INVESTING IN STAFF IS PART OF OUR MISSION!
Being a part of summer staff at Camp Shamineau is a lot of things... Some words and phrases that would be included to describe are: impactful, fun, exhausting, rewarding, fulfilling, great relationships, life changing, challenging, exciting, new experiences, and Godly. All those things are generally experienced in a single summer by all the staff.
One of the main parts of our mission statement is to train up Christian leaders of tomorrow. Often times we are asked what interns or outstanding summer staff that have been through camp would make a good youth pastor. We take that as a pretty huge compliment but really it's God working through this place.
Summer staff has a week long staff training where they learn everything they need to, bond with each other and have a bunch of fun doing it. That is the beginning of the investment that gets poured into them and continues through summer with good times, hard times, exhaustion, amazing victories and loving correction.
Very often when former staff come back to camp they say a couple things. One is that the job they currently have seems a ton easier than when they were on summer staff. They are now the ones saying to themselves... why can't they clean up after themselves or do this or that, it's not that hard. That is a sure sign that they have matured and grown some "bigger picture eyes", and that really goes a long way. Another things is that they don't realize and often couldn't put into words what they were learning at the time. Then they look back and start to realize, and can tell you how it is helping them in life.
This summer we need about 300 young people from 8th grade to college age to run camp. Not only do we get to impact the staff, help train them up and help them further down their spiritual journey, but then they turn around and impact thousands of summer campers and family campers for Christ. We are still filling spots and could use some more quality applicants. If you or someone you know should be serving at camp for a life changing summer, head them our way! If you or your kids are coming to camp this summer, don't forget to give them a high five and a little encouragement. Also if you would, keep it all in prayer, we appreciate it!