Puerto Rico Stateside Churches
July 23-27 • Tuesday – Saturday • $498
Stateside Churches: Passport Puerto Rico is designed for seasoned Passport campers who have finished 9th grade through graduating high school seniors. This cross-cultural, bi-lingual week of camp is created with Puerto Rican students in mind as they welcome Stateside youth groups to join them on their island.
Passport youth will recognize the theme and the daily schedule, but participants will also be hearing everything in Spanish and English. Not everything will be 100% translated into both languages. Preference will be given to leaning into worship style and a few games that have origin in Puerto Rico.
Camp will be held in a retreat center in the mountains of Puerto Rico.
- Air-conditioned facilities in worship space only
- Multiple bunks in each room with a shared hall bath
- No access to coin laundry facilities
- No accommodation for food allergies
- Swimming pool TBD
- Modest shorts and swimsuits required
- Small camp store with snacks and drinks
Housing: Non air-conditioned rooms with multiple bunk beds and very little storage space. Bring Twin sheets. No blanket needed.
Beautiful camp in the mountains
Participants will spend the week at a retreat center in the mountains of Puerto Rico.
Is this a Mission Trip?
While we are planning to offer opportunities for every student to leave campus at least one afternoon of camp, the larger missions conversation is a cross-cultural one. We will be exploring what it means to be the family of God (La Familia de Dios) together through language and music, food and fun. Stateside youth will also need to lean on our Puerto Rican friends to translate for us on the mission sites!
+ PASSPORT will host an early registration for Puerto Rico on Tuesday, September 26th at 8 am. Please fill out this form to let us know you’re interested and ask any questions you may have.
+ Because we are reserving half of the space for students from Puerto Rico, capacity for stateside churches is, by design, VERY limited!!
+ Registration for 2024 is only open to groups who have attended Passport youth camp in one of the last two years.
+ The maximum capacity for each church to register their senior high students is 12 students + 2 adult chaperones.
+ There will be a required Familiarization (Fam) trip Jan 10-14 for each group leader. (cost somewhere between $1,000 and $1,500)
+ Transportation in Puerto Rico is the responsibility of each group via rented vehicles.
+ Experienced drivers are mandatory.
+ Plan to come early or stay over the weekend to attend a local church.
+ Churches depart after Closing Celebration at 11:00 am.
+ At all of our youth programs, PASSPORT asks students to participate in a digital sabbath to fully-invest in camp activities and to focus solely on Christ and community. However we may choose to allow some phone use as needed for translation between campers. Stay tuned.
+ Wheelchair access could be possible. Call or email us for clarification.
+ Allergies are not easily accommodated. Call or email us with questions.
