Serve alongside friends and family while helping us beautify HopeWood Pines!

Site Overview
Set amid 400 acres of picturesque scenery alongside Alum Creek, HopeWood Pines offers a natural sanctuary of woods, nature trails, and waterways.
Whether you’re seeking to forge lifelong friendships, deepen your faith, or reconnect with nature, HopeWood Pines is the perfect place for you.
HopeWood Pines Programs
We offer a range of year-round programs, led by highly qualified staff, for people of all ages.
Indulge your spring fever with a weekend of fun, faith, and family in the great outdoors!
Enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes, maple sausage, and live music from a local band during our annual festival!
Introduce your congregation to camp during this one-night getaway full of fun activities.
Middle school youth will have a blast with a variety of camp activities while also growing in their faith.
Transform your congregation’s confirmation experience by stepping into the great outdoors.
“The experience as a whole was amazing. Camp mirrors faith formation in all aspects, from fellowship to service to bible study. Amazing to watch kids let go and be themselves as well.”
HopeWood Pines Parent
“So much of what we do [at camp] is acting out and living the gospel and living as Christ would.”
Kory ByrneSummer Staff
“For my child, nature is where he prefers to be. To know that he was able to connect his faith with his love of nature is a testament to the work [HopeWood] is doing at [HopeWood Pines].”
HopeWood Pines Parent
Previous
Next
Facility Highlights
- Air-conditioned and heated sleeping quarters
- 2 self-contained retreat facilities
- 15 cabins with access to detached bath/shower house
- Full-service dining hall
- Multiple indoor and outdoor meeting spaces
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Outdoor chapel
- Grilling patio
- Outdoor sports fields/courts



























Previous image
Next image
Adventure-Filled Activity Options
- 9-square in the air
- Archery
- Arts & crafts
- Campfires
- Canoeing
- Challenge course
- Climbing tower
- Creek walking
- Discovery Bible study
- Fishing
- Gaga ball
- High ropes course
- Hiking
- Meal over a fire
- Nature activities
- Outpost
- S'mores
- Sports
- Swimming
- Team builders
- Worship
- Zip line
Availability based on age and program
Environmental Education Program
At HopeWood Pines, we offer environmental education programming for public and private schools. We can help your students connect more closely with nature and their classmates. Our programs include:
- Pre-planned curriculum that meets common core standards
- Group-building activities tailored to your class
- Personalized on-site teacher support
- Flexible scheduling ranging from 1 to 5 days

How to Find Us
Just 40 minutes north of Columbus, OH, HopeWood Pines is both easily accessible and wonderfully secluded.