The mission of the Diocese of Los Angeles St. Nicholas Camping Program is to lead young people to an encounter with Jesus Christ through fostering a true experience of Orthodox Christian community. 

This community will be characterized by:

• Openness and self-giving love
• Each camper’s joy, pain, suffering, and questions, are not only welcomed but shared in by staff, counselors, and other campers.
• An environment where brokenness is not feared and each individual’s wholeness is recognized.
• A staff that ensures that each fellow staff member and camper is seen and loved as they are.
• Aiming to be one inclusive community, staff and campers.

To realize this mission, we will:

• Die to ourselves daily for the sake of the community
• Be willing to repent and forgive
• Aim to be true images of Christ and see each person as an image of Christ
• Live out Orthodox Christian life and teach the Word of God
• Experience God’s creation and our role in caring for it.
• Embrace every person’s role as an integral part of the community.
• Desire to serve every person’s individual needs.
• Prepare to respond with composure and love to any foreseeable or unexpected occurrence that may arise.
• Offer a program in which every aspect is designed as one part of a cohesive experience of Orthodox Christian community.
• Put forth that the purpose of camp's Christian community is retreat for the sake of preparation for everyday Christian life, a life that is not OF the world, but remains IN and FOR the world.