Adult volunteers are a crucial component to the Northern Pines ministry. We have service opportunities during the two weeks of camp and during the year.
Please prayerfully consider partnering with us. Your service is crucial to the spiritual, emotional, and physical experience of the conferees.
Children's Program Teacher
Caring for infants and toddlers or teaching a specific age group of children 3 to 8 years of age is a fun way to get involved at Northern Pines. Depending on class size, there may be 2 teachers in a classroom. CCAs also provide support and help in classrooms. Time commitment involves personal preparation as well, three hours of morning teaching, and a daily meeting with the rest of the Children's Program Staff. Afternoons and evenings are free, enabling teachers to attend the adult evening sessions.
Teachers receive a weekly honorarium and are invited to participate in the evening portion of the Adult Program.
Please review our standards and expectations before applying. After applying, we will review applications in March and follow up with all applicants. If accepted, all Children's Program Teachers will need to submit a confirmation form to confirm their placement. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact us through our Contact Us page or at connect@npines.org.
Men’s Work Retreat
Each spring—after tax day—we hold our annual Northern Pines Men's Work Retreat. This has rapidly become one of the favorite events for many of our men as we gather together for a weekend to work, eat, and fellowship. It is an essential component of our relationship with Green Lake Conference Center and has helped transform our Wilderness and CCA program facilities. Specific dates will be announced early in the year.
Whether you have lots of experience and construction skills or are just willing to pitch in wherever you can, we have a place for you. We'll work hard, laugh a lot, eat well, and make our kids' experiences at Northern Pines even better. There is no cost to participate—your food and lodging is covered!
Transition Weekend Chaperones
Are you interested in a way to serve the Northern Pines family without staying an extra week? Each year we need six adult chaperones for our Transition Weekend. These adults will rotate around campus on Saturday and Sunday between the two weeks. These chaperones are a crucial part of Northern Pines, enabling our youth to camp one week and serve as CCAs or Wilderness Tribal Leaders the other week. Couples often choose to serve together, but individuals are also welcome. Chaperones can be first- or second-week conferees.
Please email connect@npines.org if you are interested in serving or have any questions about this role.
Prayer Team
We are looking for volunteers to join our after-service prayer team. This ministry time is available for our adult attendees after our Family Hour and Evening Sessions. When the speakers conclude their messages, our prayer team will be available to anyone who needs prayer and encouragement! (individuals, couples, singles, etc.) Each week will have a team leader to provide some guidance and be available throughout the week.
Do you have experience praying with people? Would you prayerfully consider joining our team?
Additional Volunteer Opportunities
The success of Northern Pines and Green Lake Conference Center are interconnected. There are several ways you can serve Northern Pines through GLCC’s established volunteer program. You can volunteer multiple weeks throughout the summer, or specifically during a Northern Pines week.
Contact Rebecca Reeves for Northern-Pines-Specific Volunteer Opportunities
Partner with Us
As we look ahead to many more years of family ministry, we continue to prioritize sharing the life-changing and transforming power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Please join us in this quest by prayerfully considering how you can partner with Northern Pines. There are ways to support the ministry in prayer, on the board, or through financial giving. We are also blessed with professionals who use their skills to help with our bookkeeping and communication as well as support from medical and investment professionals.
If you have an idea of a creative way you'd like to partner with us, we'd love to chat!