BYG - Building Youth Groups
BYG is one of the fastest growing approaches to youth ministry.
THE PROBLEM--when children are old
enough for the traditional youth group, they are already committed to other
activities and your church has only one half, one third, or maybe only
one quarter of the potential children attending regularly.
OUR SOLUTION--make the church a solid, fun option before all the middle school choices bombard your children.
BYG seeks to do build a sense of group unity in your 3rd-5th graders*. A BYG weekend or summer week is designed to be a focus event for your group, including group leaders from your congregation. The weekend or summer experience is taken with you when you return, bringing with it an energy and focus that can be drawn upon as your church programs for this age group take shape.
* If your church already has a group started that includes a different age span, we can usually accommodate for different ages--3rd-5th grade is just our suggestion.
Our
intensively trained staff act as cabin counselors and facilitate the
group-building process that takes place at these events. Everyone is
housed in our comfortable facilities, including carpeting, AC/heat,
and low camper-to-bathroom ratio.
Also, it isn't unusual to hear something like, "THIS is camp food?--I eat
better here than at home." (and that's the adults talking).
Most BYG weekends see several churches bringing their 3rd-5th graders. There is an hour set aside on Saturday and a half hour on Sunday for each church group to gather separately with their leaders for an activity all their own to help build group unity. If your church has a large number of children in this age group, you might want to consider working with us to schedule a BYG weekend for just your group.
Between 2000 and 2005 we averaged one spring BYG weekend, one summer BYG week, and one spring BYG weekend each year. The word has spread and we ran 9 BYG weekends in 2007!!!
BYG Opportunities at Camp Agapé...
Summer 2008
BYG Week is August 3-8.
Click here for a SUMMER BYG group registration packet (227kb).
See more information on 2008 summer BYG below.
Fall 2008 Weekends: (numbers updated
5/11/08)
September 5-7 - room for 9
September 19-21 - room for 6
October 3-5 - FULL
October 24-26 - FULL
November 14-16 - room for 22
Click here for a WEEKEND BYG group registration form(37kb).
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If your group can not fit into the open weekends, call and talk to Amanda (919) 552-9421 or email her at program@agapekurebeach.org.
2008 BYG SUMMER WEEK FEES
The fee for summer 2008 is $350.00 per camper for the week (for participants who have
forms turned in to Camp Agapé at least one month before they arrive).
Those who come without forms or return them to camp inside of one month before your program
will pay an additional $25.00 per camper, or a total of $375.00 for the week.
The regular camp week begins on Sunday afternoon and concludes Friday afternoon.
Adult leaders are free at a ratio of one free adult for every seven campers.
If fewer than seven campers attend, the fee for each adult is $190.00.
DEPOSIT POLICY & DEADLINE
For the summer of 2008, we request a deposit of $100.00 per camper with a congregation minimum of
$300.00 (i.e.: 2 campers X $100.00 = $200.00 you will still send a
deposit of $300.00; 9 campers X $100.00 = $900.00, you will send a deposit of $900.00).
This deposit must be paid by March 1st, 2008 to hold the reserved space.
This deposit is transferable to another camper within the same program, but not refundable.
After March 1st the deposit amount increases to $150.00 per camper.