BreakThru 2021 - Middle School

FAST FACTS

Who: 6th – 8th Grade Students

Where: Timber Creek Camp

Pulaski, MS

When: January 15 – 18, 2020

Registration Date: For grades 6-8, November 1st at 2pm CST

How will I register: Online only – link will be published on the Christ United website on October 29th.

Cost: $265

Note: This year Breakthru will function at 75% capacity. What this means for Christ United is we normally take 205 students and this year we are only able to take 142 student spots divided equally over grades 6-12.

DETAILED INFORMATION:

Medical Releases for each individual are required by the date of registration to be considered registered. If you have any questions about whether or not you have turned in this form for the 2020 - 2021 school year, please email youth@christunitedjxn.org, and we will be happy to check on this for you. Please remember, this form must be updated each year. For example, if you went to BreakThru last year with us, that form is NOT valid. If you have filled out a form since August 2020, that form IS valid.

You can access the Medical Release Form here: https://www.christunitedjxn.org/ministries/nextgen/youth/

Who can I register? You may only register your own child/immediate family (or yourself) for this event. For example, you may register your child, step-child, or grandchild (or yourself). You may NOT register your friend or cousin.

You must only register high schoolers (9-12th graders) in the high school registration and middle schoolers (6-8th graders) in the middle school registration to be considered registered. If you register your child with the incorrect age group, the registration is not valid.

Wait List: If registration fills up before you can register, you may email youth@christunitedjxn.org to be put on the wait list. Please include student name, grade, and school in the email. Texts, phone calls, or emails to any other person/email address will not be accepted for the wait list.

Refund/Cancellation Policy: We understand that life happens, and things change. If you need to cancel your spot, please contact us at youth@christunitedjxn.org. If you cancel by December 2, you will receive a refund of $265.00. If you cancel after December 2, we can only give you a full refund if someone can fill your spot. Refunds will not be issued until after the retreat.

Due to COVID-19, BreakThru has put safety measures in place to keep all attendees safe while at camp! Below are the changes worth noting for safety measures.

BEFORE COMING TO CAMP:

Prior to entering Christ United for check-in, all students’ temperatures will be checked. If the student has a temperature of 100.4 or greater, they will not be allowed to attend BreakThru.

We will also require a parent/guardian to sign a waiver for their student verifying that they have not been exposed to COVID and do not have COVID symptoms. This waiver can be found on our website – https://www.christunitedjxn.org/ministries/nextgen/youth/

TRAVEL TO/FROM BREAKTHRU:

There are two options:

Students can ride charter buses as we have done in the past

Note: Masks must be worn the entire time

Parents can transport to and from camp

Note: If you choose this option you must transport to camp on Friday and from

camp on Monday (You provide roundtrip transportation for your student).

MASK REQUIREMENTS AT BREAKTHRU:

Students will be required to wear masks

in the dining hall unless they are seated at their tables eating

waiting in line to enter the chapel for worship or bible study sessions

inside buildings during all sessions (this includes worship)

DINING PROTOCOLS:

The dining hall will remain at 50% capacity and the tables will be spread apart.

Cabins will eat together at the same table.

TC Staff will be masked and gloved to hand trays, drinks, silverware, and serve food.

TC will have 6’ markers on the ground and students will be encouraged to stand on the markers.

Cabins will rotate through the Dining hall on a schedule.

Masks are required during serving line and until seated to eat.

Small Groups will line up in order on the porch and enter the dining hall by group. Students will HAVE to be with their small group, lined up, outside the dining hall at the appointed hour to be served at meal-times.

Hand Sanitizer will be available at all entrances of the dining hall.

All tables and chairs cleaned and disinfected after each use

SLEEPING PROTOCOLS:

Cabin capacity will be reduced.

Small groups will stay together.

Bunk sleeping is head to toe and toe to head.

Antibacterial soap will be provided in every bathroom.

Christ United will also provide hand sanitizer for groups.

WORSHIP/SESSIONS/LATE NIGHT PROTOCOLS:

Masks will be required while in line and during worship sessions.

Seating will be assigned based off small group.

All chairs will be sanitized after each use.

Hand Sanitizer will be available at every entrance.

RECREATION PROTOCOLS:

Students will gather in the open-air pavilion with their small group.

Games will be played within small groups.

FREE TIME PROTOCOLS:

Dining hall will be open at 50% capacity.

Common bathrooms in the dining hall will be closed.

Outside activity area numbers will be limited according to the state regulations at the time of camp.

Masks must be worn inside indoor common areas.

CLEANING PROTOCOLS:

TC Staff will wipe down and disinfect common surfaces throughout the day.

Rec equipment will be cleaned throughout the day.

SUSPECTED COVID SYMPTOMS WHILE AT CAMP:

If small group leader or student notices symptoms, they must be immediately reported to J, Katherine, or Lauren

The person will then be isolated at a quarantine room set apart at Timber Creek.

The small group connected to the person will be temporarily quarantined in their cabin.

The student or leader will see the Doctor/RN on site.

If the Doctor/RN suspects COVID, the person will be sent to Brandon for Rapid Testing.

If the test is positive, the person and their small group will stay in quarantine until taken home.