Junior Staff Volunteer

How will you serve the Lord with your summer?

If you are looking for a significant way to serve Jesus this summer, grow in your relationship with Him, and learn new service and ministry skills, please prayerfully consider applying to be a Junior Staff at Camp Oak Hills.


Qualifications of a Junior Staff

1. Sincere love for Jesus, growing walk with God, and a belief in the Bible.

2. Love for children and a desire to see them come to know and grow in Jesus.

3. Agree with the Camp Oak Hills' philosophy, policies, and guidelines of conduct.

3. Hard-working, eager to learn, self-starter, and willing to serve the needs of the campers and staff.

4. 14-17 years old. (if you turn 14 during the summer, you can apply!)

5. Junior counselors need one year of experience on the S.O.S. team or prior ministry experience with children.


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S.O.S. (Serving Others Selflessly) Team

This team will be comprised of a college-age team leader and up to 10 teenagers. Team members will be involved in work assignments, Bible study, on site team activities, and individual work responsibilities.


Team Work Assignments

 

  • Meal time: serving meals & cleaning dishes
  • Cleaning & Set-up: bathrooms, dining room, rec room, and setting up tables/chairs for meals and chapel
  • Grounds: sweeping sidewalks, picking up trash and sticks, emptying trash cans, clearing lake weeds.
  • Program: assisting in activity areas such as waterfront, archery range, slingshot range, and craft shack 

 


Team Bible Study and Discipleship

Each day the team will spend time studying the Bible and praying  together. The goal of this time is to help each team member grow in their understanding of the Bible and application to their lives. Team members will also have daily personal time with Jesus.


Possible On-site Team Activities

• Group initiatives on the challenge course

• Canoe trip on the Mississippi River

• Evening campfire or pontoon ride


Junior Counselor

Junior counselors work alongside college-age cabin counselors to build relationships with campers and offer spiritual guidance. Junior counselors stay in the cabin with the campers and are involved with the campers and summer staff in all areas of the camp experience such as swimming, boating, archery, fishing, water tubing, campout, Bible sessions, group games, and cabin devotions. This is a great opportunity for teenagers to directly impact children for Jesus and be mentored in their journey with God. Junior counselors need to have one year of experience on the S.O.S. team or prior ministry experience working with children.


Activities with Campers

• Swimming

• Boating

• Archery

• Water Tubing

• Challenge course

• Slingshots

• Handcrafts

• Giant slip & slide

• Laser Tag


Ministry with Campers

• Bible sessions

• Cabin devotions

• Mentoring

Summer Schedule 2024

 

  • Junior Staff Training: June 10-13 (Required)
  • Pioneer Day Camp 1: June 17-21
  • Navigator Camp: June 23-28 (Jr. staff are encouraged to attend as campers)
  • Pioneer Day Camp 2: July 1-5
  • Trailblazer Camp: July 7-12
  • Voyageur Camp: July 14-19 (Jr. Counselors must be going into 11th or 12th gr.)
  • Lumberjack Camp: July 21-26 (Jr. Counselors must be going into 9th gr.) 
  • Red Lake Adventure Camp: July 30 - August 2

 

Full Summer Program

Junior staff who commit to serve four weeks will also have the opportunity to experience one week as a camper at no cost as a part of the training program.

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