Welcome to Royal Family KIDS Camp Training

1. Welcome to Royal Family KIDS Camp Training

2. Trainer Note: These slides are meant to be a template and a guide for RFK Camp training. They are not mandatory nor perfectly aligned with the Counselor Staff Manual. They are designed for new camps to get started and local Trainers should feel free to add, delete or modify the slides to fit their local needs and Trainers style of teaching. Things to add may be: your church info, local Social Service concerns & regulations, camp facility photos or layout, local schedule issues, additional topics of concern or add team building games etc.

3. Introductions Ice Breaker: Tell us about yourself- In 30 seconds tell us your; • Name: • Camp Position: • One of your favorite Christmas presents of your childhood:

4. Perspective Why Training? State requirement? Church requirement? RFK National office? Volunteer expectations? ???

5. Counselor/Staff Training Manual

6. History of the RFK Vision { Wayne Tesch is 12 years oldat youth camp in Upstate N.Y. { 1960 12 yrs. 24 yrs. Wayne & Diane move to Calif. & enter full-time ministry. 1972 { 12 yrs. Wayne is given invitation to Develop a camp for “underprivileged kids.” 1984 Wayne Tesch 1985 “Royal Family Kids’ Camps”is born.

7. Suggested video to insert and play is https://vimeo.com/254902408

8. Milestones 1990 RFKC, Inc. is formed. 1995 26 camps, Unlocking the SecretWorld published. 1985 1st camp - Orange County, California 1988 Camp #2- Los Angeles, CA 1989 Camp #3 - Phoenix, AZ

9. Milestones 2000 70 camps - 10 Year Anniversary To date: 10,000 Camper spots 2005 137 camps in 36 states – 5,219 kids 2008 Started first Mentoring Clubs 2010 175 camps - 20 Year Anniversary – over 6,800 kids - 9 Countries

10. Milestones 2011 Changed name to Royal Family KIDS merging the Camps & Mentoring Clubs. 2013 193 camps – Camp Movie seen by 40,000 people in theaters & over 200,000 on Netflix! 2017 203 Camps in US, 8,665 Campers

12. What is this training all about? During this training we’re going to: become educated about the abused child. get to know each other to build a strong team. find out how a week of Camp can change the life of an abused child & how can God use you.

13. COUNSELOR CODE OF CONDUCT “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your campers, and shall TALK of them when you SIT in your cabin, and when you HIKE by the way, and when you LIE down, and when you RISE. And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house (cabin) and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:4-6

14. Royal Family KIDS PURPOSE faith Child abuse. Mobilize the _____ community to confront __________ MISSION Life-changing moments Create ____________________ for children of abuse. VISION Every foster child, age 6-12, experiences a life - changing Camp and Mentoring Club. STRATEGY _______ and ________ Camps and Mentoring Clubs. Launch sponsor

15. Values Royally Treat People _______ Make __________ Matter Keep Moving _________ Moments Forward

16. Campers Campers Campers Administrative Staff / Dean of Men Administrative Staff / Dean of Women Assistant Director Advisors Director Fundraising Team Founders RFK Board Organizational Chart Counselors Staff Counselors Staff Training Team Prayer Team

17. RFKC Team • STAY HOME STAFF • Prayer Partner Coordinator. • Welcome Home Dinner Coordinator. • Prayer Team • Church Staff • Fundraisers / Donors • Admin. Staff ON SITE STAFF • Directors • Assistant Director • Dean of Men & Women • Social Worker / On Site Counselor • Child Placement Coordinator • Nurse • Activity Coordinator • Coach • Bible Teacher • Music Director • AV/Photographer • Grandparents • Aunt & Uncle • ON SITE COUNSELORS • Men Counselors • Women Counselors

18. What’s expected of you by the time this training is over? We want to prepare you to be able to change the life of a child of abuse.

19. Training Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ~Abigail Adams

20. CAMP That sounds like a lot, but with God “all things are possible”. We have seen that a week of time, even a single moment of time, can change the direction that a life is going.

21. Over a long period of time, a slight deviation here. Can result in an entirely different person here.

22. In A Moment Moses life was changed in a moment in front of a burning bush Saul's life was changed in a moment on the road to Damascus Mary’s life was changed in a moment when an angel said “…you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. Luke 1v31 My life was changed in a moment when…

23. “The Purple Cord” that ties the community together • Business & Civic clubs provide __________ and _________ i.e. “Gifts in Kind” • Church provides ________ and ________ • people • resources • finances • finances • KIDS • RFK Inc. provides- • Training, ResourcesSupport & Accountability • Camp facility provides the ______ • Social Services provides the ________ • place • children

24. Campers will be changed for eternity “And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it he was indignant, and he said to them, ‘Let the children come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.’” Mark 10:13,14

25. Adult lives will be changed for eternity, too!

26. Local Camp Slide • Please modify and add pictures of your local campground to show to your staff.

27. 3 FOR 3 Before we move on… Let’s have three questions about this section. AND / OR Three Take-a-ways