run a sports day camp your kids will love!
Invite your community to a week-long sports camp they won’t soon forget! SU provides everything you need to plan and run a quality, fun camp that invites children to join Jesus’ Team.
Run an SU Sports Camp with our help, or by yourself!
SU Camps are easy to run and help churches connect with new children and families in their community. Each camp provides a full week of engaging, Bible-centred programming that introduces children to Jesus, His Word, and your church.
Our camps are inclusive by design. Through Every Kid Can Play, we support churches in welcoming children of all abilities so every child can take part and belong.
Churches can choose what fits best. You can run your own camp using Camp in a Box, or invite an SU team to serve alongside your volunteers.
Parents, Looking for a camp near you?
What Makes SU Sports Camps Unique?
Sports camps are week-long day camps hosted by local churches. Each day includes sport, games, Bible engagement, and time for relationships to grow. Camps are designed to fit a church’s space and volunteer capacity, making them a practical and effective form of sports outreach for children (ages 6-12).
Multi-Sport By Design
A multi-sport approach supports healthy child development by building a wide range of physical skills, confidence, and teamwork, while keeping children engaged and included. Programs are shaped around your church’s facilities and community interests, with core sports like soccer, basketball, and ball hockey, plus a rotating mystery sport.
This flexibility helps churches offer ministry that fits their space, serves their community well, and keeps children coming back.
Easy to Run, Well Supported
SU Sports Camps are designed to be simple for churches to run. Trained SU Coaches come alongside your volunteers, bringing experience, energy, and support that help deliver a quality camp with confidence.
Your church receives everything needed to run a sports day camp, including volunteer training, coaching manuals or coaches, planning guides, Bible time resources, a custom registration page, promotional templates, and camper kits.
Rooted in the gospel
Every day at camp includes Bible time, where children meet in small groups to learn who Jesus is. Campers are taught how to read and reflect on Scripture, and each child receives a New Testament as we explore the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
On Thursday, children are invited to join Jesus’ team and respond to what they’ve learned. Before camp ends, every child is sent home with a Bible Reading Guide that follows the same reading rhythm used at camp, helping faith continue beyond the week.
Ready to Learn more?
Sports Camp Brochure
Download our Sports Camps brochure for a clear picture of what camp looks like, how the partnership works, and what’s involved for your church, including costs and planning details. It’s a helpful next step, and we’d love to connect with you—our contact information is included so you can reach out with questions or talk through what camp could look like in your community.
"SU is unique and offers something really special. They support the church well, provide solid coaches, include Gospel and Scripture saturated resources, all in a nicely organized program”
– Sports Camp Partner
Sports camps create an open and welcoming environment where children can easily invite friends. Sport feels familiar, accessible, and fun, lowering barriers for families who may not otherwise engage with church activities. Camps support holistic growth by engaging children physically, socially, and spiritually, while bringing together volunteers of all ages to serve side by side.
Sports camps are week-long day camps hosted by local churches. Each day includes sport, games, Bible engagement, and time for relationships to grow. Camps are designed to fit a church’s space and volunteer capacity, making them a practical and effective form of sports outreach for children (ages 6-12).
Camps provide a first point of connection for many children and families in your community. Through shared experience and Scripture-centred teaching, children encounter the Gospel in accessible ways and begin relationships that can continue beyond the week. Children connect with the local church, but also connect with Jesus through daily Bible time where every child opens a New Testament and learns about Jesus. Camps often open doors for families to explore deeper connection with the church, and children go home with a Bible, Bible reading guide, t-shirt, water bottle and wrist band that help them continue to learn more about Jesus.
Scripture Union Canada supports churches with:
- Training for leaders and volunteers
- Bible-centred sports day camp curriculum
- Planning tools and clear next steps
- Ongoing relational support
This partnership helps your church run Christian sports camps with clarity and confidence.
The camps are designed for children ages 6-12 years old.
Our primary sports are basketball, ball hockey and soccer. We also offer mystery sport which is a new sport each day.
However, the sports your church offers depends on your facilities. Our team will help your church determine the sports that can be hosted at your camp – offering suggestions and alternatives to ensure camp is safe, inclusive and offered at your church.
Not every church has a premier gym on site – and that’s okay! We are flexible and able to run sports in fellowship halls, green areas, parking lots and more. We also have helped partners explore nearby park options.
Our team will chat with you more about this when you contact them – but it’s a great question!
Your church runs the camp! Scripture Union supports you with step-by-step planning support, training, program resources and camper kits. There are two packages your church can choose:
Premier Camps: Our highly trained team comes and runs camp alongside your church volunteers at your church. This option involves a cost per camper (see brochure for rates) and is a great first step for churches wanting to explore sports camps. Our team will bring the sports supplies, and your camper kits will be delivered ahead of camp.
Camp In A Box: Everything you need to run a quality sports camp. This kit includes a planning manual, video tutorials, resources, sports manuals, game manual, devotions and access to our SU Sports Camper kits at an affordable rate.
Each day starts with a warm up game and stretches, then campers break out in squads for age-specific sports coaching. Sports are taught at a recreational level and our methodology includes teaching new skills each day, practicing those skills with drills and then playing games to reinforce new skills. Each sports session finishes with a scrimmage. After sports we gather for Bible time that includes skits, games and small groups. Each day finishes with big group time packed with SU Sports traditions like Pick A Box and ACE Awards.
We plan for what comes after camp. Your church is supported with practical tools that help children continue growing in faith and stay connected to Jesus and your church.
Campers hear the Gospel through Team Talk and go home with a Bible reading guide (Camper Playbook) and New Testament Bible that support ongoing Bible reading. Your church can also continue discipleship through weekly SU Sports Clubs
We believe every kid can play!
Inclusion Matters
Every child is welcome at SU Sports Camps and has the opportunity to experience belonging, fun, and the good news of Jesus. Every Kid Can Play is provided free at every SU Camp and supports children of all abilities through trained leaders, dedicated inclusion staff, coordination with families before camp, and ongoing support throughout the week, including one-to-one care when needed.
2026 Camp Statistics
“The camp coaches, the SU full-time staff are so valuable for a church running a camp. A children’s ministry director can tell if a parachurch organization is just out to get their money/numbers or has a genuine desire to see the church flourish and trusts God above their own business model. SU has a heart to support the church and see people come to know Jesus.”
Camp Partner
Children's Ministry Director
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A Note From Jonathan
I’d love to chat with you about SU Camps! Our goal is to make it easy for your church to run a day camp that allows you to share Christ and build relationships with your community. Send me an email and let’s start chatting!
Jonathan Murray
Director of Ministries
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