Paid Summer Staff Mission Team Positions- Applications Open
Thanks for your interest in ARM Summer Mission Staff aka Summer Staff! Please read below to learn more. Please apply directly by clicking the “Apply Now” Button Below!
Overview: As a member of ARM’s summer ministry team, you will create a Christian mission/service experience for middle/high school student teams throughout the summer. This experience involves hands-on ministry through home repair and children’s day camp, daily Bible studies, nightly worship services, and free time having fun and building relationships with our mission teams and among your summer ministry team.
The work is physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually demanding. You will be working approximately 15-16 hours a day. Time off is only available on specific weekend days.
You’ll be expected to live out values of hospitality, compassion, and Christlike service. You’ll work together with your fellow summer ministry team members to maintain your mission sites and to coordinate the daily/weekly flow of ministry activities. You’ll work and pray together closely to form a supportive, encouraging Christian community. You’ll be expected to portray Christ at all times and to serve in a leadership role as create, plan, and implement devotions and worship services for our mission teams. You’ll also be responsible for keeping your facilities are safe, clean, friendly and Christ-centered.
All summer ministry team members must satisfactorily complete the summer commitment to receive their full scholarship. They must also participate in all evaluation activities, including but not limited to a 1000 word reflection essay paper due after the summer has been completed.
You are part of a summer staff team of eleven students with five different positions: Site Leader (1 position), Construction Coordinator(3 positions), Day Camp Coordinator (4 positions), Food/Hospitality Coordinator(2 positions), and a Communication Specialist (1 position)
These positions are part of the Americorps VISTA Summer Associates Program. If hired, you’ll fill out follow-up information with the Americorps VISTA
Applications Open Until All Positions are Filled
Check out this short video about serving as a summer staffer:
When you join ARM’s Summer Staff team, you are helping alleviate the effects of poverty, grow in your faith, and inspire youth to serve! You’ll make a lasting difference for God’s kingdom while also building your skills and earning a scholarship.
Summer Staff Logistics:
- Summer staff live together on site at a large house in Tuskegee with separate rooms and bathrooms for males and females.
- You attend a two-week training together in Tuskegee.
- You receive a scholarship and bi-weekly stipend (approximately $3000 total)
- Your housing is covered and you eat with the mission teams during the week.
- There is free time on Saturdays before the next mission team arrives
What To Do Next:
- Review each position description: Site Leader, Construction Coordinator, Day Camp Coordinator, Food/Hospitality Coordinator, and Communications Specialist
- Review the dates of the summer: May 18 – July 23, 2026 (includes two weeks of training)
- Review the information about the youth camps, see some of the YouTube videos
- Still need more information? Call or email us
- Apply by clicking the button below. All the positions are listed on one form. Select the position you are applying for.
- If your application makes it through our screening process, we will contact you to set up an interview via Zoom or in person
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Day Camp Coordinator with SonShine Kids Day Camp
You get to bring the Bible to life and help children learn some amazing skills while having an amazing time!
SonShine Kids Day Camp is a weekly camp running Monday-Thursday in Tuskegee. Coordinators serve alongside the mission teams to coordinate Bible lessons, recreation, educational enrichment, and more for 25-30 kids ages 6-11. Each week children learn a life-skill module such as financial literacy, nutrition, health and first aid in addition to the Bible lessons.
Day Camp Counselors will have over 120 hours of classroom experience with kids from low-income communities making this a great opportunity for those interested in elementary education, social work, psychology, or human development and families. As you love being with children and youth, this will be great fit for you!?
Construction Coordinator
You get to do hands-on repairs, mentor youth, and love on some incredible people who need home repairs! You put your love of building into practical use! Our goal with each home is to make it warm, safe, dry, and beautiful!
Construction coordinators are the direct link between the youth teams and the families receiving home repair. Coordinators plan and design the projects and organize the building materials and tools for the youth teams. They ensure the timely delivery of materials and help solve problems on the work sites.
As a Construction coordinator, you also gain hands-on residential construction experience (prior experience is preferred but not required) by serving with families seeking a home that is safe, warm, and dry. You will also learn invaluable project planning and management skills as you coordinate plans, tools, and materials for our mission teams.
Food/Hospitality Coordinator:
Food and great meals are a huge part of the success of our mission teams! Who does not want a delicious and hearty meal after a long day of home repair and serving with children? The Food/Hospitality Coordinator works with the staff in purchasing the meals for the mission teams each week. This includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You will work to find fresh, bulk food items that are tasty and healthy! You will work with the teams in the meal preparation and assist with cleanup oversight. You will also help with meals and snacks at the children’s day camp. This is a great and simple way to serve!
Food/Hospitality Position Description
Communication Specialist
Break out your camera and video skills and get ready to help tell the good news stories! You’ll visit the home repair sites and day camp, capturing all angles of how God is at work! Homeowner testimonials, videos of day campers, volunteer stories; these make up the many ways we will tell the stories. Each week, you’ll develop an end-of-week slide show to share to the teams and upload to ARM’s YouTube Channel. You’ll also develop end-of-summer videos for various events and publishing. Put your creative communication skills to work and share God’s good news!
Communication Specialist Position Description
Site Leader
There is one Site Leader per mission site. This person serves as the spiritual director and main coordinator/team captain for the summer ministry team at their site. Ideally, this person has experience leading other groups or has served in leadership roles with their peers. As a Site Leader, you are expected to demonstrate leadership, Christian maturity, management skills, and public relations skills.
Site Leader Position Description
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Summer Staff Testimonials
I dedicated my summer to ARM as a Day Camp Counselor intern, and it benefited me more than I could have imagined. As a Day Camp Counselor, you will have the opportunity to pour into the lives of young students and use your creativity to make it exciting for them. This internship will give you the chance to make connections with people of all ages and backgrounds and that alone is priceless. If you are a college student in need of an internship, definitely talk with the ARM team to see where you could fit!
Payton Brewer
Auburn University
Day Camp Coordinator
Serving as an ARM Summer Mission Intern taught me a lot about what it means to be the hands and feet of Christ. As a Construction Coordinator, I got a lot of experience doing and managing, and preparing for home repair projects. As a Site Leader, I had the privilege of helping the rest of the intern team to do ministry and was able to develop and put into practice servant leadership. Both of the summers that I served with ARM were amazing and helped me to be better prepared for a life of Christian service.
Allison Porter
Auburn University
Site Leader and Construction Coordinator