Work With Us
Being part of the Lutheridge summer staff is being a part of a dedicated team. Summer staff life is filled with opportunities for Christian ministry, fellowship, growth, self-giving, and support.
Find your place on staff.
Counselors at Lutheridge lead in more than one place. Here’s where a summer on staff can take you.
In a cabin.
Lutheridge is primarily an overnight residential camp. Lead a cabin group through the week, from Bible study to evening vespers to Cabin Time before bed.
On the road.
Counselors also get the opportunity to travel around the southeast, leading day camps at local congregations.
On the trail.
In the Outdoor Adventure Program, counselors lead challenging adventures like rafting, zip lines and hiking, and take campers out on the Appalachian Trail.
Leading the leaders.
Area directors and other senior staff train and support the counselors.
“Where do I want to lead from this week?”
Each week on staff, counselor groups look at the schedule ahead and at each other’s strengths and growing areas. Then they ask that question.
- the back
- the middle
- the front
“I’m not an up-front person. I never have been.”
Grace had been a camper for years before her first summer on staff. Talking that question through with her group, she tried leading from the back, the middle and the front.
How we get you ready.
Training comes before the first camper arrives, and your staff team meets every week of the summer.
Staff training.
Orientation at Lutheridge covers the heart of each night at camp, like Cabin Time, when campers recall their highs, lows and God moments.
A prayer partner group.
In her first summer, Grace leaned on her summer staff prayer partner group: “We became close, and I could share my worries and hopes with them.”
Ready for the trail.
Outdoor Adventure Program area directors train counselors and prepare them to take campers out on the Appalachian Trail.
“The preparation that goes into developing counselors to lead campers and keep them safe offsite is immense and cannot be stressed enough.”
Faith Goyne, Lutheridge Outdoor Adventure Program area director in 2022
Cannot say enough great things about the type of training and preparation the program directors do with the counselors and the care, modeling and sharing the counselors do with the campers.
Jill
How to apply.
Here’s what you’ll need. The NovusWay Work With Us page walks through every step.
Your application.
Start with the short form below. Someone from Lutheridge will reach out to you personally to continue your application.
Three references.
Be ready to share contact information for three references when we follow up.
The personnel policies.
Signing your contract means that you agree to live by them!
Start your application.
Tell us how to reach you and what you’d like to do. Someone from Lutheridge will take it from there.
What happens next.
- We read it. Your form goes straight to our staff team.
- We reach out. Someone from camp gets in touch the way you asked.
- You talk it through. Ask your questions, finish your application and set up an interview.
Questions about a summer on staff? Email humanresources@novusway.org.
Year-round jobs.
Openings at Lutheridge and across NovusWay change through the year, so we don’t list them here. Email us and we’ll tell you what’s open.
Email Human Resources
Keep the connection growing.
See summer staff at every NovusWay camp, stay close as a summer staff alum, or ask us anything.