LIFE Camp Finland

A Week of Art, Action, and Life with Jesus

Life

21-27 July 2025
in Ryttylä, Finland

Engage in transformative workshops led by Christian professionals, featuring arts, action, Bible teaching, captivating shows, and fun with new friends, all while encountering the Awesome God!

Choose your workshop, register, and join in!

Registration starts on February 1st at 8am Finnish time!

Learn about your gift and their Giver

More than 20 hours of instruction in your favorite art or action! Workshop by top Christian professionals from around the world.

Choose your favorite subject and check it out!

Music

Find Your Voice (in English), Alexa James

Discover your unique sound, connect with your artistry, and sing with confidence! This workshop will help you unlock your authentic voice as a singer and performer while having fun at the same time.

Teacher: Alexa James (USA) has toured the world with her music and has taught at Life for decades.

BIG Band, Ossi Mäki-Reini & Mikko Nikula

In a BIG band, we can achieve an almost symphonic vibe when violins, wind instruments, and harmonized vocals join the usual band instruments. Come join us, whether you’re a band player, singer, lone guitar strummer, or a music school graduate!

Teachers: Ossi Mäki-Reini and Mikko Nikula are both veterans of Finnish gospel music as well as music educators.

Folk, Henna-Maria Harju

Join the acoustic band! Let’s jam together, play some tremendous Christian contemporary music, learn arranging, sing harmoniously, and play different instruments.

Teacher: Henna-Maria Harju is an active and versatile musician. She knows her fiddle, for sure!

Music Production, Tuomas Auvinen

In this workshop, we’ll dive into the modern music production process and learn how to turn the ideas in your head into finished recordings. Bring your own laptop and headphones if you have them.

Teacher: Tuomas Auvinen is a Doctor of Philosophy who has specialized in music production. Come learn production from a producer with a PhD!

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Action

Sports, Olli Toivonen & Oskari Pakarinen

Join us for a whole week of fun, sweat, and sports! The workshop includes beach volleyball, football, basketball, and ultimate.

Teachers: Olli Toivonen has been the teacher for the sports workshop in Life since 2010. Encouragement and enthusiasm are guaranteed! Oskari Pakarinen has been playing ball games and sports since he learned to walk, especially ice hockey and beach volleyball.

Horseback Riding, Ulla Kujanpää

The sympathetic and kind Icelandic horses and the friendly but demanding teacher guarantee that this will be the best week of your summer.

Teacher: Ulla Kujanpää is an experienced riding teacher and horse entrepreneur passionate about proper riding techniques.

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Sakari Räsänen

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is a tactic self-combat sport without strikes or kicks where you win your opponent with tactics and strategy. Join in, whether you are a beginner or a savvy!

Teacher: Sakari Räsänen has 16 years of experience, is a black belt, and is the winner of the Finnish championship of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Sports – the Next Level, Mirka Suutari

Are you interested in sports as a career? Or do you want your training to be more goal-oriented and systematic? In this workshop, we will play and train together and dig deeper into how to develop your physicality and plan exercises. More important than your starting level is your desire for improvement.

Teacher: Mirka Suutari is world champion in cross-country skiing.

Dance

At the LIFE Camp dance workshops, you’ll get to train and improve yourself in an encouraging atmosphere, guided by three inspiring teachers. During the camp, we’ll delve into techniques of contemporary dance, lyrical jazz, show dance, and ballet. In addition to dance techniques, we’ll practice how to use the body in a holistic way and improve our expression. Each workshop will prepare a performance for the camp’s final show.

Come learn more about the wonderful gift of dance and the giver of these gifts. It might just be the best week of your summer!

Beginner Dance, Linnea Haataja

The beginner dance workshop is suitable for those who are new to dance or have only danced a little.

Teacher: Linnea Haataja is a dance teacher and dancer who graduated from Savonia University of Applied Sciences. Linnea is passionate about the many styles of jazz and contemporary dance. In dance, she is especially fascinated by the diverse and nuanced movement expression. Linnea has experience in teaching and performing in various contemporary dance works, musicals, and more.

Intermediate Dance, Sofia Tanner

The intermediate dance workshop is for those who know the basics and have been dancing for at least a few years.

Teacher: Sofia Tanner is a dancer and dance teacher (B.A.) from Kuopio. She has expertise in various dance styles, from ballet to dance acrobatics, jazz, show dance, contemporary dance, worship dance, and street dance styles. Additionally, she has studied supplementary training for dancers.

Advanced Dance, Julianna Pakarinen

The advanced dance workshop is intended for active dancers who have been dancing for several years.

Teacher: Julianna Pakarinen graduated as a dancer from the Finnish National Opera Ballet School in spring 2017. In addition to traditional classical ballet training, she has a long and diverse background in show, contemporary, and jazz dance. Julianna has performed in productions by the National Ballet, Tero Saarinen Company, and Xaris Finland. She currently works as a dance school entrepreneur. As a teacher, Julianna aims for dancers to find their self-confidence and individual expressiveness in an encouraging atmosphere, without forgetting the importance of technical skills.

Christian Growth

Following the Master’s Footsteps, Petteri Puntila

We are children of light in a dark and challenging world. In this workshop, we will delve into the word of the Bible and the guidance it provides for growing as followers of Christ.

Teacher: Petteri Puntila is a 28-year-old theology student and not a creature living and growing in the dark – hopefully, neither are you!

Fine Arts

Visual Arts, Taru Ojala

In the visual arts workshop, we’ll work with various techniques and styles. Let your imagination run wild with diverse materials and develop your skills even further!

Teacher: Taru Ojala is a photographer currently pursuing a master’s degree in art education.

Woodwork, Elias Lammi

Wood is a beautiful and versatile material that humanity has always used for various needs – like Noah building his ark! In this workshop, you’ll learn new skills or deepen your existing ones, such as making birdhouses, stools, animal figures, butter knives, wall clocks, and pyrography. You’ll get to take your own creation home with you.

Teacher: Elias Lammi is a craft teacher whose passion is creating practical and beautiful objects from wood.

Media

Epic Storytelling (in English), Rory Partin

How do you create a world of fiction where the reader can hardly wait for the adventurous events to unfold? How do we tell the best stories? In this workshop, you will create your world with your pen.

Teacher: Rory Partin has a long career in Hollywood with actors, directors and creative writers.

Light and Sound, Onni Lappalainen

In this workshop, we’ll explore the secrets of event technology, from microphones and speakers to moving lights and the jungle of cables. A large part of the workshop is practical training in the camp’s programs. Both beginners and advanced are welcome!

Teacher: Onni Lappalainen is a media assistant specialized in sound. He has been running his own music studio and mixing gigs full-time for years.

Photography, Johanna Lampinen & Ville Laine

In the photography workshop, we’ll practice using the camera, shooting in natural light, and directing subjects. The workshop is suitable for both those who have been interested in photography for a long time and those who are just getting into it. Bring your own camera or phone.

Teachers: Johanna Lampinen is a photographer, model, and elementary school teacher student. Ville Laine has worked as a photo and video photographer for over ten years. Both are passionate about missionary work and telling stories of hope through photos and videos.

Theater

Musical Theater (in English), Nathaniel & Hilary Magnuson

In this Musical Theatre workshop you will explore how to use your whole self to tell stories through acting, singing, and dancing.

This workshop is first and foremost an acting workshop. You will sing, and you will dance, but our primary focus will be on training you to become better actors, and help you to explore singing and dancing in a way that doesn’t focus on sounding and looking beautiful alone, but on telling the story the best way it can be told. Come ready to move, to make noise, and most of all, to have fun!

Students in this workshop will be required to come prepared with at least one minute of one of their favorite songs from a musical memorized and ready to be sung and workshopped in front of the class.

Teachers: Nathaniel and Hilary Magnuson are American actors who will join the Finnish LIFE Camp for the third time.

Improvisation and Comedy, Rosa Nyman

In this workshop, we will plunge into improvisation theater and learn some of the secrets of comedy on stage in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Get your laughter vibes in tune and jump in!

Teacher: Rosa Nyman is a theater professional with great versatility. You name it; she can sing, wing, dance, be funny, or get serious.

Info

Where Is It?

LIFE Camp is at the Finnish Lutheran Mission Bible College (FLM College) in Ryttylä, Finland. Ryttylä is a small village near the city of Riihimäki and one hour north from Helsinki Airport. You can get from the airport to Ryttylä easily by train.

More info about FLM

When Is It?

From Monday to Sunday 21–27 July 2025.

Camp starts 21 July at 4.30pm (GMT+3) with check-in and dinner. The first programme starts at 6pm. Camp ends 27 July at 2.30pm.

If you would like to arrive a day earlier or leave a day later (due to flights), don’t hesitate to contact us!

Who Is It For?

LIFE is for 15-25 year old people. You can be experienced in your workshop or just a beginner; the most important thing is enthusiasm for it!

What Does It Cost?

The price includes tuition, program, food, accommodation, and insurance. In addition to that, you should bring some pocket money for the café and goodies.

Accommodation indoors 249€

Extra Fees

Horseback riding workshop +100€
Sports workshops transportation +30€
Fine arts workshops materials +20€

Group Discount
International groups can ask discount prices from toni.kokkonen@sekl.fi.

What Language Is Spoken There?

Main events and services at the Camp are translated to English from Finnish. Workshops are 100% English or translated to non-Finnish speakers.

Who Organizes This?

Our three Finnish organizers are: Finnish Lutheran Mission, The Finnish Bible Institute and The Lutheran Evangelical Association of Finland. In addition, the camp is organized by Creative Arts Europe.

Our Finnish organizations are confessional Lutherans. However, we welcome Christians from all denominations!

Where Can I Sign Up?

Registration will start on February 1st at 8am Finnish time!

Are There Contacts for Additional Information?

Toni Kokkonen

Regional Coordinator for Junior and Youth Ministries, FLM

toni.kokkonen@sekl.fi

LIFE Office

Answers to the possible and impossible questions regarding LIFE

life@sekl.fi