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A Mission Experience
Serving at Camp David is much like a missions trip in the rustic Ozarks, but with inner-city youth, many of whom have never heard about Jesus. We wholeheartedly believe you will find it to be life-changing as you are stretched spiritually, emotionally and physically. You will give your all to show campers the love of Christ. Being on the Camp David Team is a fun, rewarding experience that could change your life forever.
Application Process
Carefully Read:
Fill out the online application or print it out and send it in. For send ins, be sure to include these with your application:
- Completed Volunteer Application
- Personal Photo
- Criminal Background Check. If you are 18 years or older, you must send $6 for the processing fee.
Confidential References. Provide contact info for three people whom we will contact as a reference before your application will be accepted.
- Professional Reference, ex: teacher or employer
- Relative, not parents, over 21
- Spiritual Mentor, ex: small group leader or pastor
Phone interview. After receiving your application and checking your references, we give you a 15 min. phone interview after which we will let you know if you are accepted. Everything is kept confidential.
Staff Manuals. We plan to send out staff manuals in April for you to read. You must read the manual prior to coming to the staff training time.
Staff Training. All volunteer staff must attend staff training. Staff Training begins Monday - June 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm and will end Friday - June 8th, at 4:00 pm. Our first week of camp begins on June 11th. During staff training you will learn evangelism, first aid, counseling issues, basic camp skills and CDO procedures, plus we do a lot of team building activities. For counselors 18 and older there will be a weekend training time April 13-15, if you cannot attend the week training June 4-8. Please contact us by April 1st for more details on the weekend training.
2012 Camp Dates:
- Senior Boy’s Camp- June 11-15
- Senior Girl’s Camp- June 18-22
- Junior Boy’s Camp- June 25-29
- Timothy Training Camp – July 2-6
- Junior Girl’s Camp -July 9-13
- Junior Boy’s Camp- July 16-20
- Junior Girl’s Camp -July 23-27
- Community Kid’s Camp- July 30- Aug 2
Week-long Volunteer Positions:
*These positions can be part-time.
Part-Time Volunteer Positions:
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Camp Theme
Our 2012 theme is the Olympics. The motto is “Run to Win!” 1 Cor. 9:24-25 “In a race all the runners run. But only one gets the prize… So run in a way that will get you the prize. All who take part in the games train hard. They do it to get a crown that will not last. But we do it to get a crown that will last forever.” Life is a race we only get to run once. The prize to be won is of infinite value, and there is everything to be lost. For a runner to win he must be willing to give it everything he has, he invests everything he’s got, and he must leave it all on the track. Will you run to win?
Basic Camp Schedule
Each week of volunteer service begins at 4:00pm Sunday evening, and continues through Friday until you are dismissed at 4:00pm. If you are from out of town, there will be provision for you to stay at camp over the weekends. Special permission is needed from the camp director for any times of absence of any staff and should be limited to matters such as a death of a family member (This does not include dentist appointments, concerts, part-time jobs or other activities that a staff member wishes to leave for). Learn more about Weekends and Sunday Night Activities.
Prayer and Financial Support
We ask that you raise prayer and financial support for your time of service, just as you would if you were going on a mission trip overseas. To raise the support, we need you to bring an electronic EXCEL spreadsheet of 20 –30 names and addresses of family and friends (either on a flash drive or CD) to staff training. We will coach you in writing your support letter and the office team will mail it out. If you wish to do this before staff training, you can send us your electronic addresses and letter, and we’ll mail them. Your goal is to raise $100 per week of service. This is a faith based endeavor and the amount of support that God sends in does not affect whether or not you can be on our team, but we ask that you make the effort to share the need and allow others to partner with you.
Share Your Testimony
We need some staff members each week during camp to share their testimony (story) of God working in their life. Hearing from each other will really encourage the campers and fellow staff in trusting God more. Please begin praying about what God would have you share, and bring your testimony form to the Staff Training.
Medicines
Please inform the nurse if you are on any medication and keep the medicine in the nurse’s station and be responsible for taking it. The nurse will not hunt you down to give you your meds!
We look forward to hearing from you soon. If you get your application sent in by April 30th you will get an ice cream sundae at Staff Training!
Volunteer Reference Form
If you have been directed to this website in order to fill out a Volunteer Reference Form, please click here to fill out the form. Thank you for your time and effort in doing this.
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