Camp Hope

Evaluations

We have heard so many wonderful stories about all of the Camp Hopes going on across the country!  We hope that yours was a blessing to you, your staff, your congregation and your community! 

We would love to hear about how your Camp Hope experience was so that we can continue to make this ministry the best that it can be.  Please use the link below to print out and evaluation and then either mail it to us at:

 

TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod, ELCA

12941 North Freeway

Houston, TX  77060-1239

Or email it to us at: neil@camphopeministries.org

Thank you for your partnership in this wonderful ministry!!!

Download Eval Camp Hope 2010

resources

I wanted to post a few resources for everyone. These are director books that may be helpful to you giving some basic leadership guidelines as well as explaining several of the games for each rotation. I've also included a Worship Director guide book for those of you who have this position and the song book. 

God's blessings on this year's Camp Hope!

Download Craft Director Guide Book one page spread

Download Exp. Arts Director Guide Book one page spread

Download Games Director Guide Book one page spread

Download Snacks Director Guide Book one page spread

Download Worship Director Guide Book one page spread

Download Camp hope songbook one page spread

Camp Hope Leader's Guide

I wanted to let you know that the NEW Camp Hope Training Manual Leader's Guide is now up on the website. There is not staff manual. We leave it up to individual camp hope trainings to raise up pertinent information to to their camp hope staff at the various trainings. 

Good Luck on this year's Camp Hope ~ Catch The Wave!!!

more Tshirt Designs

Jenni in Bellville found a printing company that gave their permission to share the shirt designs they did for this year's Camp Hope.  We thought that we would share them with you.

If you would like, they are giving a great price. The contact is  Rhonda Haynes with Haynes Printing. I'm sure that you can google the company or email Jenni at jkrumrey@sbcglobal.net

She is printing the camper shirts on yellow, the staff shirts on red w/white lettering and the support staff white with red lettering.  

Hope this helps someone else who is scrambling to put the final touches on camp.

Download CampHopeShirt2010-2

Download CampHopeStaffShirt

Director Guides

I'm very happy to tell you that the Director Guides (snacks, crafts, games and expressive arts) are now completed on on the website ready to be downloaded. Please let me know if you have any difficulties in getting these resources! You should have everything you need to make Camp Hope a success!

It is also time to write and mail confirmation letters to your campers.  Include welcome, dates, outstanding fees and details about your program, especially Monday registration day. 

Then organize your camp office with all of your supplies, first aid station, etc.  (see the Making Camp Hope Happen checklist for a complete list). 

Next, prepare your staff for the staff training.  You will want to have a time when all of your staff and adult mentors can come together to talk and answer questions about what will be happening in the coming weeks. 

Finally, plan a time when your camp staff can be commissioned in Sunday worship.  This is a wonderful way to raise up Camp Hope once again to your congregation.  This may be the largest community outreach that your congregation does and it is vital that you cover the students and adults in prayer!

God’s blessings to you this year at Camp Hope!!!!

Neil

supply list

I want to clear up any confusion regarding my last post and the resource page on the website. First of all, regarding the resource page on the website, the only resource that is currently available is the Daily Guides. 

We are currently finishing the editing on the Craft, Snack, Expressive Arts and Games Guides. Once these are finished we will update the resource page along with this year's updated Leader's Guide & Staff Manual. 

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused you!!! We are working hard to get these items completed and available to you as quickly as possible.

In the mean time, go through the Daily Guides and read through the Manna and Tribe times making a supply list of things you will need. Once the Rotational Director Guides are finished, you will be able to complete your supply list and order things for Camp Hope. You can also use your time to put together what you will want to order for your Camp Hope Store as well as make any final decisions on Camp Hope T-Shirts. 

I hope that this clears things up for you all. Sorry again about the confusion and us getting the resources to you. Please email me with any questions that you might have (neil@camphopeministries.org)

May Update

Camp Hope is coming up quickly!!!

You should be finishing up in collecting your supplies for Camp Hope including any orders for craft and game items as well as the Camp Hope store. 

You should also be placing your t-shirt orders so that you will have time to organize them before your campers arrive. (It’s sooner than you think!)

Review the camper registration forms to ensure that they are filled out in their entirety.  Begin to group these by age for camper small groups.  Then make a master list of any health care or emotional care needs.  This will be very helpful for your adult mentors and rotational leaders as they learn and plan activities, snacks and games specific to your Camp Hope.  Also design a Camp Hope database of all of your campers and staff information. Use this to create spreadsheets for sign in sheets and Monday camper registration days.  

Director Guides should be finished up in the next few weeks, but until then you will be able to use your curriculum for any orders that you may need to do. We'll keep you informed when the Director Guides are ready for your download. 

Peace!

check in

You should now have a good idea of your staff.  Make sure that you have also set up adult mentors for your staff members.  Look at the post from last November about how to set up a mentoring ministry at your congregation.  In order to have spiritual children and youth, we MUST have spiritual adults!  This is why having an adult mentor to walk along side of them throughout Camp Hope is vital for the success of your camp and to help your students grow in their own spiritual maturity. 

 

You should also gathering supplies that you will need for this year’s Camp Hope.  Look through the curriculum and identify items that you could collect form donations to keep the cost of your camp most effective. 

 

Look at your facilities and consider any repairs that need to be make in order to provide for a safe environment inside and out this summer.  Meet with your congregational leaders to ensure that this will be completed.  Then look at how you will be utilizing your facilities for rotational learning and places for your small groups to meet. 

We will let you know once the director guides are up on the website and available for you.

camp hope shirt ideas

Below are some ideas for your camp hope shirts for this summer.

If you have paid for your curriculum this year, you should now be able to access the Daily Guides.

Let me know if you have any problems. 

Rotation Director Guides are currently at the editors and should also be available ahead of schedule this year. 

Peace,

Neil

Download T_shirts

Getting Organized

Now is the time to start getting organized for this summer’s Camp Hope.  Below is a “Getting Organized” resource to help you along the way. 

 

You should be collecting your staff applications and having interviews.  Do this as early as possible so that families can begin to make plans for the summer.

 

We are also in the process of designing some t-shirt design ideas for you along with the Old Lutheran company. This is the same group that did the items for the National Youth Gathering last summer. You can check out their website at www.oldlutheran.com.

Download Getting Organized 2010