Faholo Conference Center

10/09/2026

Describe your perfect Fall Retreat in 3 words! We'll go first:
🍂 Foliage
🔥 Bonfire
🙏 Community

Your turn!

10/06/2026

For decades, we've welcomed churches, youth groups, and ministry teams looking to create life-changing experiences. This free magazine from our Network team offers practical ideas and encouragement for pastors and event planners who want to make the most of every ministry event. Check it out below! 📖

We're here to share our knowledge and years of experience! That's why we publish a free magazine designed specifically for Christian event planners and pastors. Link below in the comments 📖⬇️

Released in the spring and fall, each issue is packed with insightful and practical content tailored to help you plan events that inspire and engage. Our magazine includes helpful articles on topics like event planning strategies, marketing tips, advertising insights, and much more. We focus on the unique needs of Christian event planning, blending current trends with time-tested tools and techniques to help your events shine.

10/01/2026

🍂 Autumn in Michigan creates the perfect backdrop for meaningful moments together. Whether it's a student retreat, men's gathering, or leadership event, Faholo offers a space where distractions fade and relationships grow deeper. This fall event season is already shaping up to be something special!

09/10/2026

The last camper has gone home. The supplies have been packed away, the photos have been posted, and students are heading back to school. After weeks, or even months, of planning and preparation, another summer of camp is officially in the books.

For youth pastors and leaders, it can be tempting to close the book on camp too. But before moving on to the next event on the ministry calendar consider bringing your leadership team together one more time: not for the students, but for yourselves. 🍂 A fall leadership retreat can serve two important purposes:

📆 A chance to debrief while camp is still fresh
☕ A chance to rest and recharge from summer
🎉 A change to celebrate the people who worked so hard to make it happen

Gathering your camp leadership has so many positives. Read more online: https://www.christianretreatsnetwork.org/Blog/Posts/991/Summer-Camp-Student-Ministry/2026/9/After-Camp-Reflect-Recharge-Reconnect/blog-post/

09/03/2026

When the buses pull away and another camp season comes to an end, ministry leaders naturally begin looking ahead. But before you move on too quickly, there is one more opportunity sitting right in front of you: Ask your students what they learned and record their answers. Together, those little clips tell the story of camp better than almost any promotional graphic can!

A 15-second video can become a social media post. A student's quote can become a registration graphic. Several “Church camp is where I learned…” clips can become a promotional video. A testimony can be shared with parents, your congregation or potential campers. And there is another benefit: students become the ones inviting other students to camp. Keeping reading the whole blog online:
https://www.christianretreatsnetwork.org/Blog/Posts/990/Summer-Camp-Student-Ministry/2026/9/Capture-It-While-Its-Fresh/blog-post/

08/31/2026

Church camp is what so many students call the highlight of their summer! It’s that one week away from home that is still the hub of conversation when school starts again. Church camp is an endless stream of fun, but somewhere in the middle of all that fun, something else happens: kids learn.

They learn new skills. They learn about themselves and each other. They learn to step outside their comfort zones. Most importantly, they learn more about God and what it means to follow Him. Ask a group of students to finish the sentence, “Church camp is where I learned…” and you may be surprised by just how many different answers you hear! Read the whole blog online:
https://www.christianretreatsnetwork.org/Blog/Posts/989/Summer-Camp-Student-Ministry/2026/8/Church-Camp-is-Where-I-Learned-/blog-post/?source=Facebook

08/26/2026

Praying the students take what they heard and felt at camp back with them all year round! Till next summer 💚

08/26/2026

Feels like yesterday 😭 Counting the days till next summer!