Redwood Area Campmeeting, located in southern Humboldt County, has been the delight of thousands of campers dating back to the 1950’s.  The first Seventh-day Adventist event was held at the Cookson Ranch along Redwood Creek.  It has been a long-cherished summer destination for those seeking solace and spiritual renewal.  When you come to the redwoods in late July, you will experience the luxury of fog-cooled mornings and hot afternoons, which might beckon you to the banks of the Eel River.

Campmeeting 2025 Dates
The unofficial dates for the Redwood Area Campmeeting are July 20-26, 2025

Everybody loved the Holy Land Band! We will invite Daniel, Steve, Elia, Caleb and Nathan back for a camp meeting in 2025! Enjoy some of their music here!

About the band-In response to the Lord’s promptings to “Advance their talents for the Kingdom,” Daniel Privat & Steve Lassen Founded The Holy Land Band in 1990 to develop the gifts and love of music that God had granted them. Since then, many Band members have come and gone, but Daniel and Steve are blessed to have Daniel’s daughter, Elia & 2 sons, Caleb & Nathan, as part of the Band today. The Band has been making music for Redwood Campmeeting from time to time through the years and delights in blessing congregations around California with their brand of heartfelt and uplifting Country Gospel.

Redwood Area Camp
2437 Dyerville Loop Road, Redcrest, CA 95569
1-707-946-2452
redwoodareacamp.reservations@gmail.com

Redwood Area Camp headquarters is your friendly hub for all questions and concerns!

Conveniently situated just west of the Pepperwood Pavilion, our Redwood Area Camp headquarters is your go-to for a seamless camp experience. We’re open every day from 9 am to 4 pm, ready to assist you at any time!

Do you have an interesting story to share in our Daily Gazette? Are you a division leader looking for meal tickets for your crew? Have you been unsuccessful in dealing with noisy neighbors or finding lost items? Then, drop by for a chat or help of any kind.

Our capable camp secretary, Jennie Shaw, is eager to assist you.Do you have an interest in becoming a volunteer? If so, please click on the ‘Volunteer’ link located at the top of the homepage. From there, click ‘Access Volunteer Information Here’ under the ‘Projects Calling You’ paragraph. This will take you to the NCCSDA website instructions and forms for the Live Scan and training page. Complete all forms, your Live Scan and training, and then contact Jennie Shaw at 530-591-2208 or email:redwoodareacamp.secretary@gmail.com

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are already a volunteer, please be sure to submit all forms and complete the Live Scan and training before the Camp Meeting begins. Thank you for all of your help and support!

I am looking forward to seeing you soon!

Nathan Renner- Lead Pastor
Madison Campus Church- Madison, Tennessee
2024 Featured Speaker

Nathan is an experienced lead pastor known for transformative sermons, empowering others, and energizing attitude. He is incredibly passionate about creating gospel-centered, Jesus-focused Seventh-day Adventist churches that embrace the call to make disciples.

After a period of atheism in his early 20s, he began following Jesus. Almost immediately, he attended Bible college, where he met his wife, Rebecca, who was also a new Christian. They began traveling and sharing the good news for several years before pastoring in Michigan and California, where Nathan completed seminary at La Sierra University.

Nathan spent his formative years in the natural wonder of the Black Hills of South Dakota. The beauty and ruggedness of that land fostered a lifelong love of the outdoors. He cultivates that love by rock climbing and chasing trout like he did as a child.

Stennett Nash–Pastor, Hayward Spanish SDA Church
Northern California Conference
2024 Spanish Language Speaker

Stennett was born to Adventist parents in Nicaragua. He has been pursuing his passion for evangelism for 31 years. His greatest reward in life is to know he is being used by Christ in bringing souls to the foot of the cross. He preaches with passion as he feels there is someone in every congregation who is thirsting for the truth. Pastor Nash has served the Lord all around Central and South America as well as in Africa. While working in Northern California, he has worked part-time at Pleasant Hill. Now he is the head pastor at the Spanish Hayward Church. Pastor Nash will speak in the Spanish Division at the Redwood Area Camp meeting for the weekend. You certainly don’t want to miss his dynamic message.

Nathan Krause–Vice President for Ministry & Evangelism-
Texas Conference of SDA’s
2024 Featured Speaker

Nathan is the vice president for Ministry and evangelism for the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in Alvarado, Texas. He has a B.A. in Pastoral Ministry from Weimar College in Weimar, California, and a Master of Divinity from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Krause has traveled, studied, and served in over 30 countries on five continents, including the lands of the Bible and the Reformation. In 1992 and 1993, he had the privilege of living and studying in Jerusalem.

Krause has had many unique ministry opportunities, teaching God’s word in classrooms from kindergarten to college, prisons, churches of various denominations, synagogues, and mosques. God has blessed Krause with a precious family, and he finds immense joy in being Melissa’s husband and father to their young adult children, Daniel and Hannah.

Gary Venden- Lead Pastor Glendale SDA Church
Arizona Conference of SDA’s
2024 Featured Speaker

Gary and his wife, Marilynn, have served at the Glendale church in Phoenix, Arizona, for the past 27 years.

After graduating from Pacific Union College in 1979, they interned in Southern California, and then spent four years “on the road” in evangelism with the North American Division and the Carolina Conference. They came to Northern California in 1984 and worked first as evangelists, then as pastors in San Anselmo, until they moved to Phoenix in 1997. They have been involved in every Redwood Campmeeting since 1989, both speaking and leading worship. Returning to Redwood each summer is something they look forward to with great joy and anticipation!

Division 1 Opal Singer 0-2yo 9:45 n/a
Division 2 Tina Juarez / Carol Miller 3-4yo 9:30 n/a
Division 4 Coreena Blum 5-6yo 9:30 7:00
Primary Eric Kablanow Grades 1-3yo 10:00 7:00
Juniors Zach Reiber Grades 4-6yo 10:00 7:00
Earliteens Tim McMillen Grades 7-8yo 10:00 7:00
Youth Jesse Malin High School 10:00 6:30
Young Adult Vince Saunders College 10:00 6:30

Hispanic Stennett Nash
Spanish Fri – Sab Thu – Sab 8:00 7:00

Pepperwood Gary Venden
English Mon – Fri 8:30 am

Pepperwood Nathan Renner
English Mon – Thu Sun – Wed 10:30 6:30

Pepperwood Nathan Krause
English Fri – Sab Thu – Sab 10:30 6:30

Other Leaders-
Youth Activities – Summer on the Run –
Eddie Heinrich – M-W Afternoons

Cafeteria Food and General Store –
Chris Miller and the Fortuna Pathfinders.
Breakfast 8 AM, Lunch 12 PM, Supper 5 PM.

ABC Food and Book Sales,
11-4 M-W, 10-2 Th, 11-4 F,
Sabbath, Sunset to 10 – Salvador Alvarado

Make checks out to Redwood Area Camp and Mail to:
Redwood Area Camp
2437 Dyerville Loop Rd
Redcrest, CA 95569

Tithe Envelope or Online:

Tithe Envelope: Mark your envelope at church to designate Redwood Area Camp.
Give Securely Online: Click Here for Adventist Giving.
Add Redwood Area Camp to your personal giving envelope.
Check out this example from the Arcata/McKinleyville Church:

Redwood Area Camp always has Volunteer Opportunities!

Maintaining a camp the size of ours is already a chore. Add the fact that it is in a flood plain of the Eel River and that fact is magnified ten-fold.

Each year, volunteer weekends are scheduled, and the mighty and faithful crews that come often find anything from downed trees, branches, and mud deposits to plumbing and broken refrigeration units.

We invite you to join our efforts to keep your campground safe, inviting, and in working order.

Click here for upcoming volunteer days and current needs.

Redwood Area Camp Rules

Pet Policy

Note that the pet policy will be updated for 2024.

We welcome your friendly pets to Redwood Camp Meeting. To ensure the safety, comfort, and well being of our fellow campers, considerate pet owners who wish to bring their pets with them to Redwood Camp Meeting must agree to the following.

1. Do not bring or keep in the camp an aggressive pet or one that demonstrates aggressive behavior.
2. Clean up after your pet.
3. Keep pets in the designated areas of camp (except seeing-eye and other recognized service dogs).
4. Keep dogs on a leash at all times.
5. Do not allow your pet to disturb other campers with excessive noise at any time.
6. Within four weeks prior to camp meeting, provide written proof of current rabies vaccination for all dogs.

For the sake of your fellow campers, please do not bring a pet to Redwood Camp Meeting if you feel that you will be unable to comply with these rules.

When, in the determination of camp Security, the above requirements are not being met, pet owners may be required to remove the pet from the campground.

Service Animals Campers who desire to bring their service animals to Redwood Camp Meeting will be asked whether the animal is needed because of a disability and, if so, what specific task or tasks the animal is specially trained to perform to mitigate the disability. Please note that animals whose function is to provide comfort or emotional support (therapy animals) do not qualify as service animals and to falsify the qualifications of a service animal is a criminal offense. Campers with approved service animals shall only occupy campsites in the designated pet areas of the camp, and only service animals that have been approved in advance by the camp may accompany their disabled owners outside of the pet-designated areas of the camp. Service animals not accompanying their disabled owners and all other animals must remain in the designated pet areas while on the grounds during camp meeting.

Church Ambassadors willing to do the “boots on the ground” advertising for Redwood.

Many of you heard the repeated call for help with sanitation. And thank goodness many of you answered that call! You were evidence that God hears our prayers. Thank you!

Let’s see if we can avoid the mayhem next year by getting a large crew lined up to keep our campus clean and sweet-smelling.  Dena and Andy Roy, plus multiple generations of extended family, have faithfully administered doody duty for over 50 years! We could not run the camp without this dedicated family. If you are interested in joining this legendary effort, please reach out via email to andenaroy@gmail.com

Tree removal, branch clean up, weed eating and mowing are always a huge part of getting the camp ready for campers.

We will be hosting a clean-up weekend on Memorial Day 2025. If you and/or a group would like to come work on a different weekend, that can be also arranged. Email us at redwoodareacamp.secretary@gmail.com

Because of the wonderful weather during the off-season, which is why our Redwoods are so happy, we have corrosion problems—lots of them! Therefore, the camp is always in need of electricians willing to check and replace electrical infrastructure. If you are a licensed electrician or would like to volunteer with an electrician, contact us at redwoodareacamp.secretary@gmail.com

Mechanical

Where to begin with mechanical? The truth is our equipment is mostly old and cranky. In other words, they require a patient, creative master mechanic with a sense of humor. If you are a problem-solving tinkerer, we have a job for you! Please contact us at redwoodareacamp.secretary@gmail.com

The hot water systems in both bathrooms are in need of diagnostics and repair. There are  leaky pipes and faucets throughout the campground each year in need of TLC.

This project has a team lead already but could people to scope out and document

Need something fixed? Laundry? Groceries?

Breakfast:
Open at 8:00 AM for continental breakfast. Cereal, eggs, drink, etc. Cash or Credit Card.

Lunch:
12:00-1:30 PM burger bar menu – veggie burgers, vege corn dogs, onion rings, drinks, and desserts. Cash or Credit Card

Supper:
5:00-6:30 PM burger bar menu + salads possible. Cash or Credit Card

Closed Sabbath. NCC sponsored all-camp potluck immediately following church service.

To order from the NCC ABC in Roseville, CA, and have your order delivered during camp in July. Visit the ABC website, determine your order, then either call (916) 486-7730 or email Sal Alvarado at sacramento.abc@nccsda.com. Once it’s paid, they will bring it to the camp.

NOTE: Ordering online is not the same thing as making the phone call or emailing. If you order online, your order will be processed as a regular web order. You could, of course, use the camp address for the delivery, but that’s not the same thing. We don’t recommend drop shipping to the camp.

ABC
Redwood Camp Meeting Hours:
Sunday, 11 AM – 4 PM
Monday, 11 AM – 4 PM
Tuesday, 11 AM – 4 PM
Wednesday, 11 AM – 4 PM
Thursday, 10 AM – 2 PM
Friday, 11 AM – 4 PM
Sabbath, Sunset to 10 PM

Camp store open from 8:00-9:30 AM, 1:00-5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

Popular camp store items include:

• Block and crushed ice

• Toiletries and paper products

• A variety of ice-cream and treats

• Produce and dry-goods

• Basic camping and trailer supplies

We are thrilled to announce the return of the Dorcas Thrift Store at this year’s Redwood Area Camp Meeting!

The set up will be located where the old burger barn was and is completely free. We invite all to come and browse at your leisure. There’s no need to donate items to take what you need but feel free to contribute donated items in good repair that are no longer needed.

Common items such as blankets, jackets and knitted caps are needed as the nights can get chilly, but we will gladly accept any useful item. We hope that this service will enhance your camp experience by making sure your stay is comfortable.

Stay tuned for more details, and let’s unite in making this year’s camp truly exceptional.

Our favorite NCC Youth Director, Eddie Heinrich will be sharing his summer on the run adventure, Monday thru Wednesday in the usual spot at the basketball courts. Come meet him and his crew, and give them your heartiest thank you for squeezing us into their tight summer schedule.

Pacific Union College Nursing Department will be offering eight one-hour CEU courses to Nurses and EMT’s.
Monday through Thursday 7/22-7/25

Presenter: PUC’s Jeff Joiner MSN,RN,CEN,WEMT
Associate Professor, Nursing & Health Sciences
Director, Emergency Services Program
Director, Health Sciences Program

MO – IFAK – How to choose and use your personal first aid kit.
TU – Wound Management in austere settings.
WE – Disaster Management Update – 2024.
TH – Emerging Disease Update – 2024.

Laurie Parson, DNP, RN-BC, CNE
Professor, PUC
Department of Nursing and Health Sciences
Will be presenting a separate four-part series titled:
“How to live the HEALTHIEST life.”

Nurses and EMT’s will receive one-hour credit of CEUs for each these courses.

Stay Tuned for final scheduling.

Register all campers and guests staying in the campground at the Registration trailer. There is no extra fee for guests, just an eight-person maximum per site.

Check-in by signing the check-in form at the Registration trailer upon arrival. Pre-registered campers with a completed application form can go through fast track. A roster (including only those who have checked in) will be posted in front of the Registration trailer to help you locate friends. In addition to locating campers, this trailer handles battery recharges. The pumper truck sign-ups are at the Registration trailer. Incoming mail is handled by camp Headquarters.

Check out by turning in your parking permit to safety personnel at the gate or Registration trailer when your site is vacant.

Campers arriving after 9:00 p.m. or during Sabbath hours are requested to do only the minimum camp set-up required. Please respect the Sabbath and your fellow campers.

No show is when the check-in form is not signed. Two years of not signing the check-in form at the Registration trailer, and your site will be released to the camp for reassignment.