Senior High campers (9th - 12th graders) will enjoy solid biblical teaching and worship. This is a wonderful opportunity for campers to grow in their faith.

Campers are also able to develop relationships and team skills while enjoying lots of fun and adventure. Ridge Haven provides numerous activities so that every camper can have an unforgettable camp experience.

All of this will be experienced with our well-trained and highly screened summer staff whose goal is to be the "facilitators of fun" to the campers while living out the truths of the gospel.

Activities at our Brevard campus can be found here, and activities for our Cono campus can be found here.

Senior High Campers can also attend our Great Adventure Week or Service Camp!

2025 Brevard Senior High Camp Speakers

May 26 - 31: Reid Jones

Reid is a graduate of Troy University where he met his wife, Kelli. Before attending seminary at RTS Charlotte, Reid worked in marketing and graphic design. Since graduating from RTS in 2010, he has served as a pastor in Utah, Alabama, and South Carolina, most recently serving with RUF for 11 years. Reid and Kelli have two daughters, Lucy and Jordan. The Jones family loves living in Clemson, exploring all that the Upstate has to offer, and watching the latest streaming movie on Friday nights while eating pizza and ice cream.

June 2 - 7: Chad Watkins

Chad is from Douglasville, GA and graduated from Berry College with a degree in Music Education.  After finishing his studies at Berry he participated in a one-year internship with Campus Outreach in Thailand.  During the course of his internship Chad developed a love for the Thai people and desired to return to Thailand for further ministry.  He returned to the States to raise support in order to join Campus Outreach Thailand on a full-time basis.  It was at this time that he married Michelle, the Campus Outreach staff girl at Berry College.  They moved to Thailand together in 2005.  

In their second year of ministry in Thailand Chad began to sense a strong desire to preach and he recognized the need for formal theological training to increase his effectiveness in ministry.  The Watkins returned to the States and Chad enrolled in seminary at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) in Atlanta.  After three years of intense study the Watkins moved to Columbus, MS where Chad took his first call as an Assistant Pastor at Main Street Presbyterian.  Following four and a half years of fruitful ministry they moved to Asheville, NC to serve at Arden Presbyterian Church. He became the senior minister at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Fort Walton Beach, FL in June 2018.

June 23 - 28: Alec Cotton

Alec grew up in Connecticut and Florida before attending Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL, where he confirmed a call into ministry. He is married to Riley, his High School sweetheart, and they have two kids: Miles (born 2017) and Marlee (born 2020). He attended Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and served for 8 years as a student ministry director and assistant pastor at Christ Church Presbyterian in Jacksonville, FL. Having been around the awesome people of RUF for a while, and feeling a deep desire to minister to college students, the Cottons took the call to App State in 2023.

July 7 - 12: Jacob Virtue

Jacob is the Senior High youth pastor at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC.

July 28 - August 2: Dave Latham

Rev. Dave Latham was born in Charleston, SC but was raised in Greenwood, SC. He graduated from Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC with a business management degree in 2003 and later completed his M.Div. from RTS Charlotte in 2010. After seminary, he planted RUF at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA and was a campus minister from 2010-2015. After his time in Virginia, Dave moved back to Charlotte and served as the Director of Admissions at RTS Charlotte and also as an Assistant Pastor at Uptown Church. In April of 2019, Dave began serving as the Senior Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church and served until May of 2024. In June of 2024, Dave took a new role as the Chief Admissions and Communications Officer for Birmingham Theological Seminary but remained on staff at Grace as the Assistant Pastor of Music.

He met his wife, Rebecca, at Camp Greystone and they have been married since 2003. Rebecca graduated from Ole Miss with a degree in Geological Engineering and later earned her Masters Degree in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. They have 2 children- Stokes and Ellie-Grace who both love being outside and reading books. Dave enjoys playing golf, fly fishing, listening to bluegrass, and smoking BBQ to share with friends.

August 4 - 9: Travis Hutchinson

Travis currently lives in Providence, RI and is the RUF Campus Minister and Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. His first time at Ridge Haven was as a camper during the summer of 2001 for Family Camp. Since that time, he has spent three summers on staff at Ridge Haven—one as a counselor (2013) and two as a Camp Director (2014, 2019). He also currently serves on the board of Ridge Haven. When he’s not spending time with students on campus, he enjoys traveling, spending time with friends, and running/biking/swimming.

Want to see what camp at Ridge Haven is like?

For questions regarding Senior High Camp, call us at 828-862-3916.
Our office hours are 9:00 am - 5:30 pm (Monday - Friday).

“As a parent of 3 campers this year, I feel they each...came home stronger but also more hungry for the Word of God.”
— Senior High Parent