Opportunities for Summer Staff

Pine Cove offers several opportunities during the school year and for staff who return for another summer of ministry.

Four years ago, Pine Cove launched a missions program called Commission Camping, named after the Great Commission in Matthew 28. We want to go out and train others to share the Good News in the context of Christian camping. We realize that God is moving all over this world and we want to invest the experience that God has entrusted us with into leaders in Latin America. Using 15-member summer staff teams, we have just completed a 3 year partnership in Costa Rica, we are in the midst of a partnership in Panama, and we are looking to begin new relationships in Honduras and Argentina in the summer of 2008. To be eligible to participate in one of these 10 day trips, we require that you have experienced at least one summer at one of our camps in Texas. Team members must also commit to working a minimum of one half-summer in addition to the mission trip. Team members are responsible for financing and must be fully fundraised before leaving.

Leadership positions include Directors for Work crew, Program, and Waterfront as well as Senior Counselors, Secretaries and many others. These positions are usually filled by returning staff members who have a proven ability to lead and are familiar with camp.

Pine Cove is looking to invest in the lives of young men and women who desire to be leaders in ministry. The Forge is a graduate-level training and discipleship program designed to develop the next generation of leaders in ministry. From September to April each year, the Forge will give a select number of students the chance to learn about leadership theory and practice, basic theology, worldviews, and ministry preparation as well as experience team building, solid biblical training, adventure opportunities and the life-on-life discipleship with Pine Cove staff and other leaders from throughout the country. To download our application or find out more, click here.

For the last several years Pine Cove has teamed up with an outside philanthropy organization and a political action group in order to impact the next generation of leaders. Pine Cove provides child and youth programs for these two influential organizations at various locations throughout the country. Approximately 40 staff will be asked to join one of these trips for a week in locations such as San Diego, Colorado Springs, or Washington D.C. All accommodations and travel expenses will be provided by Pine Cove.