LGBTQ+ Youth Retreat
August 1 - August 4, 2025
8th through 12th Grade
Plus Adult Sponsors*
Deadline: July 14, 2025
Camp Walter Scott
Due to the generosity of a grant there is no cost to the event
*Each youth attending must attend with a sponsor. Multiple youth are able to have the same sponsor.
CCIW requires all adults working with youth to submit a background check (at our cost). Registered Sponsors will receive further information about background checks via email.
Additionally, all adult participants will be required to complete mandated reporter training required by the State of Illinois (one hour virtual course).
Make new friendships, share experiences, and attend to spiritual connection during the retreat.
Youth will hear from a keynote speaker, share in worship and workshops
Showers facilities will be individual (not communal) and sleeping will be in non-gendered bunk rooms
The retreat is presented by
The Walter Scott Camp & Learning Center in partnership with The Christian Church in Indiana, The Christian Church in Michigan, The Christian Church in the Upper Midwest and the Christian Church of Mid-America