2025 Sukkot/Feast of Booths Campout

UPDATED June 23, 2025:
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Chameleon Church Registration now open through Sept 01, 2025 - Register Here

Reserve your KOA Camping / Lodging Reservations (also open through Sept 01) by calling 435-879-2212

Campout Dates and Times
Friday, Oct 10, 6:00PM - Sunday, Oct 12, 10:00PM MDT

Location
St. George / Hurricane KOA Journey
5800 North Old Highway 91
Hurricane, UT 84737
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Lodging

Make your camping reservations under "Chameleon Church Block" at 435-879-2212

- 2 Premium Family Lodges sleeps up to 6: $208.78/night + tax (2 queen beds in own rooms, sleeper sofa & full kitchen/full bath)
- 1 Deluxe Cabin sleeps up to 4: $161.10/night + tax (queen + bunk in same room + bath with shower)
- 8 RV Pull-throughs: $59.28 + tax
- 4 Tent Sites - 12x12 tent pad OR park offsite for larger tents: $42.58/night

All rates are based on 2 adults
- Additional adult add $6/night
- Additional ages 13-17 add $4/night
- Kids 12 and under are free

Check in Tent / RV: Friday, Oct 10, 1:00PM
Check in Cabins: Friday, Oct 10, 3:00PM
Check out: Monday, Oct 13, 11:00AM

Travel

Closest Airports
St George Regional Airport (SGU) - 30 minutes
Harry Reid Intl Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, Nevada - 2 hour drive

Schedule At A Glance (Tentative)

Friday, Oct 10:
4:00 pm: Group check in
6:00 pm: Shabbat Dinner
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Worship & Teaching

Saturday, Oct 11:
8:00 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast Prep & Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: Free Time
12:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Group Activities / Games
4:30 pm: Dinner Prep
6:00 pm: Dinner
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm: Fire / S'mores / Fellowship

Sunday, Oct 12:
8:00 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast Prep & Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:30 am - Group Hike (optional)
12:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Free Time
4:30 pm: Dinner Prep
6:00 pm: Dinner
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm: Worship & Fellowship

Monday, Oct 13:
Clean up & all guests should be checked out by 11:00 am

What to Expect: The Feast of Booths

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the LORD. On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. For seven days you shall present food offerings to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.
"These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the LORD food offerings, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day, besides the LORD's Sabbaths and besides your gifts and besides all your vow offerings and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to the LORD.
"On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. And you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. You shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."
Thus Moses declared to the people of Israel the appointed feasts of the LORD.
Leviticus 23:33-44

The Feast of Tabernacles - Sukkot (the plural of "sukkah") - signifies our wandering in the desert wilderness, His provision on our behalf and our dependence on His care all along the way (Deut. 29:5). This Feast, which is also known as "The Feast," reminds us that He had Israel "dwell in booths" after their deliverance from Egypt. These temporary dwelling places, these booths, are individually known as a "sukkah."

"Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you."
Deut. 16:16-17

Sukkot is the last of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals.
Sukkot carries the dual historical / spiritual and agricultural significance we've seen in the other Pilgrimage Festivals. Sukkot commemorates forty years of wandering in the desert wilderness while living in temporary dwellings. Agriculturally, Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the end of the year harvest known as Chag ha-Asif: "of the harvest" - the Festival of Ingathering.

"You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor."
Exodus 23:16

For seven days, we are to celebrate.
You can:
i. Celebrate by listening to, singing along with, and/or playing festive music
ii. Celebrate by talking and reasoning about the meaning of Sukkot and the journey that led us here
iii. Celebrate by praying / worshiping together
iv. Celebrate by reading the account of Messiah's birth (Mt. 1:18-25; Lk. 1; 2:1-38; Jn. 1:1-18)
v. Celebrate by eating holiday foods, and
vi. Celebrate just by relaxing inside the sukkah with family and friends

In Scripture, food offerings were designated as burnt offerings to be administered in the temple by Levitical priests who served there. Since we do not belong to the Levitical tribe and do not hold the role of Levitical Priests, we believe it is appropriate to honor that distinction and refrain from receiving such offerings.