Every year CrossRoads invites young adults to serve alongside us as we seek to exemplify the love of Jesus and cultivate an environment where campers and guests encounter God and find their place in missions. While they receive a small weekly stipend, the truth is our staffers would make more money working in fast food. Yet they invest their hearts, energy, gifts, and time here as they answer God’s call to share the gospel. For many of them, their own faith was shaped by CrossRoads’ summer camp ministry, and they are eager to pay it forward!

Our summer staff love what they do, but camp days are long, physically exhausting, and require a certain amount of isolation from friends and family in the land of no cell phone service. We are seeking encouragers to adopt a summer staffer in 2022. This is a great opportunity for a WMU circle, small group, or church to minister to our summer staff as they minister on the mountain!

What does it look like to adopt a summer staffer?

• You will be provided with the basic information of a summer staffer including name, picture, and a few fun facts.

• Begin praying for your summer staffer immediately! Pray that God is preparing them spiritually, physically, and mentally to serve at camp. Continue praying throughout the summer that they will be healthy, encouraged, and bold as they minister!

• Between June 15 and July 31 cards of encouragement are awesome! Shower your summer staffer with scripture, encouraging quotes, and words of love.

• Small care packages are not required but always appreciated. They do not have to be expensive or fancy: a homemade sweet treat, chapstick, $5 Walmart/Target gift cards, a decent pen and some note cards… all go a long way during summer camp.

• At the end of summer CrossRoads will share with you some highlights of your staffers’ ministry!

To adopt a summer staffer contact Sara Hubble, shubble@crossroadsccc.com or call 434.277.8465.