{"id":263303,"date":"2024-04-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/?p=263303"},"modified":"2024-06-05T07:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T13:17:45","slug":"collaborating-with-impact-the-eagle-lake-summer-training-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/blog\/collaborating-with-impact-the-eagle-lake-summer-training-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborating with Impact: The Eagle Lake Summer Training Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Courtney Sabo<\/a> \u2014 the Day Camp Operations Director for Eagle Lake Camps<\/a> \u2014 was sitting in a meeting at the end of a long day at Eagle Lake\u2019s Glen Eyrie Day Camp. The team was going over what went well that day when a counselor jumped up, excited to share that one of her campers had accepted Christ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A group of campers from Eagle Lake Camp take a selfie with their camp counselor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe whole room erupted with cheers,\u201d Courtney remembers. \u201cShe told us the story of what happened and her conversation with the camper. The counselors\u2019 genuine joy that another camper came to know the Lord was at a level that I had never seen before. It brought me to tears.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story is just one of the many that came out of Eagle Lake\u2019s Glen Eyrie Day Camp this past summer \u2014 a 10-week experience that was not only a fruitful time for campers, but an experimental ground for a new Summer Training Program (STP) for college students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the Eagle Lake Summer Training Program Began<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in 2023, the staff of Eagle Lake were looking for counselors to serve over the summer. Similarly, the upper midwest Navigators Collegiate<\/a> ministries were hoping to start a new STP for the region\u2019s students. Thus, a partnership was born \u2014 the 2023 Eagle Lake STP, where 12 college students served for the summer as day camp counselors, gaining additional disciplemaking training after camp hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis plan of blending the two programs was the best way to combine forces and be unified in how we are building college students over the course of the summer,\u201d Andrew Brown<\/a>, the Eagle Lake Director of Talent Acquisitions and Marketing, says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How a Summer Job with the Eagle Lake Summer Training Program Equips Generations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From singing silly songs to slip-and-slides, the campers \u2014 ranging from 6 to 12 years old \u2014 would rotate each day through fun activities, all while being taught the gospel. The counselors had the unique experience of walking with the campers week after week, forming strong and meaningful relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese kids felt known and seen,\u201d Jenna Booth<\/a>, the Assistant Program Manager for the Eagle Lake STP, says. \u201cAt the end of the summer, some of the kids were distraught watching their counselors leave, and you could see the close relationships that were built.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When camp was done for the day, counselors were given discipleship and biblical training that they could apply with campers throughout their week, growing in their own confidence as disciplemakers in Life-to-Life\u00ae<\/sup><\/a> relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne student named Leah* was a counselor this summer, and she has a heart for serving others,\u201d Jenna continues. \u201cI could see when she went back to college after the summer that she was so much more confident in talking about Scripture and the gospel. And now she\u2019s pursuing others in discipleship, and it\u2019s been amazing to see her growth in just a few months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eagle Lake STP will not only be coming back this year, but it will be expanding, growing to a second day camp at The Club at Flying Horse in Colorado Springs with eight additional counselors for 2024. To help run the camp, some of the students from last year will be returning to lead the new counselors, embarking the collaborative program on another year of successful impact \u2014 for campers and counselors alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m convinced that we won\u2019t know how to uniquely serve the world as Navigators until we\u2019re working better together across the organization,\u201d Andrew explains. \u201cWe can\u2019t be shy of trying new things. And sometimes, like with this year\u2019s STP, we stumble across gold.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Names changed for privacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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College Students Needed: Work for Eagle Lake Camps!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Know a college student looking for a fun summer job that makes a difference? Being a Counselor at Eagle Lake Camps gives you a summer that makes a difference in the lives of kids and in your life, too! Eagle Lake Camps has positions at their rustic, overnight property in the mountains above Colorado Springs and on their traveling Eagle Lake On Location Day Camp teams, who travel across the country to partner with local churches to bring the fun and experience of camp to communities across the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the link below for more information about a summer job you\u2019ll love with Eagle Lake Camps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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