They never forgot the miraculous experiences He shared with them, nor the truths He attached to such experiences so often related through parables. Camp is a distinct and intense experience that will forever stand out from other life experiences in one's memory. It offers the opportunity to attach spiritual truths to memory-making experiences. After they have long since returned home, when memories of camp return, campers also remember the spiritual truths and are moved to respond to those truths. Leadership Development A camp counselor is a leader in the making.
Camps are ideal nurturing environments for developing leaders for church and society.
To build leadership skills, people must be given responsibility for others and be mentored in the process of ministering and leading. Very few opportunities exist for young people to be given significant responsibility for others, especially responsibility to minister to others. If structured properly, with focused training present, a camp can provide that ideal opportunity. They also need support when they fail, and continuous feedback from peers and mentors to learn from their mistakes. Camp can provide an ideal crucible to test one's capabilities and expose weaknesses, to sort out and prove what learning's are consistent with reality and actually work.