Crafting a realistic story of life change Te movie follows a teenager, Will (Quinn), who has been in trouble with the law and in and out of foster homes too many times. His latest crime will lead him to a juvenile detention center, unless he agrees to join a foster family and attend a summer camp where the mom (Shepherd) works. He reluctantly agrees to attend the camp, where he soon meets fellow camper Avery (Madison), who is the daughter of the camp director (Koechner). Tere, Will discovers not only that Christians aren’t perfect people, but also that he’s not the only one who feels alone and broken. Trough a week away at camp with fun, games,
campfires, several energized musical numbers and the friendships he forms, Will comes to understand that he is accepted, and that God loves and forgives him no matter what.
Taking life change beyond the screen Te vision is for this movie to provide a fun, clean experience for kids who love camp to share the experience with a friend. Many movies made by Christians feel more like vitamins to kids — some- thing they are forced to take and that’s good for them. Te team wanted to create something that is truly entertaining and gets a conversation started, so they see the film as more of a pre-evangelism tool. Tey don’t assume that they can do in 90 minutes what God will do in a week with a kid at camp. In the partnership between the movie and CCCA,
the film will be highlighted as part of Te Power of Camp campaign that shares stories and benefits of Christian camping with national media outlets and ministries. Te goal is to use the platform of the movie to highlight the life change that can occur at Christian camps and conference centers, ultimately leading audiences to seek out a Christian camping opportu- nity for their children and teens. The movie will point viewers to
www.ThePower
OfCamp.com, where they can find a camp for their child and also encourage them to consider giving to a scholarship fund to send a kid like Will to camp.
You can learn more at
www.AWeekAway.com, or by following @AWeekAwayMovie on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.
As the first-ever Christian musical film, it was important to producers Gabe Vasquez and Alan Powell to create a movie that was at least the same caliber as a Disney musical, if not better.
Jen Howver was once a camp kid who later spent two summers working at a camp in Michigan, where she met and later married her husband, Jay. Fast forward more than 25 years and now Jen works as a marketing consultant and editor of InSite magazine. She and Jay live in Monument, Colorado, with their daughters, Noelle and Chloe, and way too many pets.
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