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          • Middle School Adventure Canoe Cave Climb
          • Middle School Adventure 1 Rock Climbing WWRafting
          • Middle School Adventure Canoeing Horseback
          • Middle School Adventure WWRafting Tubing
          • Middle School Adventure Biking Canoeing
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          • Stand Up Paddleboarding for Middle School
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          • Digital Arts Week
          • Skateboarding Week
        • Trips for Middle Schoolers >
          • Backpacking MS
          • Brethren United Mountain Adventure Trip MS
          • James River Canoe
          • Mountains to Beach to Bay MS
          • New River Canoe
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        • Backpacking Trip
        • Brethren United Mountain Adventure Trip
        • Digital Arts Camp
        • James River Canoe Trip
        • Kayaking Adventure
        • New River Canoe Trip
        • Mountains to Beach to Bay Trip
        • Paddlesports Adventure
        • Skateboarding Camp
        • Stand Up Paddleboarding Adventure
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          • High School Adventure 2 Canoe Caving Climbing
          • High School Adventure WWRafting Tubing
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          • New River HS
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          • Digital Arts Week HS
          • Skateboarding Week HS
        • Trips for High Schoolers >
          • Backpacking Trip HS
          • Brethren United Mountain Adventure Trip HS
          • Mountains to Beach to Bay HS
          • New River Canoe HS
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      • Parent-Child Overnight
      • Family Fun Tuesdays
      • Lil' Otters Wednesday Family Canoeing
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      • Coordinators >
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        • Health Coordinator
        • Pool Coordinator
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    • Dec 30-31 Winter Camp
    • March 5 Sow the Seed Banquet
    • March 28 Spring Workday
    • Spring ACA Courses
    • June-July Summer Camps
  • Outdoor Ed
    • Feb 22 2019 VA Adventure Education Conference
    • Feb 23-24, 2019 Wilderness First Aid
    • ACA Courses >
      • ACA Canoe Instructor Course May 9-13
      • ACA Kayak Instructor Course May 15-17
      • ACA Trip Leader Course May 30-31
      • ACA Paddlesports Safety Facilitator June 6-7
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COUNSELORS

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APPLY NOW! (New Applicants)
APPLY NOW! (RETURNING APPLICANTS)
$284/week, 6 or 7 weeks; add'l $25/wk each returning year. Training is May 25-June 5, and paid weeks are June 7-July 18-or-25. Housing, meals, laundry house, and supplies provided May 25-July 18/25, 2020. Additional paid work available July 26-Aug 15. Additional $100 for every Senior Counselor you recruit! This is a resident position and Senior Counselors are on duty each week 2pm Sunday through 8:30pm Friday and off duty 8:30pm Friday through 2:00pm Sunday. Off duty housing is provided but it is not required to stay on-site while off duty.
Senior Counselor Description (ages 18+):
​In teams of two or three, counselors are "in loco parentis" (in place of parents) for their unit of 8-13 campers. Counselors are expected to be fully engaged with campers, keep their campers safe, act as role models, and guide campers through the schedule/activities they have planned together.  Some activities are led by counselors and some are led by coordinators.  During staff training, all counselors will learn the activity skills they will need. Activities that are offered on-site at Camp Bethel include swimming, hiking, biking, crafts, creek-play, cook-outs, singing, challenge course, high-ropes course, low-ropes course, archery, nature study, group games, skits, Bible study, worship, campfires, and campouts, with many more activities offered off-site. Counselors stay in a cabin with their campers at night. Most units are co-ed.  All of our sleeping facilities are separated by gender: female counselors stay in cabins with female campers, and male counselors stay in cabins with male campers.  Each morning, units reunite at Morning Watch. Senior Counselors will also rotate into assignments with on-site Day Camps and off-site Traveling Day Camps.


Staff Recommendation Form
View a position description and 2020 Summer Staff Policies.
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WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING:
"Our son and daughter have been coming to Camp Bethel since they were 5 years old--they are now 13 and 14 years old. We have found that your camp is one of the few that our kids continue to enjoy even as they are older. Other camps (sometimes a lot more expensive) are nice but for some reason the magic of Camp Bethel remains. We also really respect the way that your camp incorporates God and Bible study but in such a way that it is still cool--a rarity these days to find a place were kids can be kids and learn to love God and care for one another in God's creation. Thanks so much for the awesome experience for our kids and the ongoing magic that is Camp Bethel. Thanks, Gina and Chris Engel" 

CONTACT US  540.992.2940
CampBethelOffice@gmail.com
328 Bethel Road, Fincastle, VA 24090

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