Middle School Retreat
Middle School Retreat
Middle School Fall Retreat Information
1st, Catawba, grace, & tennessee/alabama Presbyteries
November 13 - 15, 2026
Registration is open!
We are looking forward to all that the Lord has planned for the Middle School Retreat! We are thankful for the opportunity to gather together. Join us as we look to the Lord and His Word together
Speaker
Speaker
Speaker
Rev. Ransom Kent
Ransom is the pastor at Grace Presbyterian in Columbia. He has been married to Julie for 20 years. He has three children Deacon Silas, and Acadia. He is really excited to be sharing the gospel with you this weekend.
Worship
Worship
Worship Leader
Rev. Josh Hjemvick
Rev. Hjemvick began his role as the Associate Pastor of Youth and Families at First ARP in June of 2017. Josh is a graduate of Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA with a B.A. in Youth Ministry and Trinity School for Ministry, Ambridge, PA with a Master of Divinity Degree. After graduating college, Josh served as Youth Director in the Pittsburgh area for 15 years while working his way through seminary. Josh's desire in ministry is to come alongside families and help them look to Jesus as they traverse a turbulent and rapidly changing world. Josh enjoys music, a good cup of coffee, reading fiction, and hiking. Josh is married to Kim and they have 1 son.
Registration
Registration
Parents:
If you would like to Register for the upcoming Middle School Retreat contact the youth leader at your local ARP church
Youth Leaders:
Registration is OPEN
Pricing Information
$99.25 for Bonclarken Housing
$65 for Private Housing
$40 non-refundable deposit per person
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For as many years as we can remember, the fee to attend the fall and spring retreats has been $80 per person/Bonclarken housing and $60 per person/private housing.
When these fees first went into effect, they covered Bonclarken housing, meals, and conference fees and contributed toward the cost of running the retreat. Bonclarken has worked hard to keep their housing and meals increases as low as they can, but their food and facilities costs have increased in the intervening decade or more since we first set those fees. Although the participant cost for Bonclarken has exceeded what we were charging for several years, we have not raised the fees for churches as the Presbyteries have provided funding to cover the difference.
We have now reached the point where this is no longer financially feasible and we will need to increase the per person fee to offset this difference. The fee to attend the Presbytery retreats will be increasing to $96 per person/Bonclarken housing and $65 per person/private housing for 2025.
If your church covers all or part of your youth fees for the Presbytery weekends, 2026 rates will be available upon request following the Bonclarken Board of Trustees meeting next weekend when 2026 rates are set. Please contact the Bonclarken office if you need these rates for budgeting purposes.
T-SHIRTS **BRING YOUR OWN LIGHT COLORED T-SHIRT**
This spring we will not be providing a retreat t-shirt. However, we will be making screen printing available during free time on Saturday.
If you would like to screen print a retreat t-shirt, bring a light colored shirt.
Registration after registration deadline will be based on availability.
Contact Bonclarken to register additional students.
Registration is now done through Bonclarken. Youth Leaders, please visit the above link to register your group. Bonclarken will contact you with individual waivers for your group after registration.
Do not forget to have your students fill out the medical form located in the packet.