Summer Missionaries

Skycroft provides housing for your entire summer (from training forward) and meals are provided. Housing will be community housing, meaning summer missionaries will be sharing bunk space with other people. Ladies and gentleman will be housed separately on different parts of Skycroft’s campus.

Summer missionaries will typically be off from Friday at 4:30 pm to Sunday at 2 pm. Missionaries can either stay on campus during time off or they can leave campus for the weekend to visit family, friends, attend their home church, etc. It is possible that we may have an opportunity to support a local church over a weekend, in which case those dates would be communicated well in advance.

If approved in advance of the summer schedule, summer missionaries may take 1-2 weeks off during the summer if school, family or other calendar obligations warrant. For example, these weeks may be taken at the end of the summer if an individual has to report back to school earlier than our program end date of August 11. Missionaries are not paid for weeks they are on leave.

Yes, we ask that all Summer Missionaries attend our Challenge Course training in late-May to become Challenge Course certified (high ropes, low ropes, zip line). Additionally, all Summer Missionaries will become First Aid/CPR certified during training week in June. Those interested will also have the opportunity to become Lifeguard certified during training week. Skycroft provides all these trainings at no cost to missionaries.

Summer missionaries serve in various aspects of the camp ministry at Skycroft. Their time is spent primarily in Recreation (ropes course facilitation, zip line, Bazooka ball, etc.), serving in HeBrews Coffee and Ice Cream shop, and facilitating camp activities such as weekly campfires, camp karaoke, carnival days, etc. Missionaries also support the maintenance and housekeeping operations as needed (sweeping and mopping floors, conference room set up, making beds, vacuuming, etc.).

Skycroft partners with the Blue Ridge Baptist Association and its affiliated churches to support the ongoing work of the local Church in Washington and Frederick counties. Summer Missionaries jump in to assist local churches with evangelism and outreach, inner city ministries, Vacation Bible Schools and other children’s programming, building projects, and much more. Each week of the summer looks a little different in where and how missionaries serve.