The 'talk' and the 'timetable'....
now is a good time to be planning out your 'coms' over the next few weeks!
As we approach the month of June, now could be a good time for you to plan for some of the practicalities and communications with your group.
Be sure to have 'the chat'....
When you come to Summer Madness as a leader of a group - you take on a significant set of responsibilies and we recognise the immense commitment that entails. Thank you - and I hope you hear that often!
So, while you are in charge of your group at Madness we want to support you in ensuring the group have a great time and also realize what sort of standards we expect. We have a series of site rules around behaviour and we’re aware many leaders use these as part of a contract with their young people. We would absolutley encourage this. For the safety and enjoyment of everyone, we do enforce these and will call parents directly to ask them to collect their children from the festival if their behaviour does not meet these standards. Our Security and Sub-camp teams are very long-suffering and do in fact have a great sense of humour! So please work with us to ensure a safe and fun environment for all this summer.
You can find our 'Terms and Conditions' of entry on the App and there is also a lot useful information in the leaders section. We don't want there to be any doubt - the likes of toilet-tipping or pulling pegs to collapse anyone else's tent are 'straight-home' offences. Of course you may not want to even put ideas into impressionable young heads - you know your group best.
But ultimately, with over 2000 people on site you can appreciate that we can not compromise the safety and enjoyment of ANY of those attending. Because we are a Christian camp doesn't mean we are a soft touch. So please do have 'the chat' now - and not at the festival :-)
MARK YOUR DIARY
Next Wednesday 14th - Details of the SM25 programme to be released
May 19th - 40 Days of Prayer ahead of Madness - weekly resource material launched
May 24th - SM prayer ministry* training day
June 2nd - Early Bird 2 deadling…
June 7th - SM prayer ministry* training day
June 9th - Watersports bookings (and shower bookings) go live online
June 14th - Big Top goes up - pray or show up! (or both of course)
*The PM training days are compulsory for our team - but you are welcome to come along if you would like to know more about the SM prayer ministry approach - without committing to staffing at the event….. (yet!)
It’s getting closer… and hotter YEA