Camp leadership
Roles for Summer 2027
Director
Monday to Friday, hours vary · Education background and experience required
We are looking for a leader who is a hard worker and has a big heart for interacting with children and their families. Directors lead spiritual growth in both counselors and campers, monitor all camp activities, supervise staff, handle camper check in and check out, and facilitate carpool. The director handles weekly scheduling and group assignments for campers and staff, and ensures the safety and well being of the campus throughout the summer.
Program Director
Monday to Friday, 7:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Age 18+ · Camp or education experience preferred
Leads daily assemblies and games at camp. Sets up and takes down ropes course equipment and supervises ropes course activities each day. Assists with drop off and carpool and sets up materials for the daily program. Works closely with the campus director to keep programming running smoothly.
Adventure leads
Hickory Flat only
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Age 18+, camp or education experience preferred. Every adventure lead serves and supervises counselors and junior counselors, reports to the program director, and sets up, takes down, and facilitates the ropes course during the day. Each also leads a small group of counselors one day a week and attends a small group of their own one day a week.
Curriculum Emphasis
Sets up and cleans up materials for Bible curriculum time, introduces the curriculum during morning assembly, and guides groups through the curriculum rotation. Leads groups as small as ten campers and as large as the full camp of roughly one hundred twenty campers and counselors.
Camp Emphasis
Leads age based camp adventure activities during the adventure rotation, such as how to set up a tent and how to tie knots. Occasionally leads camp wide activities of around one hundred twenty campers and counselors.
Games Emphasis
Creates and facilitates games and activities during each games rotation. Regularly leads groups of fifty campers and counselors, and occasionally leads camp wide activities of around one hundred twenty people.
Specialty leads
Photography and crafts
Photography Lead
All locations · Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Age 18+ · Photography experience required
Posts regularly on the camp social media pages and creates camp promotion material, highlighting camp and campers. Also leads a small group of counselors one day a week and attends a small group of their own one day a week.
Arts and Crafts Lead
Monday to Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. · Age 18+
A leadership counselor position that involves planning, preparing, and creating craft projects for campers. May lead groups of up to thirty campers at one time with their counselors.
Counselors
With the campers all day
Counselor
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Age 17+
Counselors lead groups of up to eight campers through scheduled camp activities throughout the day, including facilitating the zip line, belaying campers at the rock wall, art and games, and teaching curriculum. Counselors must be comfortable teaching a daily Bible curriculum provided to them, and must pass a ropes course facilitation training program to be hired on staff.
Junior Counselor
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Age 16+
Junior counselors assist with day to day activities. They help counselors with group activities, monitor children during morning drop off and afternoon pick up, and participate in assemblies.
Post camp
Afternoons until six
Post Camp Lead
Monday to Friday, 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. · Age 18+
Transitions campers into post camp activities, supervises campers after camp hours, interacts with parents during pick up, and monitors post camp activities. Comes in early to set up all supplies for the day and cleans up with the other counselors at the end.
Post Camp Counselor
Monday to Friday, 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. · Age 16+
Supervises children after camp hours, leads games, and stays engaged with campers during their time after camp.
Training and screening
Before any camper arrives
Every employee completes a background check, provides several references, and goes through counselor training before campers arrive. Ropes course training is delivered by a certified third party.
What a summer looks like
