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The 5 Fundamentals for Summer Staff Training

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We know that camp has the potential to be powerful and impactful. Many of us have seen it with our own eyes, having had personally transformative or life-changing experiences. Yet, camp doesn’t always have the same impact on everyone. Sometimes participants have a mediocre or even negative experience, causing some people to question the value of camp. Are those of us with positive experiences simply the lucky ones? What is it that makes camp work? That question brought about the foundational outdoor ministry research project, Effective Camp, and uncovered the 5 Fundamentals of Effective Camps. When five key characteristics are present and thriving at camp, the impact is clear and measurable.

This instant-download resource takes a deep, yet accessible dive into these five fundamentals written specifically for summer camp staff, and designed to be easily printed, punched, and included in staff training binders. After a helpful introduction, each section unpacks what’s behind each of the five fundamentals through reading and interactive worksheet-style activities. This resource can be used as one or more group staff training sessions (best practice!) or for staff to explore individually or in small group.

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Does camp really work? How do we know? The Sacred Playgrounds team set out to get some answers in 2015 with the Effective Camp Project. The main question we had was whether the overnight camp experience had any common outcomes or characteristics. Through a series of interviews with campers, parents, summer staff, camp directors, and church leaders, it became clear: the Christian camp experience directly impacts the participants and their supporting networks in empirically recognizable ways. We identified common impacts among the campers, such as increased self-confidence and deeper faith.

We also found compelling evidence that these impacts often extend to families (through things such as deeper conversations and increased family prayer) and their church communities. In the years since we started the project, we have surveyed more than 24,000 summer campers and 10,000 parents at dozens of camps across the United States and Canada. We have interviewed and conducted focus groups with hundreds of participants, confirming the findings and solidifying our understanding that in order to be effective (from the perspective of the participants and their supporting networks), Christian camps must have 5 characteristics in place. Camp is: safe space, unplugged from home, participatory, relational, and faith-centered.

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