All about Camp Phoenix

Camp Phoenix is a ministry of the Diocese of Missouri. In 2006 it celebrated its second year as the Diocese's successor to Cliff Springs Camp, a long-time joint venture of the dioceses of Missouri and West Missouri.

 

This year, 72 campers and 17 staff members spent a week braving the summer heat and the "wilds" of southern Illinois for another week of fun, friends, and faith.

 

The third season of Camp Phoenix will be July 29 to Aug. 4, 2007.

 

Our facility
Camp Phoenix is located between DuBois and Nashville, Ill., on 240 wooded acres surrounding a large lake at the United Church of Christ's DuBois Conference Center.

 

Boys and girls live in cabins in separate villages within the camp. They share in activities and meals. Campers have opportunities to swim, ride horses, hike, canoe, and participate in crafts, archery, and a team-building outdoor adventure course. Each day includes a joyful spiritual connection to our Episcopal faith. 

 

Camp Phoenix is accredited by the American Camping Association.

 

Our staff

Camp Phoenix is led by a camp director and a clergy spiritual director. They are assisted by a trained professional staff and volunteers who love and care for the individual child and the entire camp family.

 

Volunteers are needed. If you can spare a week off from work or school or home, don't mind roughing it without the creature comforts of home, have a great rapport with kids, and are at least 18 years of age, then we want to hear from you.

 

Contact Charlie Caspari at sherwdex@aol.com.

 

Directions

From St. Louis take I-64 east to Illinois Rte 127 (exit 50). Go south toward Nashville. In Nashville turn left at the stoplight at Rte 15. Go nine miles east to US 51 South. Turn right on US 51 and go 6.5 miles to Quarry Road (look for Du Bois Conference Center sign). Turn left and go 1.5 miles to camp entrance on left.

 

Contact us

You can reach us during the off-season by e-mail or the US Postal Service.

 

By e-mail at campphoenix@centurytel.net

 

By regular mail at

            Camp Phoenix

            c/o Church of the Transfiguration

            1860 Lake St. Louis Blvd.

            Lake St. Louis, MO 63367

 

Joe Chambers leads the music for a Eucharistic celebration on the lakefront.

Horseback riding is a favorite activity of campers of all ages with lessons on horsemanship and riding and trail rides led by a trained staff of wranglers.

Photos on this site by Jerry Benner.

 

Camp is a great place to make new friends, to meet other Episcopalians your own age from other parts of the Diocese, and to just have fun.

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