Most of the winter groups we host come from churches, Christian schools, or Wheaton College. One exception to this trend is South Park Middle School from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. South Park is a public school that has been sending their 8th grade class up to HoneyRock for a retreat every January for the past six years.
The week when South Park is at HoneyRock is often a winter highlight. Part of what we enjoy about the time they spend here is that they come during the week instead of over a weekend so they are the only group in camp. This allows us to focus all our energy and attention on one group, allowing the HoneyRock staff to get to know them through activity times, meals and conversations. The students have been accompanied by the same dedicated group of teachers as long as they have been coming. We enjoy working closely with junior high students who don't know about Christ and it's a great opportunity for our staff to live out St. Francis of Assisi's challenge to "Preach the gospel at all times and when necessary use words."
Pictured below are some of the South Park students hanging out in the Bears' Den. It was negative 17 this morning, so some of them opted to play games inside instead of going outside!
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