GraceCamp

Enjoy a highlight video of last year's GraceCamp!

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The 2025 Ocean Rescue camp theme will be an exciting time of exploring the untamable, unpredictable ocean and Jesus as the ultimate lifesaver. Each day the kids will enjoy diving into different ocean stories, silly games, and other activities relating to life in and around the ocean. Invite your friends to experience GraceCamp Ocean Rescue this summer! It will be a great week of fun, laughter, and learning!

GraceCamp will be held July 28th - August 1st, 6-8:30PM

Monday through Thursday campers will follow the schedule listed below.  Adult and youth volunteers will be assigned to each group of campers and will accompany them through all their activities throughout the week. 

6:00 – ALL CAMPERS GROUP TIME

6:20 – SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS

6:40 – OCEAN RESCUE GAMES

7:10 – SNACK

7:20 – PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS

8:20 – REFLECTIONS AND SLIDESHOW

8:30 – PARENT PICK UP TIME

On Friday, August 1st, all are invited (campers, parents, extended family, friends, and neighbors) to a free BBQ at 6:00 PM. The BBQ will be a celebration of the kids’ accomplishments throughout the week in their gospel learning and in their professional workshops. A final slideshow with highlights from the week will be enjoyed by everyone.

Professional Workshops:

Professionally led workshops are still being finalized but usually include active, scientific, and artistic content. Here are just a few examples of the high caliber of GraceCamp workshops and leaders from previous years:

Bethany Dellapolla

Bethany is an actress who teaches, choreographs, and directs various theater camps, productions, and classes throughout Long Island and Manhattan. She has worked with the Broadway Dance Center, Gateway Playhouse, Pierson Middle and High School, TADA! Youth Theatre, Westhampton Beach PAC, and NexGen Youth Theatre, her own youth theatre company based in NYC. As an actress, Bethany has performed in independent film, radio and theatre. Favorite credits include:  Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast (BroadwayWorld.com nomination - Best Actress in a Musical), Steph in Reasons to Be Pretty (Broadwayworld.com nomination - Best Actress in a Play), and the Fairy Godmother in a touring production of Cinderella. 

In 2023 (Where in the World is GraceCamp?) Bethany’s workshop taught the campers a flash/impromptu dance similar to what would be seen at an amusement park which was performed on the last evening during the slide show.

Joseph Gemellaro  

Joe is a manager of the Education Department and an Entomology assistant at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, NY. Joe also owns and operates Ectothermic Endeavors, a business where he breeds and sells reptiles and invertebrates and provides educational experiences with them.

In 2023 (Where in the World is GraceCamp?) Joe introduced the campers to some interesting and often misunderstood insects and reptiles from around the world. The campers learned how these creatures lived their everyday lives and developed an understanding and appreciation for them.

Wendy Gotlieb

Wendy has an Associate in Arts from Bard College and a Bachelor of Arts in Art Education from Southampton College.  She continued her graduate training in the Montessori Method at Southampton College and the College of New Rochelle.  Wendy currently teaches art at the Parrish Art Museum and area schools.  

Wendy has led several artistic GraceCamp workshops over the years including Chinese watercolor, and upcycling old bottles into planters.

Keith Leaf

Keith is a trained juggler, object manipulator, variety performer, and circus arts instructor.  He has worked for the National Circus Project, teaching and performing in schools for many years. He has also appeared at other prestigious venues such as New Years Eve in Times Square, the Metropolitan Opera House, and the Barnum Museum to name a few. 

In 2018 (GraceCamp Circus) campers had a blast using their tracking, timing and coordination skills while practicing juggling, spinning, and balancing, with many different types of props.    

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