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Congregational day camp basic information
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 A bit of camp without leaving your church!
"I wish we could bottle that camp spirit and bring it back to our church." Camp Phillip guests consistently comment on how uplifting it is to see the camp staff openly praising God, being positive role models and letting their light shine. In the summer of 2004, Camp Phillip staff headed to WELS congregations to assist them with week-long day camps.
Congregational day camps duplicate as much of the Camp Phillip program and setting without ever leaving your church property. The program is outreach-minded with a clear Gospel message and provides an opportunity for church volunteers of all ages (including teens) and skill levels to be involved.
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 We work with your volunteers
From the opening to the closing program, we will bring all the fun of summer camp to your church and provide a rich setting in which important lessons about God can be communicated to children--both regular attendees and the unchurched alike! Two college-age staff and two-three junior staff (trained high school volunteers) together with a group of church volunteers will present one main idea a day in different activity areas, such as adventure, crafts, games, quests, snacks and storytime. Volunteers will work either in the activity areas where they possess particular passion and gifts or as counselors to lead their "cabin" from one area to another.
This program is written for grades K-6. Studies of age characteristics show that pre-schoolers learn best in a half-day setting and should not be moved around to different activity areas. Should you wish to include pre-schoolers, you could adapt the materials you receive; but we would strongly suggest that the pre-schoolers be kept together and only meet for half a day.
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 Registration information--Filled for 2010
The congregational day camp program is limited to 16 congregations per summer. All spots for 2010 are already filled. Please contact the camp office at 920-787-3202 or e-mail us at office@campphillip.com to be placed on the list to receive information for a congregational day camp in 2011.
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Congregations who have signed up for a Congregational day camp can contact Camp Phillip at pastortom@campphillip.com for a user name and password to access the Day camp manuals after April 15th. For a sample of the program, check out these pages from the 2006 Sample program manual.
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