TIMELINE | TO DO | WHO |
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9 MONTHS-A YEAR OUT | Pay the deposit in order to reserve the May long weekend at Green Bay Bible Camp | YP (Youth Pastor) @Bethany Baptist |
6-9 MONTHS | YPs start meet monthly online to brainstorm and assign various roles | All involved YPs |
Work on getting a speaker and a band (really, this should be recruiting for the year following. This year we recruited for 2 bands; one for this May, and one for May 2021) | YPs who volunteered | |
2-6 MONTHS | YPs meet weekly online to decide the following: Theme, branding, activities by camp, activities by YPs | All involved YPs |
Finalize the contract with Green Bay Bible Camp | YP from Bethany Baptist | |
Finish registration brochure and send to YP for church-specific editing | YP who voluteered | |
Show options for and agree on branding for t-shirts | YP who volunteered to do branding along with all YPs | |
Book transportation, if needed | Up to each YP | |
2-1 MONTHS | Start advertising for May Camp and ramp it up each week for a month to encourage timely registration | Each YP |
Edit the registration brochure to the specifications of your church, print them off and hand them out to the students | Each YP | |
2-4 WEEKS | With the main registration deadline being a month before, most registrations should be in. Collect registration data from each youth pastor at the 4 week mark and at the 2 week mark: number of girls, guys, male & female leaders, numbers of students signed up for each activity, food allergies, dietary requests | Bethany YP |
Convey numbers in each activity to Green Bay Bible Camp so they can have staff on hand | Bethany YP | |
Assign rooms to each church for males and females | Bethany YP | |
Have honorarium cheques cut for the speaker and the band | Bethany YP | |
2 weeks | Send number of kids and all alergies and/or special dietary requests to the camp kitchen | Bethany YP |
Continue to advertise to the students and generate excitement. Make sure they know what to bring, what not to bring, departure and arrival times | Each YP | |
Communicate same to parents | Each YP | |
Confirm transportation and communicate departure and arrival times, provide maps/directions, etc | Each YP | |
Have final online meeting with YPs to make sure everyone is on the same page, all tasks assigned, and to answer any other questions | All YPs | |
May Long Weekend | Please see Event Execution sheet | All YPs |