JHBC is considering a trip to the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum in the summer of 2025! This would coincide with the 40 Days of Christian Music festival that is held there every year. You’ll get to see this life-sized Ark, tour the Creation Museum, and enjoy wonderful music from such artists as TrueSong, Triumphant Quartet, Karen Peck and New River, Brian Free and Assurance and more!

The dates for this trip are July 28th-August 1st, 2025.

The estimated cost for this rate would be $425.

The estimated cost for this rate would be $650.

The estimated cost for this rate would be $800.

The estimated cost for this rate would be $900.

There are many variables for this rate. Therefore, please contact Pastor Nick at nick.smetak@jhbc.org or (919) 776-1541.

  • Transportation costs (vehicle and gas)
  • 4 nights of hotel lodging
  • A 3-Day Bouncer Pass to both the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum
  • Admission to all concerts during our time there!
  • Your meals (all meals, from when we leave the church Monday until we return to the church on Friday.)
  • Your Souvenirs
  • Any “Extra Experiences” (Detailed below)

Please contact Pastor Nick at nick.smetak@jhbc.org, or (919) 776-1541, and he can get you a more accurate rate.

  • Concerts
  • Children’s Petting Zoo
  • Carousel
  • Ararat Ridge Zoo
  • Children’s Playground
  • Mining Sluice & Fossil Find
  • Zip Lines
  • Camel Rides
  • “Truth Seekers” Virtual Reality
  • Eden Animal Experience
  • Children’s Zoo
  • Botanical Gardens
  • Concerts
  • 4D Theater
  • Planetarium shows
  • Mining Sluice
  • Zip Lines
  • Astronomy Live

The Hotel we are planning to stay at is the Drury Plaza Hotel Cincinnati Florence. This is a brand-new hotel, just finished at the end of 2024! The address is 7915 US Highway 42, Florence, KY 41042.

A deposit of $150 is due by Sunday, May 25th.

Payments can be made anytime between Sunday, May 25th and Sunday, July 13th.

The final balance will be due in full on Sunday, July 13th.

Please note, this is a tentative itinerary, and subject to change.

  • Meet at JHBC at 8:00 am.
  • Leave JHBC at 8:30 pm.
  • Stop for lunch and dinner on the road.
  • Arrive at Hotel by 6:30 pm.
  • Breakfast at Hotel (or on your own).
  • Leave Hotel at 8:15 am.
  • Arrive at Ark Encounter 8:45 am.
  • Lunch at Emzara’s Buffet at 1:30 pm.
  • Concert #1 at 4 pm in the Answers Center.
  • Leave Ark Encounter at 7 pm.
  • Arrive back at Hotel at 7:30 pm.
  • Breakfast at Hotel (or on your own).
  • Leave Hotel at 8 am.
  • Arrive at Creation Museum 8:30 am.
  • Concert at Creation Museum at 10:45 am.
  • Lunch in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
  • Leave Creation Museum at 2:30 pm.
  • Arrive at Ark Encounter at 3:30 pm.
  • Concert #2 at 4 pm in the Answers Center.
  • Leave Ark Encounter at 7 pm.
  • Arrive back at Hotel at 7:30 pm.
  • Breakfast at Hotel (or on your own).
  • Leave Hotel at 8 am.
  • Arrive at Creation Museum 8:30 am.
  • Lunch in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
  • Leave Creation Museum at 2:30 pm for “tourism afternoon”.
  • Arrive back at Hotel at 7:30 pm.
  • Breakfast at Hotel (or on your own).
  • Leave Hotel at 8 am.
  • Lunch on the road.
  • Arrive back to JHBC by 5 pm.
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