Employment

Mandatory training starts on May 21st, 2025, and ends on June 9th. Summer camp starts on June 8th and ends on July 26th.

Requirements: For a person to be considered, they must meet the following criteria,

• Eighteen years old or older.
• Graduate from High School with at least one year of college experience.
• Evidence of salvation by word and deeds.
• A recommendation received by your pastor (we will send a form to your pastor).
• Training or experience in working with children.
• Ability to teach experientially (will train).
• Christian College students preferred, but not required.
• Must agree to the camp's Articles of Faith
  

As a Cabin Leader, you’ll be responsible for:

• Actively being engaged and aware of the people around you - specifically campers and LIT staff (Leader In Training); their health and wellness, enjoyment of camp, and spiritual progress.

• Being creative and unique to make camp a memorable and growing experience. From a creek walk to the ropes course to paintball, you’ll use all activities to teach the Gospel and reflect Christ.

• Constant discipleship: As you are poured into by the TLC staff, you will pour your life into the lives of your cabin each week. You will be a mom, dad, teacher, coach, mentor, and friend.

Physical requirements: walking (including uphill) and carrying backpacks between all camp activities, light cleaning weekly, ability to harness up and belay campers on high ropes activities, and climbing stairs.

Cabin Leader Ministry Description and Work Conditions

If you are 16-18 years old and want to help make the summer ministry successful by assisting in the kitchen, housekeeping, lifeguards, or maintenance departments, please consider applying for the LIT position!

Mandatory training is June 1st-June 7th, 2025. Camp is from June 8th- July 26th.

LIT Requirements: For a student to be considered, they must meet the following criteria,

• Sixteen years old by summer’s end.
• Evidence of salvation by word and deeds.
• A recommendation received by your pastor (we will provide a form).
• Previous camp experience at TLC as a camper preferred.
• Must agree to the camp's Articles of Faith

As an LIT, you’ll be responsible for:

• Kitchen responsibilities: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the dining hall.
• Maintenance responsibilities: groundskeeping, trash removal, and minor repairs around camp.
• Housekeeping responsibilities: cleaning common areas and bathrooms
• Camp Store responsibilities: cashier, restocking the floor, organization of back stock.
• Lifeguarding responsibilities: certified lifeguards must be fully attentive during daily swim times.

*Housekeeping LITs are the LITs who typically serve in the camp store and as lifeguards.

• All LITs are to be present with a cabin when not serving in their specific area at camp. LITs contribute to their cabin by assisting the Cabin Leader and bonding with campers. The LIT program is designed to provide an inside look at what it’s like to be a trained cabin leader.

Physical requirements: same as a cabin leader, additional requirements dependent on the job area.

Must meet the same requirements as a counselor. The program staff arrival date is May 12th, 2025. Summer camp starts on June 8th and ends on July 26th.

As a member of the Program Staff, you could be responsible for:

Program Assistants - setting up and tearing down of daily Big Event game, leading camp through debriefing, unpacking the teaching point from the day’s Big Event, acting as head Cabin Leaders, morning meetings with Cabin Leaders, nightly rounds at lights out, light cleaning at the end of each week.

Ropes Course Instructor - required to be fully certified to run ropes course, daily inspections of the ropes course, daily setting up and tearing down each activity, assisting in training Cabin Leaders on the ropes course, monitor the safety of campers on the ropes course.

LIT Mentor - will get to know LITs on a deep personal level, lead devotionals twice a week at LIT meetings, empower LITs to become more engaged with cabins and assist the Cabin Leader, assign achievable tasks each week for LITs to accomplish around camp.

Paintball Instructor: Understand the basics of running the paintball course, using provided rules and safety measures to keep everyone safe, making sure those rules are followed, and maintaining and cleaning paintball markers weekly after use.

Worship Leader - responsible for assembling the worship team (made up of Cabin Leaders and LITs), gathering and organizing lyric sheets for each setlist, must know how to use the soundboard, lead a weekly worship practice, lead worship at nightly chapels, open daily morning prayer meetings for campers.

Other responsibilities to be split among the team would include capturing and compiling media (photos and videos), Crafts, and preparing nightly camp snacks.

Articles of Faith

If you are a nursing student who wishes to gain valuable experience in pediatric nursing, then please consider this ministry position. You can get more specific information about the program by emailing Jo Newman.

Requirements: In order for a student to be considered, they must meet the following criteria:

• Evidence of salvation by word and deeds
• Must agree to the camp's Articles of Faith
• Enrolled currently in a professional nursing program with the goal of becoming an RN.
• Completed the following courses: Assessment, Pharmacology, Human Growth & Development. Completion of Pediatric course is preferred.
• Current Health Care Provider CPR certification.
• Submit one letter of recommendation from your clinical instructor.
• Submit one letter of recommendation from your pastor.
• Complete an application.
• Submit an official transcript.

Nurse Extern Ministry Description