Indian Winter is a weekend event geared towards AIA, leadership development, and fellowship. With a wide variety of trainings, there are many different activities and classes to participate in. It is being held at Camp Horne in Cottondale, AL, February 21-23rd, 2025.
Indian Winter
Late Fee Starts December 15-
Amazing Fellowship
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AIA - Trainings and Powwow
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High Energy Shows
This year we will have Individual Check-in from 5-11 PM CT at the Camp Office!
*At the request of our service lodge please plan to arrive no earlier than 5 PM. If you arrive after 11 PM, there will be campsite assignments posted. Although, you will need to check-in on Saturday morning at the Camp Office. We strongly encourage you to arrive between this 5-11 PM CT time frame.
You will be able to drive your vehicle to your campsite to drop off gear. Cars may not stay at the campsite and must be returned to the parking lot.
While there may be a few open adirondacks, please plan to bring your own tent.
Don’t forget to bring your health forms: Parts A&B!
Patches will be distributed at check-in.
Friday
5:00-11:00 PM – Check-In – Camp Office
8:00pm – Opening Festival/Expo – Parade Field
9:00pm – Cracker Barrel – Dining Hall
11:00pm – Lights Out
Saturday
7:30-8:30 am – Breakfast – Dining Hall
7:30-9:00 am – Registration – Camp Office
8:45-9:30 am – Session 1 – See Training Matrix
9:45-10:30 am – Session 2 – See Training Matrix
10:45-11:30 am – Session 3 – See Training Matrix
11:45am-1:15 pm – Council of Chiefs – Old Dining Hall
12:00-1:15 pm – Lunch
1:30-3:00 pm – Afternoon Activities/Fellowship – Parade Field
3:30-5:30 pm – Pow-Wow – Dining Hall Field
6:00-7:00 pm – Dinner – Dinning Hall
7:30 pm – Pre-Closing Show- Amphitheater
8:00 – Show – Amphitheater
9:00 pm – Cracker Barrel- Dinning Hall
11:00 pm – Lights Out
Sunday
7:30-8:30 am – Breakfast – Dinning Hall
8:30-9:15 am – Scout’s Own – Chapel
Departure immediately following
Friday:
Cracker Barrel – Chips, cookies, fruit, beverages, other snacks
Saturday:
Breakfast – Biscuit, Eggs, Bacon, Grits, Gravy Fruit, Oatmeal, Cereal, Coffee, Juice, Milk
Lunch – Hot Dogs, Chili for HD, Beans, Chips, Salad Bar, Potato Salad, Cookies, Bug Juice, Tea
Dinner – Beef Tips and Rice, Green Beans, Corn, Rolls, Salad Bar, Cobbler, Bug Juice, Tea
Cracker barrel – Chips, Cookies, Fruit, Beverages, other snacks
Sunday:
Breakfast – Pancake on a Stick, Syrup, Biscuits, Sausage, Cereal, Milk, Juice, Coffee
Find all our trainings here!
Alibamu: Hopi
Aracoma: Old Dining Hall
Chattahoochee: Hopi
Coosa: Tuscarora
Echeconnee: Dan Beard
Egwa / N.C. Guest: Chickasaw
I-Tsu-La: Apache
Ini-To: Apache
Mowogo: Cherokee
Waguli: Dan Beard
Withlacoochee: Dan Beard
Opening Prayer
Mighty God, thank you for the opportunity to be here in the midst of the beauty and majesty of
your creation. Give us the strength to endure the challenges of this day, the wisdom to enjoy
each moment, and the courage to push ourselves further than we ever have before. Bless each
Scout and each leader and help us each to grow into the people you call us to be.
-Amen.
Responsive Reading
Leader: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Scouts: The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Leader: When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which
you have set in place,
Scouts: what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
Leader: Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the
starry host one by one, and calls them each by name.
Scouts: Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
Leader: The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day
after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.
Scouts: There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into
all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.
Leader: Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with
splendor and majesty.
Scouts: He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent and
lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters
Leader: He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. He makes winds his
messengers, flames of fire his servants.
Scouts: The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.
Leader: May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works-
Scouts: he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they
smoke.
Leader: I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
ALL: May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD.
Prayer
As we come together at this special time, let us pause a moment to appreciate the opportunity for good company and to thank all those, past and present, whose efforts have made this event possible. We reap the fruits of our society, our Country, and our civilization, and we take joy in the bounties of Nature on this happy occasion. Let us also wish that, someday, all people on Earth may enjoy the same good fortune that we share.
Inspirational Reading
“Do not worry in the least about yourself, leave all worry to God,” – this appears to be the commandment in all religions. This need not frighten anyone. He who devotes himself to service with a clear conscience, will day by day grasp the necessity for it in greater measure, and will continually grow richer in faith. The path of service can hardly be trodden by one who is not prepared to renounce self-interest, and to recognize the conditions of his birth. Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make not only for our own happiness but that of the world at large. ― Mahatma Ghandi
Message
The Pursuit of Happiness
There was once a group of 100 people attending a seminar on personal development. In the middle of their talk, the speaker stops and decides to run an impromptu group activity. He hands out a balloon to each attendee and tells them to write their name on it. The balloons are then collected and placed in an adjacent room.
The speaker then instructs the 100 attendees to enter that room and, within 5 short minutes, find the balloon with their name on it. Pandemonium breaks loose as they charge in, pushing and colliding with each other as they desperately search for their name. The 5 minutes pass and nobody succeeds.
The speaker then tells each person to pick up any random balloon and give it to the person whose name is written on it. Within a few minutes everyone has their balloon back. He then said, “What just happened with those balloons is exactly what happens in our search for happiness. We frantically look for it all around us, not knowing where it is.”
“Yet our happiness lies in the happiness of others. By giving them their happiness, you get yours.”
Moral of the story: Happiness and fulfillment rarely come from selfish pursuits, but almost always come from doing good deeds for others. By helping others, we help ourselves.
Closing / Benediction
May kindness grow within us, bringing deeper awareness of life’s facets, touching all who we meet, with a good feeling, brightening the day of others, in our wake.
May each action we take, be rooted in kindness. In everything, there is a kind and unkind way to move forward, to resolve a situation, to be.
May the depth of our kindness increase, daily