Woodcrest Retreat

Pics from Fall Fest 2024! Big thanks to all who attended and volunteered.

A sure sign that Fall Fest is Saturday—our director’s trunk full of pumpkins. Join the festivities including the Skit Guys Saturday evening at 6:00.

We are all set for this year's Fall Family Fun Fest on Saturday, September 14th. Family Fun with games, food trucks, craft vendors, silent auction, and live music is from 11:00-2:00. We have our gaga ball tournament at 2:00. Starting at 4:00 is a spaghetti dinner with our evening festivities beginning at 6:00 featuring The Skit Guys. We end our day with our famous S'moresgasbord and campfire. Learn more, reserve space, and plan your day online at www.woodcrestretreat.org/events/fall-festival
Thank you Terre Hill Family Restaurant, Chikes Benjamin F D, DDS, PC, and Kirby-Smith Associates for being some of event sponsors.

The Fall Fest at Woodcrest Retreat is only a few days away. September 14th will be here soon. Kicking off our evening festivities will be Avery William Klees playing bluegrass and Christian music starting at 5:45 p.m. in the big tent. Avery has been a part of Servant Stage and Piercing Word and we are delighted to have him start our night of music and fun featuring The Skit Guys. Learn more online at www.woodcrestretreat.org/events/fall-festival

Fall Fest is this Sat! Join us from 11-2 for fun games, activities, and food. From 4-6 we will be serving a spaghetti Dinner with the Skit Guys providing our evening entertainment at 6pm. All proceeds from the Fall Fest go towards our Mission 4:12 Building Campaign and benefits our Summer Camp programs. This event is made possible by our sponsors like JB Zimmerman and Martin Appliance. See more info on our website https://www.woodcrestretreat.org/events/fall-festival

Food is a great part of any festival and we have lots of great food for our Fall Fest on September 14th. We are excited to have Castaneda’s Mexican Restaurant's food truck on site with thir amazing food. Penny's Ice Cream Truck, Joe on the Go Coffee Co, 951bbq, and Aunt Fannie's famous pretzels and lemonade will also be here. Breakout Ministries Leola PA will be selling hotdogs and walking tacos as they raise funds for their mission trip. Woodcrest will be selling funnel cakes, chicken tenders, cotton candy and apple cider slushies. All of these will be available from 11:00 until 2:00 on our main ball field. Come for the games and family fun and enjoy delicious food.

We kicked off our fall semester of the School of Wonder with our community fire safety day. Thank you Reamstown Fire Company 17-1 for all you do to keep our communities safe.

Yesterday we said goodbye to our pool season. With the closing of summer, comes our Fall Fest on Sept 14! We are blessed to have the support of several local businesses including Terre Hill Family Restaurant and Lichty Brothers Collision Repair to sponsor this event. In the afternoon join us for, kids activities, a silent auction, and great food and more. In the evening, there will be a dinner and a performance by the The Skit Guys. See the full schedule at https://www.woodcrestretreat.org/events/fall-festival

An early sign of autumn—the covering of the Woodcrest pool. Thanks to all the guests who supported the ministry by visiting the pool this summer. A special thank you to our season pool pass holders.

Thank you Woodcrest Community for voting Woodcrest Retreat best Day Camp in Lancaster County. We are grateful for the opportunity to serve local families and provide a Christ-centered camp that is safe and fun.

We are less than two weeks away from our annual Fall Family Fun Fest. We still have a few vendor spaces left. These spaces are great for craft or gift vendors or for local ministries seeking to connecting with families. You can reserve your vendor space online at https://www.woodcrestretreat.org/events/fall-festival

Where in Woodcrest is Gregg?

A busy start to the fall semester field trip season. We enjoyed serving Lititz Area Mennonite School, linville_hill, Crossroads - A Community Homeschool, and Paloma School from Lebanon this week. Call to schedule your school’s field trip!

A beautiful day for Woodcrest’s annual 3D Archery Shoot. There’s a great turnout with great food.

Woodcrest Retreat saved five kittens this summer. They were found in our maintenance building in the beginning of July. They have lovingly been bottle fed since they were three weeks old. They love people. There are three females and two males. If interested we can send additional photos.

Fostering Opportunities: We foster out most of our summer camp animals that live at our Nature Center. We still have three adorable bunnies that didn't get fostered before camp was over. Freckles, Rocky, and Patrick are all boys. Freckles is a lop ear bunny born in 2020. Rocky and Patrick were born in May 2024. If you are interested in fostering any of these bunnies, please message Woodcrest.

With summer 2024 behind us, we give thanks to God for the great staff that poured so much into the lives of the over 2,000 campers who step onto Woodcrest's property this summer. God is raising up a generation that with take the gospel around the world.

Summer Camp 2024: Our annual last camper picture. Thank you to the 2,011 campers who joined us for a summer of fun and discovery. We give thanks to God for the privilege to share His love over the past eight weeks.

We have decided to close our pool today because of the rainy weather and pending storms.

It is a summer carnival today at Woodcrest 🎡

Because of the cool temps and rainy weather, we unfortunately are cancelling tonight's Community Pool Party.

Can you believe that we are in week 8 of summer camp? We have a full week of our Discovery Day Camp and are enjoying the opportunity to share God's love and create memories.

Our annual Fall Family Fun Fest is right around the corner. We are excited to have The Skit Guys join us Saturday, September 14th for a night of laughter and inspiration as they wrap up a day of fun. If you are connected to a business that loves Woodcrest and supports our mission, please consider being a sponsor for this year's event. You can learn about the Fall Fest and the sponsorship levels online at https://www.woodcrestretreat.org/events/fall-festival. We would appreciate your support.

Throwback Thursday with these pictures pictures of some of the staff that was here in 2021 and are still serving with his in various roles. Woodcrest is blessed to have so many returning staff who give of their gifts and love of Jesus to serve.

Registration is open for our Archery Shoot coming up on August 24th

15th Annual Woodcrest Retreat Benefit 3D Archery Shoot
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese

Woodcrest Retreat invites archers of all ages to come out and enjoy testing their skills on the special 30 target course during the 15th Annual 3D Archery Shoot scheduled for Saturday, August 24, from 7:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. There will be varied trails, a wide variety of animals, and different shooting angles, which make Woodcrest’s annual shoot a favorite for many. Included with the registration fee is a delicious and hearty hot brunch at 10:00 a.m., during which you will be encouraged by the guest speaker. You will also have a chance to win door prizes and time to peruse various exhibitors. Organizers are asking you to register before Monday, August 19, and they will allow shooting a second round for a reduced rate. To register, you can call 717-738-2233 or visit www.woodcrestretreat.org/events/archery.

Shown in the photo, from left to right, are (front) Phil Snader, Paul Snader; (back) Lloyd Weaver, Dick Farneth, Travis High and Brandon Sauder with one of the 3D targets they will be using.

Our Trekkers camp is cheering the Reading Fightin Phils!