Camp Tekoa - Job Positions

Staff Applications

2025 Season Applications:

2025 LIT (Leader in Training) Application

LIT (Leader in Training): Current Juniors in High School

2025 Staff Application

SA FGL (Staff Assistant Family Group Leader):Current Seniors in High School

Senior Staff FGL: 18+ years old

Support Staff: Includes Coordinators, Resources, Specialists, Directors and full-time Support Staff roles

2025 Volunteer Application

Barnabas Team, Pastors of the Week, Nurses of the Week, Drivers, Kitchen Team, FGLs, etc.

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Reference Forms:

Please have references fill out the form below. Returners only need 1 reference, everyone else will need 3 references.

2025 Reference Form

All reference letters and applications are submitted online. Interviews are conducted following the receipt of your application and references.

Feel free to call the office if you have any questions at all. Thank you!

Want To Know More?

If you are interested in working at Camp Tekoa and would like to learn more, please complete this interest form:

Staff Interest Form

Support Staff

Support staff positions are a variety of positions available in order to best support our Family Group Leaders throughout the summer. These roles include coordinators, specialists, directors and resource staff. Learn more below!

Support Staff Jobs

Senior Staff Family Group Leader (Counselor)

Family Group Leaders make up the majority of our staff. They are paired up with a different Family Group Leader each week and together they are in charge of facilitating weekly camp activities for their assigned group of 14 boy/girl campers. Family Group Leaders work with our Day Camp, Overnight Camp, Adventure Camp and Special Needs Camps. Family Group Leaders live in the cabins with their assigned campers. Age group assignments rotate weekly. The FGL role has the most variety week to week.

View the Senior Staff FGL Job Description.

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Staff Assistant Family Group Leaders

(Counselor)

(Must be a high school graduate, starting first year of college and a minimum age of 17 years old)

The SA FGL program is described as the backbone of our staff, because our SA FGL's are used in many capacities here at Tekoa. Staff Assistants are used flexibly throughout the camp, filling support staff positions as well as Family Group Leader positions along side Senior Staff members. Tekoa's SA FGL program is designed to allow recent high school graduates the opportunity to:

Share the light of Christ with children and youth in an outdoor Christian camp atmosphere.
Gain experience, leading all camp programs and activities for elementary and middle school, day and overnight campers
Work alongside and learn from a community of highly trained senior staff.
Explore and grow Christian faith.
Engage in Christian fellowship with fellow Tekoa staff and volunteers.

View the SA FGL Job Description.

Day Camp Family Group Leader (DC Counselor)

Day Camp Family Group Leaders are a smaller team of camp counselors. They are typically paired up with a different Senior Staff Family Group Leader each week and together they are in charge of facilitating weekly camp activities for their assigned group of 12-14 boy/girl campers. Led and mentored by a Day Camp Director and Day Camp Assistant Director, Day Camp FGLs work with our Younger Elementary School Day Camp, Older Elementary School Adventure Day Camp, and sometimes Middle School Day Camp. Day Camp Family Group Leaders live at their homes off site away from camp and come to camp property each morning and leave each evening. Age group assignments rotate weekly.

View the Day Camp FGL Job Description (link coming soon).

Leaders in Training (LITs)

(Must be a rising high school senior and a minimum age of 16 years old)

The LIT program is fully experiential (learning by doing, experiencing, and living it out). As many educators know, this is one of the best avenues for learning. The design of the LIT program is very intentional about leadership experience. Each aspect of the program is designed to meet the goals listed below. After serving as a LIT volunteer, many of our LITs continue on to become leaders with their home youth groups, children ministries, schools, scout groups, etc. Because the LIT program is a multi-week volunteer opportunity, participants are able to log hundreds of volunteer hours for college applications. The LIT program is also a great way to prepare for future summers on staff at Tekoa. It is not a requirement for our staff to be prior LITs however; it is a natural first stepping-stone for many of our staff. The LIT program at Camp Tekoa is free for participants. It is a volunteer professional development, experiential learning program. The LIT position is not a paid role, however it direclty sets up the LIT to be ready for paid staff roles at Camp Tekoa the next summer.

Tekoa's LIT program is designed to provide rising high school seniors the opportunity to:

Share the light of Christ with children and youth in an outdoor Christian camp atmosphere.
Gain experience, leading games and activities for campers.
Work alongside and learn from a community of highly trained senior staff.
Explore and grow in Christian faith.
Provide support for campers and staff throughout the summer.
Engage in Christian fellowship with fellow LITs and Tekoa staff.

LITs are asked to make a commitment to serve 1 of the 2 training weeks plus multiple of the serving weeks during the summer. LITs can sign up for between 1 and 7 serving weeks after their training week. The schedule is designed to be acoomodating to LITs' potentially busy summer schedule. A LIT can sign up for a summmer schedule that could include participating in 1 of the 2 training weeks, followed by a serving week followed by leaving camp for other commitments, and then returning to camp for future serving weeks later in the summer. When possible Camp Tekoa will try to accomodate scheduling needs.

LIT Training Week:

LITs choose 1 of the 2 options for their Training Week.

LIT Serving Weeks:

LITs choose between 1 and 7 weeks to serve and learn for the rest of the summer after their Training Week.
LITs rotate through these options for their Serving Weeks:

Discovery Week
3rd in a Group Week
Day Camp Week
Adventure Week

View the LIT Job Description.

Want To Know More?

If you are interested in working at Camp Tekoa and would like to learn more, please complete this interest form:

Staff Interest Form