A ministry of The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
Family Camp (all ages)
with St. Andrew's
July 5-11, 2026
Family Camp has been bringing families of all shapes and sizes to the mountain for multiple generations. This camp experience offers a wide variety of activities to choose from for every member of your family. Activities and programming including fishing, swimming, square dancing, bingo, cook-outs, hikes, and rocking on the porch immersed in the natural beauty of Shrine Mont. A keynote speaker enriches spiritual formation programming for adults and small-group discussions, while camp counselors lead a VBS-style morning program for children and teens.
The Family Camp chaplain facilitates a program in coordination with the keynote speaker and engages with families to lead daily worship in the outdoor Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration. Families stay in Shrine Mont cottages and enjoy delicious meals cooked by the wonderful Shrine Mont dining hall staff, which are served family style.
Family Camp is a great introduction to sleep away camp for children who aren’t ready to go off on their own just yet. Or if your 7-9 year old is ready to try sleep-away camp, the Lils' Camp session #2 runs concurrently for the first half of Family Camp. Sometimes it’s just nice to know your family is nearby. New families attend Family Camp each year and others continue to return summer after summer. It’s the best kept secret on the mountain and no surprise it's appealed to families for over half a century.