Camp Cool Springs
A chance for our church family to step away and enjoy God's good gifts
Welcome to Camp Cool Springs!
Camp Cool Springs is back at Deer Run for an amazing weekend of fellowship, campfires, and fun! Join us October 2–3 for an overnight, all-church retreat designed for every age and stage of our church family.
This year’s retreat will include shared meals, worship, campfires, family field games, a kids glow party, activities for littles, time outdoors, and plenty of space to connect as a church family. We’ll also have shorter devotional-style teaching times that are designed to serve families with young children while still offering meaningful encouragement and reflection for students and adults.
Whether you’re coming with kids, as an empty nester, with friends, or on your own, Camp Cool Springs is a chance to step away from the normal pace of life and enjoy God’s good gifts of creation, community, and time together.
LOCATION:
Deer Run Camp
3845 Perkins Rd.
Thompson's Station, TN, 37179
Dates & Details
Friday Night
DATE:
October 2, 2026
Camp Cool Springs 2026 will kick off on Friday, October 2! After arrivals and check in, we'll worship together as a church family before having dinner together. Then, we'll hold our second annual Camp Cool Springs Talent Show, where all ages are invited to participate! Afterward, we'll gather around the campfire to enjoy s'mores and time together. Youth are invited to stay up a little longer for a special hangout time just for them, before all are ready for bed with lights out at 10 p.m.
Saturday
DATE:
October 3, 2026
The fun will continue the next day, Saturday, October 3! We'll have breakfast before a time of worship and teaching, and then all will have free time to enjoy all Deer Run has to offer. We'll reconvene for our lunch and our second worship and teaching session of the day. Afterward, everyone will have time to pack up and enjoy a little more free time before we have dinner together, receive a final benediction, and then depart for home.
2025 Featured Speaker
Dr. Sean Michael Lucas
Dr. Sean Michael Lucas currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Independent Presbyterian Church located in Memphis, TN. He is also presently the Chancellor's Professor of Church History at Reformed Theology Seminary and previously was the Chief Academic Officer and Associate Professor of Church History at Covenant Theological Seminary. In addition to these roles, he is also the author of several books.
He and his wife Sara have four children and in his free time, you can probably find him on a run or cheering on his St. Louis Cardinals!