Confirmation Retreat Weekend

Confirmation 2026
Camp Don Lee will host its annual Confirmation Retreat on the weekend of March 6th-8th, 2026. Bring your confirmation group to Camp Don Lee as we explore Confirmation as an important step in the journey of faith. Confirmands will be led through a retreat that will serve as an opportunity to delve deeper into what it means to be a United Methodist as a supplement to their confirmation work in their local church. Youth will examine what it means to claim their Christian calling for themselves and create stoles expressing this personal faith and calling. We will use the Credo curriculum as our theological guide for this retreat.
More information coming soon!
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Rev. Ben Williams and Rev. Caitlin Delamar will lead our 2026 Confirmation Retreat.

Rev. Williams currently serves as President & CEO of Methodist Home for Children. Born and raised in Wilson, he earned a Business degree from Wake Forest University and a Master of Divinity from Duke University. He has served churches across North Carolina for more than two decades and brings both pastoral experience and a joyful spirit for walking alongside youth in their faith journey.

Rev. Delamar is the Faith Formation Coordinator at Camp Don Lee and an ordained deacon of the Virginia Conference of the UMC. Rev. Delamar is excited to serve again as a part of the Confirmation Retreat team at this place God has blessed!

Registration opening soon!

Sample Schedule

Friday:

7:00pm - Check-in and move into Cabins

8:00pm -  Opening - Session 1 - God names us and claims us

9:45 - Campfire & S’mores

11:00 - Lights out

Saturday:

7:40am - Morning Watch

8:00am - Breakfast

9:00am - Session 2 - Called by God

10:30am - Free Time - Canoeing and Archery

11:30am - Session 3 - Answering the call

12:30pm - Lunch

1:15pm - Session 4 - Answering the call

2:00pm  - Free Time - Recreation activities and the Camp Store will be open

3:15pm - Session 5  - Affirmation of Faith

4:00pm - Closing Worship with Communion

5:00pm - Dinner

6:00pm - Depart