If you haven’t donated time to a worthwhile cause lately, would you consider helping us? We are dependent on volunteers to help us prepare young lives for a fruitful lifetime of serving Christ. Below are some areas in which you can be of service through our ministry.
Most Current Needs
Contact Joy El at 717-369-4539 for information.
- Elves (Monday clean-up crew): Our “Elves” crew members come to Joy El on Monday mornings to help clean our main building and gymnasium after a busy weekend of campers. Primary duties are sweeping and mopping floors, emptying trash, resetting tables and chairs in meeting rooms, vacuuming and straightening rooms for immaculate appearance for incoming guests.
- Tuesday morning maintenance crew: This crew is comprised of handymen (or women). Folks who love to fix things will fit right into this group. We supply the tools, the projects and the fellowship! This group comes to Joy El on Tuesday mornings, works until lunch, and then we provide them with a free lunch.
- Donation Pick-up/Delivery Person: We are in need of one or more people with a current driver’s license to pick up food donations from the local Mercersburg Food Lion each Friday morning and deliver it to Camp Joy El. One person who can consistently do this each week is preferred, but we will work with more than one to alternate weeks if necessary.
Camping Programs
- Direct mailings crew: Many of our bulk mailings are prepared for the post office by hand. Volunteers are called upon to help us with this task. It’s usually a morning of easy labor supplemented with refreshments and lots of good fellowship. Mailing dates vary.
- Elves (Monday clean-up crew): Our “Elves” crew members come to Joy El on Monday mornings to help clean our main building and gymnasium after a busy weekend of campers. Primary duties are sweeping and mopping floors, emptying trash, resetting tables and chairs in meeting rooms, vacuuming and straightening rooms for immaculate appearance for incoming guests.
- Office help: Volunteers are always needed for various tasks around the ministry office. If you like photocopying, cutting flyers apart, filing, sorting materials for programs or storage, working on the computer with data entry, or anything similar, we’d love to have you join us. We can work around your schedule and the time frame you have to give us.
- Kitchen help: Volunteers are essential to helping us operate our dining hall during the summer months. If you enjoy cooking and young people, this is the position for you. The need for kitchen help during other times of the year vary depending on our events and banquets schedule.
- Tuesday morning maintenance crew: This crew is comprised of handymen (or women). Folks who love to fix things will fit right into this group. We supply the tools, the projects and the fellowship! This group comes to Joy El on Tuesday mornings, works until lunch, and then we provide them with a free lunch.
- Volunteer receptionist: There is always a need for a substitute receptionist to answer phones when our staff receptionist is away, or in the midst of preparing materials for one of the programs. If you simply like talking on the phone and want to give some time doing that, we’ll train you to be the “hostess with the mostest” on the Joy El phones.
- Phoneathon crew: Our camping department needs volunteers willing to make phone calls prior to our camping events. We provide a list of students for the crew to contact along with information on the event we’re calling about. If you like talking, this position is ideal and the time commitment is minimal.
Joy El, Attn: Camping Dept, 3741 Joy-El Drive, Greencastle, PA 17225. Ph:717-369-4539 .
Bible Adventure Program
Bible Adventure simply doesn’t happen without volunteers. While Joy El sponsors the program, volunteers do every part of operating each individual BA class. This program truly is a community outreach that transcends denominational lines. Involvement in Bible Adventure is a way that you can use the spiritual and natural gifts God has given you to glorify Him.
Here are the roles filled by BA volunteers. In what capacity do you see yourself serving?
- School Coordinator: This person has oversight of a weekly BA class, staff, and students. The school coordinator interacts with school officials, recruits volunteer staff for the class, cooperates with the area coordinator in training staff, and leads staff in devotional time and other activities.
- Teacher: This person teaches a 20-minute Bible lesson on a weekly basis. Curriculum is provided as well as training.
- Listener: This person encourages students by listening to them recite memorized verses. The listener develops a close personal relationship with a small group of students (2-4).
- Song Leader: This person leads the group in song time.
- Pianist: This person plays the piano for group song time.
- Bus Driver: The bus driver transports students from the school to the host facility and back again. This person must have a CDL with passenger endorsement.
- Child Care: This person watches the preschool children of fellow volunteers while class is in session.
- Prayer Warrior: This person prays regularly for the ministry of Bible Adventure and its staff.
- Public Relations: This person shares highlights of what God is doing in Bible Adventure with the community through a variety of means.
- Praise Journal Recorder: This person records weekly Godsightings (ways God is working in their class) and shares these with staff to encourage them.
- Historian: The historian documents and collates important information and highlights
- Key Follow-up Person: Oversee the follow up on all leads for students and staff
- Camp Champion: This person promotes camp events held at Camp Joy El to the students and volunteers in the Bible Adventure Program. Excitement, enthusiasm and creativity are the needed qualities for the individuals filling this role.
To volunteer with a Bible Adventure class, click here or contact us at:
Joy El Ministries, Attn: Bible Adventure Dept, 3741 Joy-El Drive, Greencastle, PA 17225. Ph:717-369-4539 .