Youth Group Retreats at Camp Geneva
Bring your youth group or college ministry to Lake Michigan for a weekend of worship, teaching, and time together. We'll handle the cabins, meals, and meeting space, so you can focus on your students!
✓Lodging options, meals, and meeting space
✓Recreation is free and open all weekend
✓Groups from a dozen students up to 500
Check Your Dates
Tell us a little about your group and we'll follow up with availability.
Why Choose Geneva for a Group Retreat?
Campus ministries and church youth groups continue to come back to Geneva because we handle the logistics, giving leaders the time and space to create a formational weekend their students are sure to remember.
You get to plan and lead your own teaching and worship sessions giving you confidence that your time on retreat meets your group where they're at.
Seated directly on Lake Michigan's shore, you're sure to experience the splendor of creation. Located just 5 miles north of Holland, we're less than 3 hours from both Chicago and Detroit!
We host anywhere from a handful of students up to 500 guests across our two campuses.
Beach, woods, campfires, and open sky on Lake Michigan give your group room to unplug and be together.
Fall kickoff weekends, winter retreats, spring semester getaways: this campus is built for overnight groups.
Everything Your Weekend Includes
Lodging, meeting space, meals, and recreation all come with your stay.
Where Your Group Stays
Our campus spans two sites, so you can pick the setting that fits. Shores runs along 1,200 feet of Lake Michigan beachfront; Pines sits in 35 acres of woods around Big Pine Lake.
Shores Cabins
Up to 24 per cabin. A shared lobby connected to two separate sleeping areas — each with its own bathrooms and showers. Carpeted, heated, and close to Lake Michigan.
Pines Cabins
Up to 10 people per cabin. An open concept floor plan provides space for both socializing and sleeping. Each cabin has its own restrooms and showers. Carpeted, heated, and nestled in the woods.
Mission Point
Space for up to 36. Three separate sleeping areas each with their own restrooms and showers. Comfortable lounge areas and a second-story deck with Adirondack chairs overlooking Lake Michigan.
Retreat Center Rooms
Hotel-style with a full bath and private balcony or patio. Bedding and towels included, elevator access, a fireside lobby, and meeting space under the same roof.
The Cottage
One bath, a partial kitchen, and a cozy living area with a murphy bed. Groups often put a retreat speaker here.
Space to Gather
Full-group worship & teaching
The Woods at Pines seats 525 with sound, mounted projector and screens, and a fireplace lobby. The Chapel at Shores seats 300 and opens onto a walk-out deck over Lake Michigan. The Celebration Center seats 250 and the Dunes Room seats 200, both with projectors and sound.
Breakouts & small groups
The Harbor Room seats 100 and splits in two with a divider. Creation Corner seats 75, the East Wing seats 25 with soft seating, and the Anchor and Coast Rooms hold 10 and 5 around a fireplace with whiteboards.
Meals, Handled
Nobody on your team has to cook or clean. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are prepared in house by our dining services team and are served chef's choice, buffet-style in our dining rooms. Coffee runs 24/7 in our Geneva Center lobby.
Have students who eat dairy free, gluten free, or vegetarian? Send us those details at least a week ahead of time, and our chefs will take care of them at no extra cost.
Room to Play
Free time is where a lot of retreat memories get made, and every activity below comes free with your stay.
Indoors
Basketball, volleyball, and pickleball courts in the gym, plus a game room and changing rooms with showers.
Game room
Ping pong, foosball, and air hockey: a good spot for students who want a slower version of free time.
At Shores
A quarter mile of Lake Michigan beach front, sand volleyball, gaga ball, 9-square, soccer, basketball, frisbee golf, walking paths, and campfire pits. Broomball in the winter.
At Pines
Big Pine Lake, beach volleyball, soccer, wiffle ball, kickball, basketball, frisbee golf, trails, and campfire pits. The Pines Peak sledding hill opens in winter with lights for night sledding.
Want to Venture Off Campus?
Nearby Off-Campus Spots
Riley Trails and Tunnel Park are under five minutes away, Holland State Park and Big Red about ten, and downtown Holland fifteen.
Planning Is Simple
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Send us your group size and the dates you have in mind.
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We'll check availability and put together a plan with lodging, meals, and meeting space.
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You show up and lead your retreat while we handle the details behind the scenes.
Ask early
Retreat dates work on a rolling 12-month basis, and groups already on the calendar get first look at the same weekend next year. If you have dates in mind, reach out soon.
Ready to Bring Your Group to Geneva?
Tell us a little about your youth group and we'll help you find retreat dates that work.
