
Junior High Camp

Junior High Camp is a camp geared towards incoming 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. We strive for our youth to leave with a sense of relationship to Christ through tangible and practical life applications. In addition, we encourage their growth towards outreach through their local churches and leadership in their own communities.


Lauren Takaichi
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Lauren grew up attending Wesley UMC in San Jose. She is currently a student at UC Santa Cruz where she is pursuing a double major in biochemistry and psychology. Lauren has attended JHC as a camper, counselor, and now director. For Lauren, JHC was the spark that showed her the restorative power of church, faith, and family. As the newest member of the directing team, Lauren hopes to extend that same feeling of love, welcomeness, and acceptance that brought her to JHC to all who serve and attend this camp.
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Contact: laurent.jhc@gmail.com

Kirk Inouye
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Kirk Inouye has helped with youth ministries at a handful of our NJAUMC camp churches. He is currently living in LA and will often still be found in Northern California working for the Golden State Warriors at the Chase Center in San Francisco. In their free time they can either be found playing video games or at Disneyland. Camp has always been important to them since their very first year and they enjoy coming back year after year to continue giving back to the camp communities.
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Contact: kirk.inouye@gmail.com