FAMILY
MINISTRIES
Fri, Sep 29
|Grayling
Family First - Homegrown "Planting Seeds for Eternity"
Do you want to strengthen your family, grow closer to the Lord and to one another? Do you want to experience the joy of working together with God and the angels to bless your communities? This event is for you! Join us for this special weekend at Camp AuSable...just for families.
Time & Location
Sep 29, 4:30 PM – Oct 01, 11:00 AM
Grayling, 2590 Camp Au Sable Rd, Grayling, MI 49738, USA
About the event
Take a weekend to reconnect together as family, enjoy the beauty of nature at Camp AuSable, reflect on God's goodness and His wonderful plan for your family, hear inspiring stories and experience fun activities just for families of all ages and stages...be refreshed, refilled, and rejuvenated! Ticket includes housing/meals for the weekend. Housing is available with lodge rooms assigned to those who register first and cabins to follow. If you prefer a cabin or have other special needs, please let us know. We will do our best to help. You will need to purchase 1 ticket per person (ex. 2 adults and 3 children over the age of 7, you will need to purchase 2 adult tickets and 3 children's tickets). Children ages 6 and under are free. Horse trail rides (age 8+) and go karts are per person. Free pony rides for younger children. There are many activities available Sunday, only the horse/go kart rides require purchased tickets. The Czaja's are planning to teach "how to" seminars. There will also be canoeing on the lake and more. What a great weekend!
Schedule
2 hoursFriday Registration Begins
Main Auditorium
1 hourSupper
Cafeteria
Tickets
Price
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Family First - Homegrown
Ticket includes housing/meals for the weekend. Housing is available with lodge rooms assigned to those who register first and cabins to follow. If you prefer a cabin or have other special needs, please let us know. We will do our best to help. You will need to purchase 1 ticket per person (ex. 2 adults and 3 children over the age of 7, you will need to purchase 2 adult tickets and 3 children's tickets). Horse trail rides (age 8+) and go karts are per person. Free pony ride for younger children.
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Price optionPriceQuantityTotalPer Adult
$45.00
$45.00
Children ages 7-17
$25.00
$25.00
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Horse Trail Ride Sunday 11:30a
$5.00
Must wear long pants and close-toed shoes. Ages 8+
$5.00
Sold Out
Horse Trail Ride Sunday 12:30a
$5.00
Must wear long pants and close-toed shoes. Ages 8+
$5.00
Sold Out
Horse Trail Ride Sunday 1:30pm
$5.00
Must wear long pants and close-toed shoes. Ages 8+
$5.00
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Horse Trail Ride Sunday 2:30pm
$5.00
Must wear long pants and close-toed shoes. Ages 8+
$5.00
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Go Karts Sunday 11:30-3:00
$5.00
One ticket per ride per person.
$5.00
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Total
$0.00
Meet our Speakers
The Czaja Family
Homegrown
Planting Seeds for Eternity
The Czaja family loves eating fruit straight from their orchards because doing so reminds them of God’s love. 14 years ago while living in a sky-rise in Hawaii, Anthony and Makiko, both Mount Vernon Academy graduates, sensed God’s call to move their young family to the country to raise their children. They left paradise in exchange for 4 years of growing and selling produce from a 10-acre homegrown farm in the rich soil of Centerburg, Ohio. After 4 years in Arkansas for ministry, the family homesteaded their current 41-acre property in Florala, a small town on the border of Alabama and Florida where there has never been an Adventist presence. The family built their own little house on a tight budget and planted hundreds of perennial fruits and flowers. Figs, mandarin oranges, persimmons, and muscadine grapes are some of their favorites. Oxen, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, bees and dogs all look to the family for care. The daughters of the family, Sofia 18 and Maria 15 grow natural remedies and offer them to the public at www.DesertRoseSisters.com. Josef 7 enjoys mowing, making repairs to machines, and leather working. The family often hosts guests and travels to speak on agriculture, health, family-life, and the everlasting gospel. Anthony authored the children’s book Getting Started with God in Nature available on DesertRoseSisters.com and Amazon.com You can keep up with the family at Anthony Czaja’s facebook page, their family ministry website FloralaGardens.org, and their YouTube channel “Florala Gardens.”
Sunday Classes (times tentative: may need adjusting to sync with other class start and stop times)
11:30 How to make healthy oil-free chips (Sofia Czaja) 50 mins.
12:30 Fruit Tree Grafting & Tree Planting Principles (Anthony & Josef Czaja) 45 mins.
1:30 Make your own lip balm – hands-on (Sofia Czaja) 25 mins.
2:00 Make your own lip balm – hands-on (Sofia Czaja) 25 mins.
2:30 Soap making – hands-on (Maria Czaja) 50 mins.
2:30 Fruit Tree Grafting & Tree Planting Principles (Anthony & Josef Czaja) 45 mins.
Meet our Speakers
Joel & Corina Nephew
Smitten Above the Mitten
Smitten with each other in academy, and having tied the knot back in the dark ages,-- before cell phones and the www--Joel and Corina Nephew feel honored to be invited to share with all of you about their journey as a couple and beyond.
Now-grown children, along with decades in the ministry, have furnished numberless opportunities for reflection, unique insights, and personal and collective growth.
Foolish mistakes and subsequent regrets notwithstanding, they firmly believe that, even in these trying times, the home of two people from completely different backgrounds can truly be a little heaven on earth.
Meet our Speakers
Ben and Brianna Martin
Snapshots of a Healthy Marriage
Ben and Brianna Martin live in Berrien Springs, Michigan, where they love camping, photography, and nature in general.
Ben is the pastor for Children and Family Discipleship at Pioneer Memorial Church. He has served as a youth pastor and elementary school chaplain in Tennessee, California, and Michigan.
Brianna has a background in Adventist education, having served as a teacher and administrator in schools in various states. Currently, she teaches 6th grade in Benton Harbor and runs Disciple Mama, a family discipleship blog.
Ben and Brianna have been married for 11 years, and have two sons: Emmett, a (very) thoughtful 8 year old who loves books, crafts, and telling people about Jesus; and Arlo, a (very) talkative 6 year old who doesn’t appear to pause long enough to take a breath.
The Martins are passionate about leading people of all ages to personal relationships with Jesus and helping them learn how to have healthy relationships with each other--something Ben and Brianna are prayerfully wrestling through, themselves.