Dear Friends, greetings in the name of Jesus our Lord. 

It has been a fabulous year! So many wonderful friends – both old and new. We have some great opportunities coming up in 2020. We have scheduled some special events commemorating the 40th anniversary of Mount St. Helens, as well as introducing new adventures and resurrecting some old favorites.

Please take a look at the new trip line-up below. Mark your calendars and plan to join us. For trip descriptions, you may click the photographs of individual trips or visit our website for more information:

CreationEncounter.com/tours

Although some trips scheduled from February to April are open for registration immediately, later tours and multi-day excursions will remain closed for registration until we have completed the final arrangements. The final registration forms, costs, and full trip details will be available on our website by the end of January, 2020.

Wishing you a restful and blessed holiday season. We are looking forward to seeing you in 2020!

The Creation Encounter Leadership Team

Amazing and encouraging comments from 2019

Comments like these reflect why we do these trips. (These are actual answers copied from the journals of students on the last day of their Creation Encounter Retreat):

“My faith has been completely changed.  I have learned new things about our Lord I never knew before.”

“By seeing His Creation, it helped me understand just how creative He is!”

“. . . to see evidence for the Flood and compare that to evolution really highlighted the Bible as truth.”

“. . . This trip has been extremely beneficial.  It’s one thing to read about this sort of thing in text books, but when we get the opportunity to see it, in real life, it really legitimizes it.”

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NEW! Bird watching at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

February 29

NEW! West Gorge

March 14

Custom Homeschool Group to New West Gorge

March 28

Mysteries of the Columbia River Gorge #1

April 4

NEW! Rising from the Ashes: Biological Recovery along the Angels Rest Hike

April 10

Rowena Plateau Flora and Fauna

April 22

Deschutes Wildlife Hike

May 2

John Day Fossil Beds with Redmond's Central Christian Schools

May 13 to 15 

Mount St. Helens 40th anniversary at the Mount St. Helens Creation Center

May 16

Forest Ecology along the Clackamas River #1

May 19

Forest Ecology along the Clackamas River #2

May 23

Custom Day Tour for Vineyard Christian Fellowship to Mysteries of the Gorge

May 30

Mysteries of the Columbia River Gorge #2

June 6

See us at the OCEANetwork Conference!

June 19 and 20

NEW! John Day Fossil Hunting Family Camp

June 26 to 28

Harmony Trail to Spirit Lake

July 8

Repeat: Mount St. Helens Family Camping Trip

July 10 to 12

Malheur/Steens Mountain Family Trip

August 6 to 9

John Day Fossil Beds Retreat with Horizon Middle School

September 9 to 11

Mysteries of the Columbia River Gorge #3

September 26

NEW! Exploring the Lake Missoula Flood in the Columbia River Gorge

October 3

Cascade Conifers Lab and Field Trip

October 16 and 19

Custom Day Tour to West Gorge or Mysteries of the Columbia River Gorge

October 24

Newberry Crater, Oregon

Where will your next adventure take you?

We recently launched a series of email campaigns looking for suggestions as Creation Encounter looks towards new tours and directions. Thank you for your replies! In response to your comments over the past few years, we are excited to introduce several new tours!

If you were unable to respond to our request previously but desire to inform us of your thoughts, we would love to hear from you now! Complete our contact form or email your ideas to John Hergenrather:

john@creationencounter.com

With such a rich history and vibrant array of biological and geological wonders here in the Pacific Northwest, there is no end of possibilities to encounter your Creator through His wonderful works (Psalm 111:4)! We look forward to hearing from you!

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