Registration FAQ's

What's the age range?

We accept rising 6th graders through just-graduated 12th graders, or kids from age 11 through age 18.  However, if your local church’s age range for their youth group/student ministry is different, we generally defer to their judgment.  While we strive to do things that are suited to both ends of the spectrum, we realize that every kid is different.  So, if you have a rising 6th grader that has friends a couple of years older than they are, then your child will do just fine.  If you’re not sure, or you have a question about the programming, please send us an email.

Why do you want me to register with my group?

We encourage Campers to register through their local church youth group first, though we do allow individuals to register on their own.  If you're registering through your church, download the registration blank in the Parent & Volunteer Pack and turn it in with your payment to your church.

For adult volunteers, we’ll need a little more info. There’s a separate registration form for them, and if you’re registering as a group, you’ll need to hold on to the printed version. Download the Parent & Volunteer Pack to get all of the forms Volunteers will need.

We've added the ability to select your church group from a list. People may call their church different things - i.e. Campbellsville Vineyard vs. Vineyard Campbellsville - and this can cause confusion as we're making cabin and team assignments. If you don't see your church on the list, pick "other" at the bottom, and enter your church's name in the Home Church field on the next screen. We'll be sure to create a group for your church and assign you to that group.

I'm a youth pastor with a group, how many adult volunteers should I bring?

Ideally, we’d like you to bring one adult volunteer for every 7 kids, with a ratio of male and female volunteers that matches your group. So, a group of 20 with 14 girls and 6 boys should have 2 female and 1 male adult volunteers.

Adult volunteers must be at least 18 years old AND at least 1 year out of high school. No exceptions.

Here’s the deal, though.  Any church sending more than 3 kids MUST send at least one volunteer with them. Otherwise, we’ll cancel the registrations and refund their money.  It’s not because we like being officious jerks (we don’t), we just want to be sure your kids have a great time at Camp, and this is one way of being sure that happens.

Why do adult volunteers have to pay?

Yeah, we know. We're so thankful for our adult volunteers who work hard to make Camp happen, and we wish we could bring them all for free. We're glad to be able to offer a reduced rate for the volunteers as a small way of saying thanks. Many churches opt to pay for their volunteers' registrations through fundraisers or a regular budget line item. Know that every penny of the registration fee goes to cover our costs, and we do everything we can to keep Camp accessible for everyone: Campers and adults alike.

What if I'm a parent who wants to register all my kids on my own?

See question #2 above. We’d prefer you to register them via the church group that they will be coming with. If that’s not an option, you can register them yourself. Just be sure you have the right church group selected and you'll be all set.

How can I pay?

We accept checks and credit cards via the RegFox system.

Please make checks payable to:
Restoration Vineyard Church
PO Box 25072
Chattanooga, TN 37422

The deadline for paying by check is the Monday 2 weeks before Camp.

What's the Cancellation and Refund policy?

• Full refund of any monies paid from the start of registration through 15 days before Camp.
• Full refund of any monies paid minus $35 cancellation fee from 14 days before through day before Camp.
• No refund for cancellations (or no-shows) on the first day of Camp and following.
• Full refund of any monies paid for cancellations due to medical/family emergencies before Camp, per the judgment of the Camp Director.

I registered, what's next?

You can use the new digital waiver system to complete the waiver and release. Group leaders can use the interface to text a unique link to parents and volunteers.  A completed Parental Consent/Participant Release form will be required of all participants!

If you elected to pay by check, someone from our team will be in contact with you. If you have any other questions, drop us a line, or call us at 423.458.2386