Northern Pines

A Vacation with a Purpose

The premier Christ-centered family vacation in the upper Midwest, featuring powerful worship, Biblical teaching, and a chance for families to relax, play, and grow together. Northern Pines provides quality programming for every member of the family as well as free nightly child care to create space for parents to fully engage.

First Time?

Learn about the conference and discounts for first-time as well as returning families

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Become a CCA

Our Child Care Assistants help with the Children’s Program in the morning, receive discounted quality Christ-centered programming, and provide quality, FREE childcare until 11 pm each night.

Become a CCA

2025 Conference Info

We are so excited about our 2025 conference and look forward to another summer of quality adult speakers and musicians, and top notch youth programming. Both weeks are filling up quickly; register soon to reserve your spot!

The Power of CCAs

You can be a huge part of helping Northern Pines be the amazing place it is: Invite more CCAs!

The unique model of Northern Pines works because of our Child Care Assistants Program (CCA). Adults have time in the mornings and evenings with other adults because vetted teenagers and their support staff are taking care of the children.

For every new CCA that you recruit, who applies and is accepted, you will receive a $100 credit to use on your account or gift to someone else's account, or a $40 credit for the Northern Pines bookstore. Limitations apply.

Please prayerfully consider the teenagers in your community and invite them to serve at Northern Pines as a CCA. Email Courtney Pierce with any questions.

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New CCA Application

Download CCA Poster

Be Part of a Worship Team!

We are now putting together our Northern Pines Worship Teams for 2025 week 1. Austin Renfroe will be providing leadership for our teams this year. If you are interested in being a part of the team, please email worship@npines.org with the following information:

Name
Email
Cell Number
Week Attending
Worship Skill Set (vocals, instruments, etc)
Link to Video (Youtube, Vimeo, etc) of you performing with this skill set in a worship team or other setting

We will follow up with everyone who contacts us as we put the teams together for both weeks. We have a limited number of spots available.

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A Vacation with a Purpose

Northern Pines is the premier non-denominational Christ-centered family conference in the Midwest. Started in 1974 to provide a life-changing vacation experience for families, we have helped thousands of conferees see the difference Jesus can make in their lives and their homes.

Over 1000 people come together each summer to learn from inspiring speakers and musicians and to enjoy the dynamic and caring children, youth, and young adult programs that are offered. They truly do experience “A Vacation with a Purpose!”.

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