FAQ'S

We believe that the process of reaching a community is so much better with a team, so the more the merrier.  We suggest that teens, adults, friends, neighbors, parents and even people who aren’t yet followers of Jesus can be an integral part to putting on a free sports and arts camp. We suggest at a minimum 1 adult for each content area and 1 adult per 6 students. We have also found that an overall director, a logistics team and a few for registration really help the flow of camp.

Made For This camp is created specifically with outreach and evangelism in mind. It is built to reach families and help them connect with Jesus no matter where they are on their spiritual journeys. We strongly suggest that you think outside the box to spread the word about your camp. Utilize social media ads geared towards working families, put up fliers in your local neighborhood, community centers, and after school programs. When advertising to your church families, put strong emphasis on kids inviting friends who AREN’T already part of a faith community. Have your camp in the evenings when they can attend together and get rides from family members (and evenings are cooler in the summer). Use camp as a launch point for connection with your ongoing evangelism and discipleship opportunities.

Absolutely!  You can build the camp to fit the gifts God has given your team. Start the process by looking around at who would partner with you to pull the camp off and build your camp experience from there.  We have seen small groups, church plants and large churches host camps.  Church Planters and Micro-Church leaders, Reach out to our team for special rates - With This Form

According to Sissy Goff, author of Are My Kids On Track? The 12 Emotional, Social and Spiritual Milestones Your Child Needs to Reach, during the elementary years, as a child is growing and learning at a breakneck pace, their spiritual focus will shift to their identity. At this stage, children begin to ask - and answer - the question, “who does God say I am?”

Because of this particular place that elementary aged kids are in their spiritual development, we encourage you to stick to elementary age as your participants. Utilize preteens and teens in leadership roles as they are still developing identity as well and can take what they hear at camp and apply it as leaders.

Kids in these years are not just growing upward. Their brains are changing as quickly as their bodies. Their muscles are, too. What’s learned in this phase of development has more potential to stay with a child than in any other season of their lives. That involves muscle memory such as sports or music lessons, cognitive abilities such as multiplication, and spiritual truths, such as developing a healthy identity.

The goal of spirituality is the same for both boys and girls— to discover their unique identities in Christ. We want them to find themselves hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3). For boys and for girls, we start with where they are— with relationships and connection and challenges. We then move beyond those differences to their deepest identities. We move to a place where we can help them discover who God has uniquely created and called them to be.

(see link on website for more developmental tips)

Your local Walmart will carry most equipment you might need. Other places to check are Amazon, Flaghouse.com, Gophersport.com and even your local dollar store. Get creative! Call up local colleges and high schools and ask if you can borrow, rent or purchase used equipment at a discount (many colleges get rid of equipment at the end of the year). Find another church in your area interested in also holding a Made For This Sports & Arts Camp and share equipment with each other. Ask the people in your church body, this is a great way to involve people who may not be able to get involved hands on but could donate financially or with items they have.

We recommend keeping your “teams” 6-8 participants per “coach” so that coaches can get to know each child during the course of the camp experience.

 You will also need volunteers to be station leaders, help with set up and tear down, registration and check in and check out.

This is the great thing about this camp – you can hold it with 10 kids or 200 kids or anywhere in between! If you have a small number of kids keep them together the entire time instead of trying to split into age groups.

Tshirts for both volunteers and participants can be purchased through the website starting May 1st. at www.madeforthiscamp.com

This is a vital part of any outreach….if people don’t know about it, how are they supposed to participate?  We have prepared videos, social posts, and tutorials on social media and in-person promotion that will help you reach more of your community. With a marketing budget of $200-400 our small church plant served 150 kids that were not connected to our launch team.

YES! This is outreach so each evening encourage your participants to invite friends!

Made For This Sports & Arts Camp can be a great launching point to get people in the doors of the church! One fun idea is to hold a BONUS day of Camp where families can participate together in activities at the church the Sunday morning following that last day of Camp and families receive an invite with service times on them. You could also hold a quarterly follow up Sports & Arts Camp day at the church (Maybe for a few hours on a Saturday morning or Sunday evening) and invite all the kids that attended camp in the summer to re-engage with them and invite them to Sunday services.