Summer Staff Applications, Forms & Info: Join us!

Welcome new and returning staff, CIT's and Adult Volunteers, June 3-August 5. Help recruit other excellent staff and volunteers for our 2012 team! Click below or scroll down for lots of summer information.

We hope to receive YOUR application soon! Open positions for 2012 include:

Senior Counselors - 2 open of 8 female	Senior Counselors - 1 open of 8 male	(1) Pool Coordinator
(2) Summer Program Coordinators	Adventure Counselors - 2 female	Adventure Counselors - 2 male
(1) Crafts & Logistics Coordinator	Junior Counselors* - female	Junior Counselors* - male

*We don't have quota for hiring Junior Counselors, but only a few of the best applications can be considered.

New 2012 applications are here!

1. NEW 2012 Summer Staff Application

2. Returning 2012 Summer Staff Application

3. Counselor in Training (CIT) 2012 Application

4. Adult Volunteer 2012 Application

2012 Staff & CIT Recommendation Form.

We are very proud of our excellent summer staff of counselors and support staff and their commitment to quality programming at Camp Bethel! Each staff member is interviewed, screened, and selected by the Assistant Director and Camp Director. Staff are hired on the basis of their Christian character, their ability share their faith and teach all our camp skills, their love of activity and the outdoors, and their commitment to helping children and youth.

We train the staff during an intense, comprehensive, fun, two-week Staff Training prior to the first camper week. Staff Training includes detailed and complete preparations in safety, first aid, emergency procedures, prevention, and all the methods and procedures of our educational goals and camp activities. Campers are sure to have a safe and fun week living and learning with their counselors.

Are YOU interested in an active, enriching, authentic summer in relational, outdoor ministry to children and youth? Camp Bethel is seeking the BEST SUMMER CAMP COUNSELORS: caring, tolerant, college-age, service-minded, growing Christians wishing to serve God by leading and mentoring children in outdoor Christian education programming.

Counseling at Camp Bethel is a GREAT summer job!

“This summer… wins as the best summer of my life.” - John

“Camp, over these years, has shaped me into the person I am.” - Brennan

“Camp Bethel is an awesome location; you will find Christ.” - Jon

“You create and build upon the most amazing relationships.” - Hannah

“Seeing God in the lives of the children and your peers is incredible.” - Lucas

“You can be yourself; everyone accepts you in Christian love.” - Sarah H.

"It’s the most rewarding and beneficial thing I have ever done.” - Sarah G.

“I have realized a greater capacity for caring.” - Stacey

“It’s a life changing experience.” - Tyler

Here's 8 other big reasons to work at Camp Bethel this summer!

Senior Counselors starting pay is $225/week; must be 18+ years old, with a high school degree. Junior Counselors starting pay is $110/week; must be at least 16 years old.

More updated 2012 summer info coming soon!

2012 Staff Schedule:

May 12-16: Canoe Instructor Training (with Beth Wiegandt): Optional for Adventure Staff.

May 18-20: High Ropes Facilitator Training (with Jim Garrett): Required for all Ropes staff and most Adventure Counselors and Leadership Team staff.

May 29-31: Leadership Team Training: Required for all Leadership Team staff.

June 3-16: Summer Staff Training: Required for ALL Summer Staff.

June 7 or 11, 5:00-9:00pm: Adult Volunteer Counselor Training.

June 12-13: CIT Training.

June 17-August 4: Contracted camper weeks for ALL Summer Staff.

August 3: Summer Staff Closing Campfire & Closing Worship.

December 28: Summer Staff Winter Reunion.

Counselor in Training (CIT): Youth ages 15-18 are eligible to apply for a position as a summer Counselor in Training (CIT). C.I.T.s volunteer one to two weeks under the supervision of our adult summer staff.

3 PREREQUISITES: (1) C.I.T.s must must submit an application and be "hired" for service; (2) C.I.T.s must be enrolled in at least one 2011 camp week for which they are age-eligible, (5 weeks, 8 programs to choose from); and (3) C.I.T.s are required to attend an overnight training on Tuesday, June 14 at 9:00am through Wednesday, June 15 at 8:00pm; (Salem City students AND Backpack Trip 1 participants should contact Barry for exceptions to CIT training dates). C.I.T.s will serve as a co-counselor in a family unit or as an assistant to one of our leadership team staff. C.I.T.s will be selected by the Camp Director.

Adult Volunteers: Camp Bethel has a rich tradition of adult volunteers “coming home” for a week during the summer. Volunteerism is what has made Camp Bethel great over our 84 year history. Persons 18 and above can give of their time and talents for one or more weeks to serve in various roles in the camping program. Adult Volunteers may serve as cabin counselors in a family unit, but we also need volunteer helpers on a weekly basis as Medical Directors, Crafts Directors, Camp Grandparents, Chaplains, Maintenance Volunteers, Nature Directors, Registration Assistants, and Volunteer Cooks and Kitchen Assistants. Each adult volunteer counselor is asked to attend a 5:30pm-9:00pm training and free dinner on June 7 or June 11. E-mail Barry LeNoir to sign up for a volunteer week at campbetheloffice@gmail.com.

For staff or volunteer applications click on the links above, or contact Barry LeNoir at campbetheloffice@gmail.com.

American Camp Association accredited since 1970.

Check our outdated and feeble attempts at humor of some summer staff fun here.

Click HERE for printable directions to Camp Bethel

8 Big Reasons to Work & Volunteer at Camp Bethel in 2012:

1. High Standards: ACA-accredited, excellence that only one in every four camps earns.

2. Just the Right Size: 32 summer staff, evenly co-ed, denominationally and ethnically diverse, aged 18-25. We host 80-130 campers per week over 7 weeks of camp; 890+ campers/summer.

3. Excellent Food: 16 FULL meals, Sunday dinner through Friday dinner. Brigitte’s family-style meals are nutritious and plentiful with veggie/vegan options, fruit, sandwich and salad bars, and several side options at each meal.

4. Cool Activities & Great Adventures: 470 acres of unique fun plus same activities as the “big” camps who charge thousands per week.

5. Experienced Leadership: Barry & Jenny KNOW camping (38+ years combined experience). 60% of staff return = we’re doing something right!

6. Music that stirs the soul: Great musicians and singers (including you?) leading great songs. Huge catalog of rockin’ praise songs & goofy kid tunes.

7. Modern Cabins & Dining Hall: Electric outlets! Wow! Working lights? Zowie! Nearby bathhouses! Amazing! One bar of Wi-Fi! Techno-zippy! Air-conditioned dining hall for a cool reprieve from the summer heat.

8. “Christian communion of clean hearts and minds.” Every activity and lesson is centered on our guiding philosophy of Living as the Body of Christ in an intentional Christian community.

More updated 2012 summer info coming soon!

2012 Summer Camp Brochure	2012 Summer Camp Registration Form	Summer Staff & Volunteer/CIT Info
Our Program Philosophy	ACA Accreditation	Summer Camp FAQ's
Directions to Camp	River Adventures	Camper/Parent Info
2012 Video	2012 Summer Staff Facebook Community	Staff Recruit Video, Large 35MB; 640x480; 4:36