Camp Watermelon

Registration and Scholarship Information

Registration for Camp Watermelon will take place on Thursday, January 30 at 6:30 a.m. Camp Watermelon fills quite quickly.  If you do not get a spot right away, please be patient. Every year when we pull the report of initial campers, we see holes in age groups/gender groups that we can fill with people who are initially waitlisted. Because of the nature of this particular camp experience, please only sign up for one week per camper.  

The camp fee is $315. Please be prepared with credit card info when registering.   

Scholarship Information

We do not want the cost of camp to prevent children from coming. If your circumstances are such that your camper needs a scholarship, please click on this link to share your request with us by January 10. The Recreation Committee at First Presbyterian Church Nashville will make decisions on requests by January 17, and you will be notified about scholarships by January 24. We would love to help make camp available for everyone who may want the chance to participate.   

Thank you all for making Camp Watermelon such a bright spot in our year.  We pray it is a time set apart to honor God and that He grows beautiful things from it! 

But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard. —Galatians 5:22 (MSG)

What is Camp Watermelon?

Camp Watermelon seeks to teach kids about Jesus and loving others while having fun in a community of new friends. We make crafts, play games, practice encouraging and serving each other, and learn Scripture in tangible, applicable ways that encourage team building. Campers will have time in the day for free-choice activities as well as rotate through several activity stations on campus. Campers are placed in groups of 10–12 children led by 3–4 wonderful teenage counselors who have growing relationships with the Lord. 

We host Camp Watermelon not only so that kids will taste the goodness of the Gospel, but also so that youth have a place to practice leadership and service to younger kids. Camp counselors are youth that we have pre-existing relationships with from church, school, or friendship within the community.  Many of them have been part of Camp Watermelon since it started and all of them are people that we trust in the presence of our own young children.  In fact, we hope our children are watching these youth closely because they have a beautiful impact on our kids (and on us!).  They are young men and women who are passionate, fun, playful, kind, and wise. They stir our expectation and excitement about what is possible when we gather our hearts and energy around a God-honoring mission. Serving alongside them is a blessing, and we trust your kids will be blessed by them too!

Save the date for 2025! Camp sessions run Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Middle School Girls
Session 1: June 9-12, 2025

Rising Kindergarten–4th Grade
Session 2: June 16-19, 2025
Session 3: June 23-26, 2025

Find packing list, dropoff instructions, and other helpful information on our Camper Information page.