Volunteer Staff --- PLANNING PAGE
Day Camp 2024 Volunteer Staff Meetings:Join us for the “Compassion Day Camp.” This fun-packed morning session will be held Monday, June 17th through Friday, June 21st, 8:30 a.m. until 11:30am AND the afternoon session will be 11:30-3pm. “Compassion Day Camp" is a program where kids and families explore what it means to have compassion for others, ourselves, and the world.
There will be three (3) VBS volunteer planning meetings. We encourage you to attend the meetings so we can plan as a team: - Sunday, May 5th @ 11AM in-person - Sunday, May 19th @ 11AM in-person - Sunday, June 16th @ 11AM in-person The youth are invited to assist in both the morning and afternoon options. We will host the opening in the fellowship hall. We will only post limited scene setters/decorations in that room most likely Yoga focus. No other decorating will occur. Another important date to add to your calendar: - Sunday, June 23rd @ 10AM Worship Service/DVD of camp photos If you (and/or your friend) would like to volunteer, but cannot attend the meetings, please call (or email) and let me know to reserve a spot for you! THANK YOU again for all you do for our church and children in our community! You can you can sign up to be a volunteer on the NSUMC Planning Center: |
Compassion Day Camp - MORE- volunteer staff information
Dear Volunteers,
We greatly appreciate your gracious offer to dedicate your time and talents to enriching the lives of children this summer! Below is the preliminary information for our week-long Full & Half Day - Day Camp. Please note that all details are subject to change as we continue to refine our plans. The provided framework serves as a basic outline for the week . The NSUMC Day Camp will look significantly different this year. We will be embracing a calmer style, aiming to set ourselves apart from the typical big-box VBS brands. Additionally, there has been a lot of national research compiled on students' ability to self-regulate and mindfulness (social-emotional learning -SEL) . It is a growing area of study in educational and psychology. With that in mind, Compassion Camp will be tailored to support students in these crucial areas. Our program will incorporate yoga, self regulation activities/journaling, Godly Play (instead of drama because of it's Montessori tactile & wondering properties), crafts and snacks in the morning in a rotational model. In addition to our amazing volunteer staff, and our trained Godly Play Instructors, we will be joined by professional yoga instructor and psychologist to enhance the delivery of authentic skill instruction. We will offer TWO CAMP OPTIONS: >>> Half Day, 8:30 am-11:30am for $50<<< (this is a bargain most churches are charging $70-$90 for half day) >>>Full (school) Day 8:30am -3:00pm for $150<<< Right now the MORNING will look like this rotational model:
Morning campers will go home at 11:30am. Full day campers will join Terry in the kitchen for lunch (families will need to send in lunches for their full day campers). AFTERNOON might look like a classroom/public school setting (tbd). Terry could be the teacher taking students to the following rotation OR teaching in one room with an aide (this depends on attendance and volunteer numbers): 11:30-12:00noon LUNCH 12:00-12:30 pm JOURNAL WRITING, prayer & meditation lessons 12:30-1:00 pm SCIENCE 1:00-1:30 pm GAMES 1:30-2:00 pm MISSION PROJECTS 2:00-2:30 pm SNACKS 2:30-3:00pm GARDENING I am looking forward to this new chapter on our journey to support young families and children and I am really looking forward to having all of you join me again! living in His grace, Terry <>< |
CLASS INSTRUCTORS:
Yoga: Jeannie Staron Mindfulness: Janet Fratantoni Crafts; Wavalee McArtor Barb Rodriguez Susan Smith Games: Kristin Vieth Lindsey Vieth Godly Play Instructors: Janet Flournoy Barb Cogan Ava & Alivia Pautz, Brady Sobraske Science: Hannah Mitchell, Bob Bergstrom Snacks MORNING: Carey Johnson, Cherryl Bub, Laura Bergstrom Snacks AFTERNOON: OPEN Pre-School Leaders: Barb Cogan Mariah McInnis Susan Duarte Rebecca Eby Leo Kearns Olivia Johnson PHOTOGRAPHER & AV OPEN MISSION PROJECT OPEN GARDENING OPEN Opening ANNOUNCER/MC/Music Tyler Christiana Assembly Song Leaders Brianna & Mandi Rodriguez Delana Hopkins Travelers/Crew Leaders Colby Rynders Zoey Utecht Brianna Rodriguez Mandi Rodriguez Owen Kearns Trevor Read Victoria Berg |
LESSONS:
Godly Play Stories with DAILY CURRICULUM FOCUS
>>>> >>All curriculum is based on Psalm 104 <<<<<<
Monday
Parable of the Good Shepherd God Provides Shelter Session One. Participants will develop their skills of awareness as the first step in compassion by noticing how God provides shelter in the Bible. In Session One’s Create & Play, participants will foster awareness of the diverse shelters that exist around us, especially in our local ecosystems. In doing this, participants will become more aware of their surroundings and can learn to care compassionately for and protect other living creatures’ homes and shelters. Depending on the age, you can do the research together or provide participants with the necessary information to be able to construct shelters on their own. |
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Tuesday
The Parable of the Sower Food is a Gift Session Two. Participants will practice gratitude for food by compassionately acknowledging the world God made (as described in Psalm 104). Food is a gift: it is the energy that gives us life. Food is also something every living creature needs, and it is one of our most profound, daily connections to the world around us. Participants will discover all food comes from God through the earth’s provision. We are called to cultivate it responsibly, and we should eat it with gratitude. Genesis 1 reminds us of how “good” all the elements of creation are—including the plants giving seeds we can grow for food. Participants will respond to God’s good gifts by giving back to God, providing for those in need, and honoring the cycles of food in the land |
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Wednesday
Noah Water Hydrates is Life Session Three. Water is fundamental to all life on Earth. It travels invisibly in underground pipes toward our taps for many of us, but for most people and creatures throughout the world and history, it is a precious resource God provides naturally through cycles of precipitation. The symbol of baptismal water is at the heart of the Christian faith. As the poet of Psalm 65 reminds us, God brings the rain and waters the whole earth. Through this lesson, participants will connect joyfully with the tactile dimensions of water as a way of celebrating this precious gift. There is also an ethical call to provide clean drinking water access for all creatures |
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Thursday
Jesus in the Wilderness All life on Earth depends on air, Life Session Four. The Scriptures teach us this precious air is the very wind and breath of God, who hovered over the waters at creation and who breathes life into everything—including humans (Genesis 2:7) and animals (Psalm 104:30)! In the book of Acts, the rushing wind is the Holy Spirit, God’s own self, who comes to meet Jesus’ followers to bring them power and life. Air—and the oxygen in it—is a gift all creatures share and depend on. By reflecting on their own breath in their bodies, participants are encouraged to explore the reciprocity (giving and receiving) of air throughout all of creation and how air gives and sustains life in every moment of every day. This leads us to praise God. |
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Friday
Creation Story Nothing in creation is wholly alone. We are designed to live in communities alongside people who love and support us, as well as within communities of other creatures—such as plants and animals—which we respect, love, care for, and rely on for sustenance. Through this lesson, participants will understand that kinship means many different members and neighbors are needed for all to thrive and flourish. An important lesson is that a community is not just people we like. A human community is a diverse, interconnected, mutually dependent neighborhood that welcomes newcomers. All human communities are in relationship with the land community that includes and exceeds us |
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