Reach Out Youth Solutions Youth Ministry Helps. After the counselors, the guest speaker is the most important person you will bring onto your property in the course of operating your youth camp. The guest speaker has the power to impact the entire group with messages from the platform. He or she can easily set the tone for the day and capsulate the events of the week. Since 1987, I have been the guest speaker at dozens of camps and conference centers in thirty four states and seven foreign countries, and my experiences have been all over the chart.
Some camps know how to select, compensate, and care for a speaker . . .
I want to encourage you, as camping professionals, to maximize your speakers ministry at your camp. This can be done by matching the speaker to the need, and by putting the speaker at ease during his or her stay. Finding the Right Speaker It s fine to use the same speaker year after year, as long as the speaker remains fresh. But speakers that tell the same jokes and use the same illustrations may need to be replaced by ones that are more relevant. Quietly survey your staff regarding speakers about whom you have doubts.