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Recreation/Maintenance Intern
Christian Camp and Conference Association (CCCA)
Location : Colorado Springs, CO, 80903
Job Type : Intern
Date Posted : 1 December 2025
8655 Old Stage Rd
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 632-0740
Recruiting Video (if applicable): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO8wOY3-3AU
http://www.beartrapranch.org
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Recreation/Maintenance Intern (Colorado) 2026
Major Goal:
To advance the purpose of Bear Trap Ranch, this intern will serve in a leadership role as program/recreation staff in the areas of rock climbing, rappelling, hiking, low ropes facilitation, family camp programming, camp maintenance and hospitality with Christian ethics and integrity.
Our Goals
1. Encourage students or recent graduates to explore their gifts, potential career interests, and God's call in their lives in a camp ministry setting.
2. Provide a setting with a steady stream of fresh young ideas, biblical perspectives, enthusiasm, with cultural and racial diversity.
3. Allow interns to observe the fundamentals of good leadership in action.
4. Provide a safe place for interns to lead recreation activities.
5. Allow students to gain an understanding of how a variety of activities are directed.
6. Provide interns with an opportunity to develop professional behavior.
7. Allow student to gain practical insight and understanding into a variety of camp operations.
Values
• We believe that students can and should have a strategic role in the ministry.
• We believe in the importance of a retreat setting that contributes to spiritual growth.
• We believe that serving others is a high calling.
• We believe in the integration of faith, work and witness and we seek to develop this in students.
• We believe that we should pursue excellence in all we do.
Training
Training conscious and strategic. It occurs in several ways:
1. Working with an experienced staff member in some camp department.
2. Observation, tutoring and teaching by senior camp staff.
3. Being given responsibility in areas of the camp operation.
4. Modeling by leadership and servanthood from other camp staff.
5. Using stretching situations designed to move interns out of their comfort zones.
6. Give interns un ique opportunities to have experiences that fit with their interests and gifts.
Community
Community is an important part of being a team and therefore a significant element of an internship. We meet during the week for spiritual growth activities (Bible studies, book studies, worship, morning devotions). Social activities are both spontaneous and planned, and while most happen in camp (and involve ice cream in one way or another), others are held out of camp. Off campus activities often include events such as whitewater rafting, camping, road trips in Colorado, town trips or visiting Colorado State Parks.
Length of Time
1. Summer Option: Mid-May through Mid-August
2. Spring – Fall Option: March – Mid-November
Compensation
• Monthly stipend
• Lodging, Food, Utilities
• 25% discount in our Gift Shop
Time:InternshipSalary:PaidCategory:Support Staff / Intern
Updated:11/11/2025 1:53:14 PM
8655 Old Stage Rd
(719) 632-0740
Freqently Asked Questions
Success in this position demands strong leadership in outdoor activities like rock climbing and hiking, practical maintenance skills, and the capacity to foster a welcoming camp environment. Candidates should blend enthusiasm with biblically grounded ethics to lead diverse groups effectively.
Interns gain hands-on training via mentorship from seasoned staff, leadership opportunities in recreation programming, and exposure to camp operations—all designed to cultivate professional conduct, problem-solving, and ministry-focused teamwork within a unique retreat setting.
Daily activities include facilitating adventure-based recreation like rappelling, assisting with camp upkeep, supporting family camp events, and ensuring hospitality standards, all while embracing leadership roles that integrate faith with service in a community-rich environment.
This internship emphasizes spiritual growth alongside recreation and maintenance tasks, blending biblical perspectives with practical camp leadership. The integration of faith, diverse community engagement, and leadership development creates a distinctive ministry-focused experience.
Yes, interns receive a monthly stipend plus lodging, meals, and utilities. Additionally, they benefit from a 25% discount at the Bear Trap Ranch gift shop, and access to enriching community and outdoor excursions tailored to the Colorado Springs area.
Typically, such internships offer modest monthly stipends ranging between $1,200 to $1,500 depending on experience, alongside covered lodging and meals, reflecting local standards for paid support staff internships in outdoor or camp ministry settings.
With Colorado Springs' growing outdoor and nonprofit sectors, demand is steady but selective. Candidates who demonstrate leadership potential, outdoor skills, and alignment with faith-based missions tend to stand out in this niche internship market.
Given Bear Trap Ranch's location outside central Colorado Springs, interns typically need reliable transportation. Commute times can vary; proximity to local transit is limited, so planning for personal or carpool arrangements is advisable.
The role uniquely blends outdoor recreation leadership with ministry-driven service, focusing on spiritual development alongside skill-building in camp operations, which sets it apart from conventional recreation or maintenance internships.
CCCA fosters leadership through hands-on responsibility, mentorship from senior staff, and intentional spiritual community activities. This approach nurtures interns’ confidence in managing recreational programs while embodying Christian ethics.
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