Foremarke 3: the Venture Camp
The first thing to know about how Foremarke 3 works (apart from that it’s great fun!) is that you'll be given a ‘dorm’ when you arrive. This is a group of 4–6 teenagers who are roughly your age (and exactly the same sex!), who you’ll spend time with in the morning Bible sessions and evening chatbacks, and in dorm challenges and evening entz (see below).
This means that straight away you've got a ready-made friendship group—and if you come along with a mate around the same age as you, you’ll probably find they’re in the same dorm as you anyway.
Each dorm has two or three leaders. These are young(ish!) adults who will get to know you, have a laugh with you, tell you to go to bed from time to time, and help you think for yourself about who Jesus is and how to follow him. All the leaders are fully CRB checked.
Here's how a normal day on venture works:
| 7.45am | Get up |
| 8.15am | Breakfast (cereal, toast, fruit, often fried stuff) |
| 9.00am | Small group Bible session |
| 9.30am | Morning game |
| 10.15am | Focus meeting (couple of songs, prayers, games, Bible talk) |
| 11.00am | Morning Activities (onsite, a whole heap of options each day) |
| 12.00pm | Issues@12 (a half-hour discussion and question-and-answer session looking at what the Bible says about a particular topic) |
| 12.30pm | Lunch |
| 1.30pm | Afternoon Activities (a mixture of onsite and offsite, crazy and chilled) |
| 4.30pm | Chillout time |
| 6.00pm | Dinner |
| 7.00pm | Evening game |
| 8.30pm | Focus meeting (couple of songs, prayers, games, Bible talk) |
| 9.20pm | Evening Entz (difficult to describe…basically loads of craziness and fun) |
| 10.10pm | Chatback (chance to talk with your dorm about your day, ask any questions, etc) |
| 11.00pm | Lights out |
