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Asian Camp

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The United Methodist Church Asian American Summer Camp, in its 50 year history of empowering and inspirational ministry, has developed a reputation amongst its participants as a family-like community, yielding lifelong relationships and faithful servants of God.

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Our Mission Statement

Asian American Summer Camp (AC) is a Christian youth camp sponsored by the National Japanese American United Methodist Caucus (NJAUMC) for all youth entering 7th grade to freshman in college in the Fall of 2026. In its 51 year history of empowering and inspirational ministry, Asian Camp has developed a reputation amongst it’s participants as a family-like community, yielding lifelong relationships and faithful servants of God.

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The mission of “Asian Camp” is to reach out to youth and young adults in our Asian American churches and communities, in effort to lead them toward a closer relationship with Christ. Through worship, fellowship, prayer, growth groups, community builders, and other outdoor activities, Asian Camp encourages campers, as well as staff, to explore their faiths, reflect on their personal identities, and use their spiritual gifts for God’s glory. With special focus on equipping for the future, Asian Camp seeks to instill pride in each camper’s spiritual, cultural, and ethnic identity.

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A hallmark of Asian Camp that sets it apart from other Christian summer camps is a tradition of creating its own programming, with inclusion of activities that focus on our Asian heritages and social justice issues relevant to today’s youth. With every aspect of programming, Asian Camp aims to foster an atmosphere of love and acceptance, where youth feel secure in their personal identities, but are still challenged to be all that God has created them to be. Within this context, our intent is to create life-affirming experiences that will root Asian Camp participants in understanding of their relationships with God and their identity.

Future of Camp

We have been blessed to have experienced the sacred, accepting, heartfelt, and spirit-
filled space, we call Asian Camp. Whether it was for one summer or decades of our lives,
we hope you have been impacted in ways that inspired personal and spiritual growth, and friendships that will last a lifetime.

Last summer, Asian Camp 2025 altered its structure and format to merge the Jr. High Camp in the Asian Camp program to a one camp model. Asian Camp 2026 will once again feature these merged age groups to create one cohesive and unifying camp. We made this transition with much gratitude for the vision of our founders for the need of an ethnic faith-based camp, rooted in social justice and identity, to journey forward with excitement and hope to where God will continue to lead this ministry into the future. Something new and wonderful was born, and and trust and believe in what this year holds as well. Through change, the fellowship and friendships made can continue with the same spirit of God, working, blessing, and growing our community in faith and love, forever.

Meet The Directors
2027

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Greg Mizukami

Greg is a returning director for Asian Camp. Despite only being able to attend one Asian Camp as a camper, he has spent eleven years at camp as a counselor starting in 2012. As a member of Faith United Methodist Church, Greg works with the middle school and high school youth as a youth advisor. 
Throughout the years, Greg has worked with many different individuals and personalities, collaborating with different teams and leadership styles to bring a meaningful experience to the youth both at camp and at his home church. He is excited continue using his experience and skills to help nurture the next generation of leaders along with contributing to the camp experience that has been a spiritual cornerstone to many youth.

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Alex Nii

Alex was born and raised in Fresno, California. He was blessed to attend the United Japanese Christian Church, where he was first introduced to the JHC and AC community. Alex has fond memories of every year of camp, dating back to his first JHC experience in 2014. He attended JHC and AC each year as a camper, and later a counselor, until 2023. He felt extremely blessed to come back as a director in 2026, and is grateful to serve once again in 2027. He looks forward to helping foster the spiritual growth for campers in the community that gave and continues to give so much to his life. He is deeply grateful for the Asian Camp community, and how it has the ability to create a fun and safe space for campers, counselors, and staff to learn more about their loving God.

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