Registration is now open for everyone: Register Today for a week of faith-forming fun this summer!

Check out our 2026 Schedule to find the program and session that will work best for your family calendar. Keep reading this page for key info and updates for our 101st summer of ministry.

For many years, we’ve shared at closing celebration that it’s our goal to keep camp ministry accessible to as many families as possible, which is why we strive to keep our camp fees as low as possible while offering the highest quality Christian camp experience possible. Even as access to camp for everyone remains a priority, a number of factors beyond our control have made it clear a shift is needed in our particular strategy of keeping our camp fees less than the actual cost of the camp week, including: reduced denominational support, slower than anticipated recovery in enrollment, rapidly rising costs, and inflationary uncertainty.

In order to ensure the continued strength of Glisson as we enter our second century of ministry, we’ve made the difficult decision to incrementally increase camp fees to cover the actual cost of camp, rather than setting artificially low fees that rely on continually increasing donor support to cover ongoing increases in costs. Please know that even as we make this shift in strategy, we’ll continue to prioritize making camp as accessible as possible for everyone. Phasing the increase over 2-3 years is one way we’re aiming to minimize the impact on families. In addition, we’ll continue offering the following three ways to help make camp more accessible:

1. Smaller Payments: Last year, we moved registration two months earlier to September, making monthly payments smaller for those who prefer to spread out the cost of camp using auto-payment plans.
2. Increased Discount Tier: We’ve increased our Discount Pricing Tier, offering a no-questions-asked $100 off the cost of camp if your family needs it.
3. Campership Program: Camperships support our pledge to avoid turning away campers because camp is unaffordable. The application for this support is integrated into our registration process in the Tiered Pricing step; 25%, 50%, and Full (less deposit) camperships are available.

Even with these fee increases, summer camp at Glisson compares favorably to the $448 average daily cost of camp nationally (external link) and is similar to the $835 average weekly cost of Christian camps in Georgia (external link). For more information and context on our decision, please visit the “Selecting A Program” section of our FAQs page to read a note from our Executive Director. 

For decades, denominational support has allowed us to offer Glisson at fees lower than the actual camp cost. Now with the UMC unable to offer the same level of generous support that has been given for decades and recent/ongoing increases in the cost of everything necessary to run camp, our “tiered pricing” is a chance for all of us who love camp to step in and keep camp as financially accessible to everyone as possible. During registration, “Standard Fee” will be the default change. If you select a different tier, a fee adjustment (donation, discount, or campership) will be made in your account by our staff after completing registration. For Summer 2026, we’ve updated tier levels in response to increased fees. No matter which fee level you select, the summer camp experience your camper will receive while at camp will always be the same. For additional info, visit our FAQs page.