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WHAT WE DO

We are followers of Jesus, spread across the world, who have felt God calling us to serve Him in France.

“a haven in France for God to save the lost and strengthen the found.”

Each summer, we take a team from the US to help lead three camps at a place in the French Alps called Camp des Cimes (pronounced "Con-day-Seem"), meaning “Camp of the Peaks.” One camp is for French youth (ages 14-17), another for university students and young adults (ages 18+), and the third one is for kids (ages 7-13). Partnered with full-time missionaries and French counselors, the English Speaking Teams lead programming for day-to-day activities during each camp or serve and clean behind the scenes. Our hope is to find faithful, humble, flexible individuals interested in jumping in wherever there might be a need – be it teaching an art workshop, engaging in faith discussions, cleaning dishes, or praying over empty chairs before meals. Above all, we’re looking for people who want to intentionally invest in lives – everything we do is with the expressed hope of building relationships that point to Jesus. We are currently building the summer 2024 English Speaking Teams.

BREAD INTAKE
how many baguettes will I eat?
HIKING
how many miles will I hike in the Alps?
LANGUAGE SKILLS
how much French do I need to speak?
AWESOME FACTOR
how awesome is camp?

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STORIES

Reflections from past counselors.

What’s great about Camp des Cimes is that both you and the French campers are removed from your everyday routine. Having two weeks set aside to build relationships with campers over artistic workshops, hikes in the Alps, silly games, and long meals is an incredible blessing. There are so many conversations from camp that I will treasure for the rest of my life. And best of all? Those don’t have to stop. I left camp having made lifelong friends, and staying in touch with the campers after returning to the U.S. has been such a rich gift.

Nelson

For our family, serving at CDC was a perfectly timed gift and a reminder that we don’t need to rush our way through life. All the “one another’s” in the scriptures (love, encourage, admonish, serve, etc) are lived out at camp in a way that is intentional and beautiful. It’s a little glimpse of life on earth as it will be in Heaven. The way the Gospel is presented through relationships, programs, and creation itself, is simple yet so powerful. Mega blessed are those who get to serve the Lord at Camp des Cimes.

The Endsley Family

Camp des Cimes is situated in a small village at the end of a road in a large valley located in the even larger French Alps. Every year, through Camp des Cimes and its surroundings, I’ve gotten to see how big God is and how small I am. It’s this fact that makes me feel so incredibly humbled to have been able to serve there. The community I’ve found at camp inspires me to pursue God authentically and consistently. No matter who you are, God can use you for His glory at CdC, and I am so joyful to have seen that demonstrated each summer I’ve gone.

Trenton

Besides being an absolutely breathtaking place, the people are what makes Camp des Cimes so special. The campers, the full time staff, the French counselors… everyone is wonderful. Getting to work on a small team of believers to help create an environment in which the Gospel is put on display makes time there feel like Heaven on Earth. There’s no better place I’d like to re-learn a yearly lesson of “It’s not about me”.

Natalie

Camp Des Cimes is like no other. It’s a place where life slows down and simplifies in order to be made aware of how small we are compared to creation yet at the same time known and loved by The Creator. Whether it’s backpacking, creating in workshop, playing soccer for hours, or performing for the talent show – this place is conducive to being yourself and coming alongside French campers, encouraging them to do the same.

Abby

The enthusiasm and the camaraderie and the energy and the expectation of camp lift me up like a wave does a message in a bottle. The pandemonium of the momentum embraces everyone, and everyone’s best bet is, in turn, to embrace the pandemonium. And like a wave there is an almost frighteningly powerful grace to the progress of a summer at Le Camp des Cimes. All of these mysterious ways.

Steve

Camp des Cimes. Difficult to put into words, difficult to pronounce, yet a place where the Lord moved in ways I never expected. It taught me the importance of having community with other believers who are actively pursuing the Lord and encourage me to do so. It taught me the importance of acting in a manner “worthy of the calling to which you’ve been called” (Eph 4) because actions speak louder than words – especially when there’s a language barrier! CDC pushed me out of my comfort zone and allowed the Lord to reveal himself through the French culture and campers in a way that challenged and admonished me for the sake of the Kingdom.

Becca

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MINISTERING TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FRENCH ALPS

MINISTERING TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FRENCH ALPS

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SUMMER 2024

WHAT WE DO

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STORIES

Reflections from past counselors.