English Camp (Staff)

The next camp will be July, 17th – 26th, 2024.

We will start as a staff team with our Orientation Days on Sa, July, 13th, 2024 at the camp location.

We are glad to have found a wonderful location where the camp can take place: The "Jugendgästehaus Liebethal". The house and the surrounding area is beautiful, the staff team is friendly and the food just great.

If you want to get more impressions, visit the homepage of the house

The Address is:
Bei der Liebethaler Kirche 2–4
D-01796 Pirna

There are about 40 campers, aged 13-18 years old, about 15 German staff members from our church, and 4-8 English native speakers from all over the world.

Depending on where you come from the transfer will take more or less preparation. If you will need to fly, the closest airport will be Dresden International Airport. When you come by train Dresden, Hbf will probably be the closest station. No matter where you come from let us know about you. We will find a way.

The costs for Housing & Food for one staff member are about 400,00€.

Yes, we know, that's a lot of money, especially when you have costs for your own transport. We want to keep the camp affordable for the campers, so we are happy if our supporting staff team is able to take parts of the costs. But if that’s not possible, don’t hesitate to get in contact with us, so we can figure out how we can make it possible that you can join us. Money shall not be the obstacle.

In our invitation to the camp we present an opportunity for students to improve their English skills while having a great time during their summer break. The campers know that we are a Christian camp. Most of the campers who come to us for the first time are not really sure what to expect. Some of them are even sent to the camp by their parents just to improve their marks in English. But most of them are invited by friends who’ve already been to the camp. And they know that besides the English aspect we will talk about God, faith and what that may have to do with them. For some of them, this camp is a long-expected refreshment of their relationship with God.

Almost every day at English Camp is different. Nevertheless, the schedule for orientation looks like this:

• 8:00 Breakfast
• 8:45 Staff Praise Prayer
• 9:15 Small Groups
• 10:00 English Class
• 12:00 Lunch
• 13:30 Workshops
• 15:00 Snack
• 15:45 Activities
• 18:00 Supper
• 19:00 Staff meeting
• 20:15 Evening Program
• 21:30 Small Groups
• 22:15 To Rooms
• 22:45 Lights out
• 23:00 Quiet

There are a lot of opportunities for you to get involved in EnglishCamp besides teaching English:

• If you sing or play an instrument you’re welcome to join the band for the evening program.
• If you have an idea for a workshop (crafts, sports, art, etc.) you could lead a workshop that will take place in the afternoon on four days.
• If you like sports, you are invited to join the activity teams as a team coach. That means to support one of our campers activity teams during the afternoon by cheering for them, encourage them and help them to grow together as a team. Or you could join the ghost team, the staff team that will compete with the campers teams in some games.
• If you have experienced something with god you want to share with the campers, we’d love to hear your testimony in the evening program.
• If you like to even preach a sermon let us know so that we can find out, where your message would fit in the evening program.

There are a lot of more things going on during EnglishCamp where we invite you to share your ideas, support the team and jump in.

Four days in advance of the camp the complete staff team will meet at the campsite to prepare the camp. There will be time to get to know each other and to grow together as a team. We will focus on God in worship and ask him what he has in store for us and the camp. There will be enough time for the teachers to prepare the lessons, go through the schedule of the camp and all its details.