Summer Staff Applications

Each camp session includes a dean and chaplain, both priests, plus a teacher who is a youth minister, Christian Education director, or lay person with a gift for teaching. Each camp is staffed by at least one registered nurse who gives campers their prescribed medicine, takes care of scrapes and bruises, and determines whether a camper needs to see a doctor, or must go home to prevent the spread of a contagious illness. Campers have a 5 to 1 ratio with staff while in the cabin, and a 3 to 1 ratio when the entire camp is together.

Summer Staff Applications 

2012 Summer Paid Staff Application & Job Description, click here.

(1 application can be filled out for Mid Winter and for Summer Staff)  

If you are a registered nurse and would like to apply to work for the 2012 summer sessions, please feel out the following application, click here.

Meet us to interview for a summer position. Contact Rob Watson at  rob.watson@dwtx.org

Each summer Camp Capers hires approximately 30 summer staff.  The goal of every staff member is to provide a safe and loving environment for young people to experience Christian relationships and the awesome power of God’s love.   

Cabin Counselors:   Each counselor lives in a cabin with a volunteer co-counselor and up to 10 campers. The counselor is here to love, accept, and affirm the camper because God loves, accepts, and affirms each person and can use the counselor to do this in the lives of the campers. Cabin counselors are expected to run, play, swim, sing, laugh, and worship alongside their campers every day. Applicants must be at least 20 years old or have completed their first year of college.   

Lead Guy/Lead Girl:  Lead counselors serve as mentors, coaches, and guides for the cabin staff.  Applicants should be at least 21 years of age and have previous cabin counseling experience.   

Staff Director:  Staff director is the main liaison between the staff and the Session Clergy leadership.  In addition, the staff director supervises all paid staff.  Applicants must be at least 22 years of age and a college graduate. 

Activities Director:  The Activities Director is responsible for planning, organizing, and leading a variety of activities throughout the day.  Applicants should be at least 21 years of age and have a sense of fun and adventure. 

Arts and Crafts Director:  The A&C director is responsible for planning, organizing, and leading a variety of crafts in conjunction with each  session’s clergy leadership team.  They are also responsible for the cleanliness and organization of the crafts building and inventory. Applicants should be at least 20 years of age. 

Music Director:  The Music Director is responsible for planning and leading music at all gatherings and worship.  The Music Director works closely with the session Chaplin, planning worship and liturgy.  Applicants should be at least 20 years of age or have completed their first year of college. 

Photographer:  The Photographer is responsible for taking pictures of campers and staff throughout each day and posting the pictures to our website. At the end of each session, the Photographer creates and burns cds for all campers and staff to take home.  Applicants should be at least 20 years of age or have completed their first year of college. 

Ropes Course Coordinator: The Ropes Course Coordinator is responsible for the development and delivery of adventure challenge activities at camp that are safe, fun, and appropriate to the campers' age and abilities.  The Ropes Course Coordinator is accountable to the Staff Director.  Applicants should be at least 20 years of age or have completed their first year of college.

Work Crew:  Six Work Crew members share various, pre-determined duties which include a combination of: Kitchen, Canteen, Grounds keeping, Office assistant, and Facilities management. Work Crew is also responsible for helping set-up and take-down of activities.  Applicants must be graduating seniors or older.