacher, daily.
• We will be serving a prepackaged snack each day, so please be sure your child’s allergy information is correct.
• Please speak to someone at the registration table BEFORE checking in with your child’s teacher.
• All Epi-Pens and inhalers need to have the child’s name on them and be left with the child’s teacher. (Not with the child.) These will need to be brought on a daily basis and not left with the teacher overnight.
• Each Day – Collecting money/change for our church’s partnering local food pantries. Any money/change your child can bring, we will send to them!!
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Megan or Jesse at kids@universitycarillon.net.
*No refunds are available for this event; to keep camp fees low, we purchase supplies for many of our camps well in advance.
June 3-7 • 9AM-12PM
EPIC — 6th Grade Camp
rising 6th graders
$30 per student / $10 per HS Leader
Summer is coming quick and we can’t think of a better way for current 5th graders to enjoy theirs than spending it at EPIC’s 6th GRADE CAMP! All students entering 6th grade in the fall of 2024 are welcome and invited to join. There will be plenty of games, sports, team challenges, hangout time in the EPIC game room, and more. Each day will also include snack, a short devotional, and small group time. The week will culminate with a fun day! This is a great opportunity for them to meet other students making that next big step into middle school, as well as get connected to EPIC before the year even begins.
Registration is open until May 26 or until FULL
HS LEADER — 6th Grade Camp (rising 9th – graduating seniors only)
June 3-7 • 8:30AM–12:30PM
Optional HS hangout every day until 3:30PM
Mandatory HS Leader Training: Monday, June 3 at 7:15AM
CONTACT: Scott @ scottharmon@universitycarillon.net
HS Leaders, you’re a huge part of making 6th Grade Camp what it is! We ask and expect all leaders to come each day as team players ready to serve, have a blast, and intentionally connect with and share Jesus’ love with campers. High schoolers are also welcome to stay each day for Bible Study and hangout (bring a lunch) until 3:30PM!
To make sure you’re prepped and ready for the week, we have a Two-Hour MANDATORY Leader Training meeting Monday, June 3 at 7:15AM. We’re excited to see you there! If for any reason you can’t make it, please contact Scott ASAP (scottharmon@universitycarillon.net).
Registration is open until May 26. Only incoming 9th graders through graduating seniors can be HS Leaders for 6th Grade Camp.
VBS and 6th Grade Camp
Monday, March 24 at 10 AM
Fun Camps
Monday, April 7 at 10 AM
Sports Camps
Tuesday, April 8 at 10 AM
EPIC Middle School Camp
Wednesday, April 9 at 10 AM
“I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out.”
John Wesley, just a few years before he died, wrote a reflection of the movement he was instrumental in starting—an essay titled Thoughts Upon Methodism. The opening lines serve as the guidelines Wesley identified as the tethers that would keep the still young movement grounded to the dynamic power that marked its explosive growth. Wesley (and maybe you as well) was familiar to faith that had the proper form but was lacking true power, and clearly states we can’t expect the fullness of faith if with passively drift through life. The doctrine, spirit, and discipline of the early Methodist movement will serve as our guides as we not only look back, but also forward toward the church God has called us to be today.
The Essentials:
1. Scripture
We believe the Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments, reveals the Word of God so far as it is necessary for our salvation. It is to be received through the Holy Spirit as the true rule and guide for faith and practice. Whatever is not revealed in or established by the Holy Scriptures is not to be made an article of faith nor is it to be taught as essential to salvation.
2. The Gospel
We believe man is fallen from righteousness and, apart from the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, is destitute of holiness and inclined to evil. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. In his own strength, without divine grace, man cannot do good works pleasing and acceptable to God. We believe, however, man influenced and empowered by the Holy Spirit is responsible in freedom to exercise his will for good.
3. Salvation
We believe God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. The offering Christ freely made on the cross is the perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, redeeming man from all sin, so that no other satisfaction is required.
At University Carillon, we believe the Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments, reveals the Word of God so far as it is necessary for our salvation. It is to be received through the Holy Spirit as the true rule and guide for faith and practice. Whatever is not revealed in or established by the Holy Scriptures is not to be made an article of faith nor is it to be taught as essential to salvation.
The Apostles’ Creed is the oldest statement of faith within the Christian Church, stemming from an older Roman Creed that was in use in the second century, with the earliest written form of this creed found in a letter dated about 341 A.D. It has been employed by the church throughout her rich history for doctrinal clarity and for the lively confession of faith in preparation for the sacrament of baptism.
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
He ascended into heaven,
Is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic* church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body
and the life everlasting. Amen.
* universal
The Nicene Creed was developed by the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church that met in 325 A.D. in ancient Nicaea, in the present-day nation of Turkey. The creed was later amplified and adopted as a true expression of the Christian faith at a second ecumenical council held in Constantinople in 381 A.D. While the creed expresses the belief of the “catholic” or universal church, Christians in the East and West have long disagreed over the inclusion of one word, filioque, a Latin term meaning “and the Son.” The original creed expressed the idea that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father, while churches in the Western tradition (including Methodists) came to believe that the Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son. Reflecting its worldwide nature, Global Methodists are free to include or leave out the phrase, “and the Son” in the use of the creed both in worship and for instruction in the faith.
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
He suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his Kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic* and apostolic church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
* universal
The Gospel is the good news of what God has done, is doing, and will do through Jesus Christ—an unfolding story that begins with creation and moves toward the renewal of all things.
Creation
God created the world and humanity in love, declaring it good and inviting us into perfect relationship with Him, one another, and all creation.
Fall
Through sin, humanity broke that relationship, bringing separation, brokenness, and death into a world once marked by wholeness and peace.
Redemption
In Jesus Christ, God entered our brokenness to forgive sin, defeat evil, and restore us to right relationship with Him by grace through faith.
Restoration
By the power of the Holy Spirit, God is actively renewing our hearts and lives, forming us in holiness and sending us to participate in His healing work in the world.
New Creation
God will one day fully restore all things, making everything new and dwelling with His people forever in perfect love, justice, and peace.
Wesley’s outline of “The Way of Salvation,” lays out a Methodist understanding of the roadmap of faith, and is an example of Methodist doctrine. It is a helpful guide to understand how God’s grace is offered throughout all stages of faith. Because of the distinct emphasis on God’s sanctifying grace, professor Dr. Kevin Watson insists that Methodists ought to have the most, “audacious optimism,” regarding the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of God’s people as we “go onto perfection.”
Imago Dei
In the beginning… we start from Genesis and the unique position humanity holds among all of God’s creation. Part of what it means to be human is that everyone living, that has lived, or will live bear in them the image of God.
The Fall
Due to original sin, and our own missing the mark of God’s call and commands means that we are separated from God due to our choosing “not God” in our lives. We can’t fully grasp the magnitude of God’s grace if we do not first wrestle with the full weight of sin. Wesley often uses language of being asleep or ill with sin. By accepting God’s free gift of grace, we can be awakened, or cured of sin in our lives.
Prevenient Grace
Despite our sin, in grace, God keeps us from the full effects of sin. Prevenient grace is the grace that works in the lives of all people, even (and especially) those that wouldn’t yet identify God as the author of that grace. This understanding of grace is why Methodists baptize babies. Infant baptism is recognition that God is already working in the life of that child before they even recognize it. Wesley uses an analogy of the house to help explain the way of salvation. Prevenient grace is the porch of the house, light on, ready and welcoming to invite all home, to life with God.
Justifying (Saving) Grace
This is the doorway, the threshold of Wesley’s house analogy. At one point you are outside of the house, the next, you have crossed over to being inside. It is the Love of God in Jesus, and his dying for us that is this doorway for us in faith. By grace, and grace alone, God invites us and woos us to cross into the house of faith. The place where we are truly home.
Sanctifying Grace
God’s Sanctifying Grace starts working when we decide to follow Jesus as Lord. It is God’s work of remaking us in the image of Jesus and growing in holiness.
Entire Sanctification
One of the most distinctive contributions of the people called Methodists is the emphasis on “going onto perfection.” That in this life, God offers to do a work of redemption in our lives that we can eventually experience, by grace-driven effort, perfect love of God and of our neighbor. This isn’t just for the “extra holy” among us, but an invitation to all.
We believe the Sacraments, ordained by Christ, are symbols and pledges of the Christian’s profession and of God’s love toward us. They are means of grace by which God works invisibly in us, quickening, strengthening, and confirming our faith in him. Two Sacraments are ordained by Christ our Lord, namely Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
Baptism
We believe Baptism signifies entrance into the household of faith, and is a symbol of repentance and inner cleansing from sin, a representation of the new birth in Christ Jesus and a mark of Christian discipleship.
We believe children are under the atonement of Christ and as heirs of the Kingdom of God are acceptable subjects for Christian Baptism. Children of believing parents through Baptism become the special responsibility of the Church. They should be nurtured and led to personal acceptance of Christ, and by profession of faith confirm their Baptism.
The Lord’s Supper (Communion)
We set the table, Jesus does the inviting. We practice an open table—meaning you don’t have to be a member of this church, or any church … just belief in the person and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
We believe the Lord’s Supper is a representation of our redemption, a memorial of the sufferings and death of Christ, and a token of love and union which Christians have with Christ and with one another. Those who rightly, worthily and in faith eat the broken bread and drink the blessed cup partake of the body and blood of Christ in a spiritual manner until he comes.
We recognize that many of today’s cultural conversations are deeply personal and sometimes painful. As a church, we desire to engage them with both clarity and compassion. These statements offer a glimpse into our beliefs, our posture, and our heart—to be a people shaped by Jesus, marked by truth, grace, and love.
University Carillon acknowledges…
Our rich orthodox Wesleyan Tradition that serves as a historical foundation to embrace the social implications of our personal and communal transformation by the power of the Gospel. We depend on the Holy Spirit to empower us to cultivate Christian love and demonstrate mutual care in word and deed to our neighbors inside and outside of the church.
God’s creation as expressed in the term Imago Dei, the Image of God, which began when He breathed life into humanity. This foundational truth holds us firmly to the conviction that every human being is immeasurably loved by God and therefore has inherent dignity and sacred worth.
That God has deliberately included a diversity of people in His creative work and redemptive plan to deliver humanity and restore all of creation marred by sin. By grace through faith in Jesus Christ all are welcomed into His family. Therefore, we affirm the image of this family that is cast in Scripture: a broad inclusion of people in heaven from every nation, tribe, people, and tongue. We also celebrate our similarities and differences, recognizing that unity without diversity is merely uniformity. Diversity serves as an essential element of the church’s faithful witness to a watching world and a foretaste of God’s coming kingdom.
That we are committed to being “a community sent to help anyone and everyone become a follower of Jesus.” We believe this vision bears proactive implications for how we live and how we care for our community and the world. This care intentionally and mindfully seeks to include and walk alongside people from all cultures, ethnicities, nationalities, ages, abilities, and socioeconomic statuses. Where injustice may exist, we will raise our consciences and voices for understanding, while prayerfully seeking the discernment and wisdom needed to pursue justice, demonstrate acts of mercy, and advocate for our fellow image bearers. When we fall short, we will pursue restored relationships with our neighbors, characterized by accountability, repentance, forgiveness, and grace for the glory of God and the sake of the world.
This statement is a response to one of the most common questions received by the pastors and leadership of the Church. To continue this conversation, we offer our shared theological understanding, so that there will be both clarity as to the position of University Carillon and, just as importantly, clarity as to posture we strive for in carrying our belief.
One of the great challenges in the conversation about how following Jesus ought to shape our sexual ethic is the deep, personal, and real pain that so many people carry into the conversation. The church has often erred in its posture as it engages the topic of sexuality, which has led to a spirit of shame and hostility. The great tragedy is that people have been turned off from the Church, not by Jesus, but by his followers. Because of the complexity and sensitivity of the conversation, we will briefly define our position, posture, and practice, as we believe all three to be of equal and vital importance.
Our position:
• We believe the historic Christian understanding of marriage. Specifically, that marriage was created by God to be a life-long covenant between two, sexually different persons (male and female), creating a sacred one-flesh union.
• We believe marriage to be the only appropriate setting for sexual conduct, and all sexual conduct outside of this covenant to be sin.
• We believe sexual brokenness affects us all. Therefore, we are committed to being a safe place of hospitality and healing that all may experience the redemptive grace of Jesus.
Our posture:
We look to Jesus as the perfect model of the posture of how we ought to hold our belief. While Jesus shared most of the theological beliefs of the Pharisees (zealous religious authorities), His problem was with their posture . Alternatively, throughout the Gospels, we see that those who lived lives in disagreement with Jesus’s ethical teachings were regularly drawn to him—accepting an invitation to His table, breaking bread with Him . As we learn from Jesus, agreement is not a prerequisite for acceptance. We strive to be the sort of church family where those living in ways contrary to the Way of Jesus —including, but certainly not limited to, sexuality—are seen, loved, accepted, and welcomed in our community.
Our practice:
University Carillon welcomes all into worship and community regardless of sexual practice or orientation . Because the Church is called the Body of Christ , we hold to all of His teaching and, like Jesus, open our arms to all regardless of belief—that anyone and everyone could become a follower of Jesus.
Our focus is to be the kind of church family that models a distinct counterculture : that, together, we would “walk in the way that leads to life. ” And as we continue to follow Jesus, we will pursue ways to walk alongside our wider culture; not offering unwanted critique, but an invitation into His family. Our mission is to be a church made up of people whose lives are so shaped by Jesus that it serves as an open invitation to all to follow Him.
Baptism is a holy and exciting step in the Christian faith—an outward sign of an inward reality, that we have been made new in Christ. Do you sense God might be leading you to take this step for the first time? Have you been baptized before, but feel led to renew your baptism? Are you unsure, but curious to learn more?
