The best way to Spend your Summer
To apply, Jr. Workers do not need a formal application, just their parents/guardians to sign them up for Summer Leadership training Camp (SLT).
New here? Watch this short video on the volunteer & staff application process.
It is a fact that our staff and volunteers have the greatest impact on our summer camps. They are the direct connection to our campers.
Join a community with vision. One that will encourage you in your faith, and build you up in your walk with Jesus. You’ll make great friends and gather new skills. Most of all, you’ll be a significant person in the lives of young children.
JR Volunteer STAFF
At Nakamun, we are so thankful for our team of summer volunteers.
It takes a lot of help to give the kids a fun and memorable week, so having so many people willing to offer up a week of their summer is super appreciated.
Grade based on applicant’s grade completed as of June of the camp year.
Take a look below, and see how you can impact lives this summer!
What To Expect
As a volunteer, you will be expected to attend Summer Leadership Training and sign up for at least 1 week of volunteering during the summer.
You will arrive on the first day at 2pm for the Jr meeting. From there, you will get your cabin assignment and connect with your Sr. Cabin Leader, Jr Coordinator Leaders, or your designated leader for whichever area of ministry you are signed up for.
Through the week, your priority is your responsibility. If you are a Cabin Leader, you are with the kids. If you are a media assistant you follow the lead of the Media Lead. We all have different roles to play, so we need everyone focused on doing their part.
The Jr. Team will also get to do weekly devotionals with camp leaders, and get breaks to be able to hang out with other Jrs. Yet, as a word of warning, you will work really hard. It just may push you out of your comfort zone, but rest assured that in the end you will feel very proud of what you can accomplish in just one week of camp.
Jrs can be picked up on the last day of camp evening at 5pm.
What Nakamun Expects
We expect you to be on time, to be present and engaged in your training and your role. We expect you to use this time to work on yourself. You have an opportunity to grow in your faith and your walk with Jesus. We desire to put people and programs in place to encourage you in this. Yet, it is ultimately up to you to decide to work on your heart as you work here with us at camp.
Being a member of the volunteer staff means you are willing to submit to the authority of the leadership of the camp. This includes the Director of Camp Ministries, Executive Director and Camp Board. If they need to approach you about an issue they will and may even ask you to change what you are doing or how you are presenting yourself.
When you come to camp you are in a position to influence kids as young as six years old. This is the environment for love and gentleness (Phil. 4:5) to reign in every aspect of our lives including our appearance. For some of you servant-hood may mean sacrifice in this area. Be blessed as you seek to make the right choices.
Our desire as staff at Camp Nakamun is to glorify Christ in all we do. This desire, to let Christ dwell in us, and the fact that we are in a position of influence over younger people, impacts how we live our lives.
We base our expectations of our staff on what we read in Colossians 3: 1-7 (the Message translation)
Although we are committed followers of Christ, we still sin and are not perfect. However, it is important that our attitude and approach to how we live, what we choose to wear, the music we listen to, etc, reflect our desire to be a person of influence. It is important that the appearance and behavior of the staff does not reflect poorly on the image of the camp. Please be a great ambassador of Nakamun!