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 2024 dates
We are continuing the 7-day campmeeting
and the dates for Redwood Area Campmeeting is July 21-27, 2024

The Holy Land Band will be conducting our Sabbath afternoon concert this year at the Pavilion.

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 doing music for Redwood Campmeeting from time to time through the years, and delights in blessing congregations around California with their brand of heart-felt and uplifting Country Gospel. Please join us as we rejoice in the Lord!

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

Nathan Renner- Lead Pastor
Madison Campus Church- Madison, Tennessee
Featured Speaker
July 21-25th

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
Spanish Language Group
July 25-27th

Stennett Nash 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
Featured Speaker
July 25-27th

Nathan L. Krause 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
Featured Speaker
July 22-27

In ministry for over 45 years, Gary Venden 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.

Someone to create posters/inserts/ads

Ambassadors for your churches and areas willing to do the “boots on the ground” advertising for Redwood

Past project Memorial Day Clean up event.

New Restrooms – Need to replace the “courtesy wall” at the new restrooms, men’s side.

Need to pressure wash the bricks at the new restrooms.

Before end of June – all high weeds need to be mowed down.

Basketball Courts – need weed eating around and under bleachers.

These projects require an electrician:

Dogpatch needs electrical pulled in and set up for pet owners that require electrical for medical needs.

Need to go through the camp and identify what outlets need to be replaced due to water corrosion.

Mechanical

This has a team lead and most repairs have been done already, but mechanical needs always arise.

Toyota Forklift not running.

Dogpatch – spigots are compromised – need to be replaced with standard PVC alternative.

We know of water leaks, but they won’t be addressed until the rains stop and the ground allows us to find them (Water is off on most of the camp)

We need to go through and identify/fix the broken spigots that cows have broken before we turn the water on in May.

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.

This tour of the Avenue of the Giants within Humboldt Redwoods State Park allows visitors to visit renowned groves while meandering along the avenue by bicycle.

With towering Redwood trees, slow speed limits for traffic, and minimal elevation gain, this tour is designed for participants interested in a stimulating ride through pristine Redwood forests.

With approximately 4 hrs to explore, we will ride at a pace of around 7-8mi/hour and have time for a snack break at one of the old-growth groves along the Eel River and at the southern end of the trip (Williams Grove & Children’s Forest Trail at 7 miles or Stephen’s Grove at 13 miles for guests wanting a longer ride) before returning them back to our starting point.

Experienced local guides will guide this opportunity, and riders will have the option to ride the shorter ride to Williams Grove (15 total miles) or continue on to Stephens Grove (26 total miles).

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.