WorkCamp Basics
This is the day we leave for WorkCamp?
What is Saturday, June 20th?
This piece of footwear is required on every WorkCamp worksite, even if it's hot outside.
What are work boots?
This WorkCamp group will become your family for the week and includes teens, adult leaders, and a contractor from multiple parishes.
What is a crew?
A resident tells you about her life, and your crew takes time to listen to her story instead of treating her like a project. This Catholic Social Teaching principle reminds us that every person has God-given worth.
What is Life and Dignity of the Human Person?
At WorkCamp, this is more important than the project.
What is the community?
Forget your king-sized bed. At WorkCamp you'll spend the week sleeping on one of these in a small rectangular space on a classroom floor shared with dozens of other teens.
What is a twin air mattress, sleeping bag, or cot?
The Safety Inspector's favorite word, and the most important thing you should consume throughout the workday.
What is water?
This crew member is responsible for leading prayer, bringing devotionals, and helping the crew stay focused on Christ throughout the week.
Who is the Devotion Leader?
A crew member notices another teen sitting alone at dinner and intentionally invites them to join the group. This Catholic Social Teaching principle reminds us that no one should be excluded from community.
What is Call to Family, Community, and Participation?
WorkCamp is built around these three pillars.
What are Prayer, Community, and Service?
More than just a work team, this group of teens, adults, and a contractor from various parishes will pray, serve, eat, and grow together all week.
What is a crew?
Before using a tool, climbing a ladder, or beginning a task you have never done before, you should do this first.
What is ask for instruction/help?
This crew member keeps an eye on morale, encourages the team, picks up lunches, and helps everyone stay positive when the work gets tough.
Who is the Group Dynamo?
Your crew learns that a resident cannot afford repairs that are necessary for a safe home. This Catholic Social Teaching principle reminds us that Christians have a special concern for those who are poor and vulnerable.
What is the Preferential Option for the Poor and Vulnerable?
A resident begins sharing stories about their life, but your crew is behind schedule. According to the spirit of WorkCamp, what should you do?
What is listen to the resident?
These things should happen every night before lights out if you want to have a successful week at WorkCamp.
What are the 4 Ps? (Pearly Whites, PJs, Prayer, and POTY)
This crew member is responsible for helping ensure proper hydration, safety equipment, and adherence to worksite safety guidelines.
Who is the Safety Inspector?
This crew member communicates with the contractor and adult leaders, checks the crew mailbox, and helps keep the project moving forward.
Who is the Project Liaison?
While cleaning up a worksite, a crew carefully disposes of paint cans, trash, and construction debris instead of leaving them behind. This Catholic Social Teaching principle is being lived out.
What is Care for God's Creation?
A crew needs builders, listeners, leaders, encouragers, problem-solvers, and prayer warriors. This truth explains why every WorkCamper has something valuable to contribute.
What is that everyone has different gifts? (Ephesians 4)
A teen secretly brings a smartwatch, wears clothing that violates the dress code, and says, "Nobody will notice." Name the two WorkCamp policies already being broken.
What are the electronics policy and modest dress code?
A teen decides safety glasses are unnecessary, ignores hydration reminders, and climbs onto a roof without following instructions. What WorkCamp principle is being violated?
What is safety first?
Most WorkCamp crews have five leadership roles. However, when a crew has six members, one role is divided into two separate positions. These are the 6 roles.
What is Project Liaison, Safety Inspector, Environment Manager, Devotion Leader, Quartermaster, and Group Dynamo.
A crew spends the week serving a resident they have never met, from a different background, in a different community, simply because they recognize their shared dignity as children of God.
What is Solidarity?
The goal of WorkCamp is not to build ramps, paint houses, or repair roofs. Ultimately, WorkCamp exists to do this.
What is bring people to Jesus Christ?