During the week of Monday, July 28 through Friday, August the1st, I, Rev. Jonathan, will be leading Summer of Service (SOS), a community-service-focused summer camp program for our church youth group and friends. The camp will take place every day from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and it is open to all youth who are going into 4th grade up through 12th grade.
During Summer of Service, we will be volunteering at a variety of community organizations in Falmouth and Hyannis. Each morning, we will divide ourselves into work groups that will carpool to the sites where we will volunteer our service for the morning. We will then reconvene back at the church for lunch and spend the afternoon playing youth group games, doing arts and crafts, and enjoying the summer with our church friends. Friday will be a field trip day, so if the weather is nice we will likely head to the beach.
Some of the organizations we are planning to work for this summer include the Service Center of Falmouth, the Falmouth Schools’ Garden Project, and the NOAH Homeless Outreach Street Ministry program. *Because we will need to rely on parent volunteers to help transport campers to the various sites, we ask that a parent volunteer to drive on at least one of the days of camp.
The cost of the program will be $125 for the week, and the tuition covers the program cost, along with providing a small stipend for our high school age counselors. Because this is the first summer we will be offering this camp, enrollment will be limited to 16 campers and 4 counselors. Friends of FCC youth are welcome to participate, so invite your buddies! Applications and health forms are available through the church office by either calling 508-548-3700 or email: info@firstcongfalmouth.org.
This year, students who are going into their junior or senior year of high school, or have recently graduated from high school can apply to be an SOS counselor. Along with being an excellent opportunity to engage in some valuable community service and volunteering, the counselor positions do come with an honorarium. ( If you are interested in being a counselor, please contact me directly at RevDrury@Hotmail.com). I am very excited to have Corrine McGillicuddy joining me as a co-leader of this program, in her official role of Head Counselor. Please feel free to contact me or Corrine if you have any questions.
I know this week of camp is going to be a blast. My hope is to see this program expand in the future, and I welcome you to be part of its inception. Come join in the fun!
