Student Life Kids Camp Christian Summer Camps
Student Life Kids Camp Christian Summer Camps
Since God’s Word is both relevant and instructive for the challenges 3rd through 6th graders face today, it informs everything we do. Kids Life Camp wants to support your year-year ministry with a week away from distractions where your kids can focus on Jesus and strengthen their spiritual foundation.
We believe discipleship best occurs within the context of the local church. Relationships formed at camp between kids and their leaders serve as a catalyst to discipleship that continues long after camp ends. We would be honored to have the opportunity to partner with your group to make Jesus known in the lives of your kids.
Hailea was born and raised in Orlando, Florida and moved to Virginia when she was 18 for college. Hailea met the Lord when she was 15 working a VBS and then began attending Student Life as a camper soon after. She fell in love with camp ministry during her freshman year of college and realized then that if she could work camp for the rest of her life, she would.
Hailea loves talking to people! Her job provides the opportunity to daily communicate with student pastors and youth leaders. Hailea enjoys utilizing her communication & people skills in getting to both serve and know Student Pastors. Hailea loves to serve the church behind the scenes because it, “Takes me out of my comfort zone.” She believes even inputting info into our system is Kingdom work, and loves being a part of something much bigger than herself.
Hailea just graduated from Liberty University (go Flames) with a bachelor’s degree in Family and Child Development. She has been working seasonally for Student Life since 2015 serving in 4 different roles. This is her first year working full-time with Student Life & she loves it! Hailea loves psychology, corgis, scary movies, youth ministry, and being with people “a latte!” (She also may be obsessed with coffee…maybe).
Melissa has always loved details and organizing. School supply shopping was a favorite activity each year (and was really the only kind of shopping she enjoyed). A combination of that love of administration and a calling to ministry and discipleship in college was the perfect setup for what she gets to do every day at Student Life.
Melissa was the Event Coordinator for the Clarity Tour in 2007, followed by a summer on the road with the Aqua team. After that, she embarked on a 10 year journey serving from the Home office as a Mission Specialist. This allowed her to serve churches by connecting them with local community projects while at camp each summer. Since 2018, Melissa has served as an Event Specialist, coordinating the logistics of specific camps and talking with Student Pastors and Kids Ministers throughout the year. No matter what the role, camp is in her blood!
Melissa received her undergraduate degree from The University of TN, Chattanooga in 2000 and a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 2005. After spending 3 summers with LifeWay through Centrifuge during seminary, and another couple years in ministry within the local church, Birmingham and Student Life became “home” in the fall of 2006. She is married to Josh, and has two children, Levi and Lydia.
Sarah grew up a little bit of everywhere in North Carolina (like 6 different towns everywhere) before she joined the SL4K team in Nashville. Growing up a PK meant a lot of moving and a lot of restarts. Because of that, she got to make friends all over the state and see the local church in a multitude of perspectives. Some of Sarah’s favorite childhood memories were centered around going to a local camp (think “The Parent Trap”). During those weeks of the summer, Sarah saw how having fun and knowing Jesus could go hand in hand. Little did she know that the Lord was going to use those incredible weeks of fun to cultivate my love and passion for serving kids, students, and ministers.
Sarah was always the one who had fun organizing her desk, redecorating her room and helping plan events around school and church, but it wasn’t until college that she realized her love for those things could collide with her love for the local church. What she loves most about her position as an Event Specialist is that no day looks the same other than the opportunity to serve the local church!
This past May of 2019, Sarah graduated from Campbell University (GO CAMELS! — yes, you read that right, their mascot is a camel) where she majored in business marketing and minored in Christian studies. In the summers of 2018 and 2019, Sarah worked for SL and SL4K as a hospitality coordinator and office director. During her junior year of college, she studied abroad in London and lived there for 3 months. Some of Sarah’s favorite things to do are travel, run, cook and take way too long in Bath and Body Works smelling candles.
Ty grew up (shockingly) as an extrovert son of a musician and an artist. His desire to know people led him to become a passionate presence in his youth group. Time and dedication from youth leaders in the church allowed Ty to develop into a leader with passionate faith and a call to ministry. He pursued this calling in college where he worked at a local church and spent 2 years in seminary at Beeson Divinity School. He is now transferring schools in order to further invest in the ministry here at Student Life Kids Camp.
Ty’s role on the Student Life Kids Camp team allows him to work behind the scenes in the ministry that has been developing his faith since 6th grade. He loves that it allows him to turn around and serve the church in an impactful way every year. He enjoys seeing the summer staffers that serve, grow into Godly, strong leaders equipped to serve the church and spread the Gospel for the rest of their lives.
Ty studied History at Texas Tech University where he graduated in 2016. He still blindly expects a national championship every season. Ty has attended a Student Life camp every summer since 2006. He began seasonal employment as a Mission Site Coordinator in 2013 and worked five summers in various positions before he joined the home office team as an Event Specialist. Ty enjoys watching movies with friends, football, and has tried every flavor of Sour Patch Kids known to man.