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Each
year around 400 staff positions at United Youth Camps are filled by volunteers,
including many young adults. United Youth Camps owe them a debt of gratitude
for their willing service. Here are a few responses from young adults
to the question of why they take the time off from work or classes and
volunteer their time to serve at camp.
The
main reason I serve at camp is that I want our teens to see and begin
to understand that God's Word and His way aren't just something to talk
about at church. They're a way of life; they're how you do what you do
all the other six days of the week as well. Having grown up in the Church
myself, I know what it's like to be different from everyone else at school.
But it's all worth it. The rewards of obedience to God's law are so much
greater. If God can work through me to help even one camper inherit the
desire to please Him, I'm ecstatic! -- Sara Hawk
Serving
at United Youth Camps is such a blessing because I am able to facilitate
the same fun, exhilarating and spiritually rewarding environment that
benefited me so much as a camper just a few years ago. Camp is such a
unique opportunity to escape the normal rigors of work and school and
to make a difference in others’ lives. Camp also changes my life
and helps me to further develop as a Christian. Going to camp is truly
a highlight of my year and always leaves me wanting to return! -- Mark
Croft
I
volunteer to serve at camp because I want to “give something back.” I
believe that attending as a camper in my teen years, seeing and experiencing
that God’s way does work, was one of the factors that eventually
led me to make the formal commitment to that way. My hope is that I can
now be an example and a guide to the young people in the same way that
the staff members were to me when I was a camper. The thought that my
actions could have an effect on choices that campers make in the future
makes serving an almost overwhelming responsibility, but my weeks on
the camp staff have been among the most fulfilling of my life. -- Kevin
Blackston
There
are two major reasons why I serve at the youth camps. The first and most
important reason is that I want to help the youth of God’s Church.
I want to be there for them and help them learn—like my counselors
did for me when I was a camper. I want to see them grow and learn and
stay in God’s Church, and by serving at the camps I feel that I
am helping them in some way. I enjoy seeing the younger people enjoying
the way of life God wants us all to live and working to make it into “the
Zone.” The second reason I serve at the youth camps is to meet
new people and make new friends. It is so hard to find good, truthful
friends and meet wonderful people like those at camp. Serving allows
me to become a better person and friend. Serving also helps me stay close
to God, and I feel that I am helping in some way with His master plan.
-- Stella Helterbrand
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