Track 1. Camp Director I

Participants: current or future directors, who have not taken Basic Camp Directors Course at CCI/Russia training events.

Courses:

1. Basic Camp Directors Course (13,5 hours) пїЅ Galina Gainulina (Tumen, Russia), Eugeny Kokora (Novorossiysk, Russia), Inars Mednis (Elgava, Latvia), Sergey Khokhlovsky (Moscow, Russia). Even if youпїЅre a new camp director, you don't have to make all the costly and painful mistakes of your own in order to learn leading a camp. This course presents the foundational principles that will help you systematize what you know about camping ministry and get a broad perspective of camp director's role.
2. Basic Legal Aspects of Camp Management (4 hours) пїЅ Eugeny Kokora (Novorossiysk, Russia). You'll become familiar with the laws affecting your camp and practical tips on how to keep them. You will cover aspects like: staff certification, safety, housing specifications, government reporting, rental contracts, dealing with Health Department, etc.
3. Strategic Planning (4 hours) пїЅ Dan DeGroat (Texas, USA). Strategic planning is not the same as long-range planning. This seminar will explain the important difference. Learn how to evaluate your present ministry using a tried and proven method of analysis, so you can take advantage of ministry opportunities that will be most fruitful for God's Kingdom.
4. Three minor courses of your choice (see list in the bottom of Syllabus).

Track 2. Camp Director II

Participants: working directors, who have taken Basic Camp Directors Course at CCI/Russia training events.

Courses:

1. Evaluating Camp Staff (9,5 hours) пїЅ Tim Duffield (Ontario, Canada). The goal of this course is to help you develop the self-confidence and the skills to conduct staff evaluations that both you and your staff will look forward to. You will learn how to build self-esteem in your staff and help them develop into dynamic servants of our Lord. You will receive sample evaluation forms and be taught how to use them. Course includes principles, methods, tools and procedures of staff evaluation.
2. Interviewing and Hiring Camp Staff (4 hours) пїЅ Tim Duffield (Ontario, Canada). In this course you will learn how to conduct successful interviews enabling you to select the right staff for your camp.
3. Effective Ministry Principles: Start with Yourself (4 hours).
4. Beyond Time Management (4 hours) пїЅ Tim Duffield (Ontario, Canada). This course begins with an overview and discussion around the three key principles for achieving maximum value from your time: Seeing Broadly (understanding what is important); Maximizing Accomplishment (take the best approach); Setting Priorities (using the filters of urgency, authority, time and impact). Each participant will identify and take a broad view of their real-world priorities in order to help understand where they should focus their attention. From there, each participant works through the process of re-prioritizing their accountabilities by using the appropriate filters.
5. Three minor courses of your choice (see list in the bottom of Syllabus).

Track 3. Program Leader I

Participants: current or future program leaders, who have not taken Basic Program Leaders Course at CCI/Russia training events.

Courses:

1. Basic Program Leaders Course (9,5 hours) пїЅ Larisa Zhukova (Moscow, Russia), Viktoria Bortko (Riga, Latvia).
2. Vital Principles of Working with Campers (4 hours) пїЅ Tammy Harrell (Tumen, Russia).
3. Effective Bible Lessons (8 hours) пїЅ Valentina Fedorova (Moscow, Russia).
4. Three minor courses of your choice (see list in the bottom of Syllabus).

Track 4. Program Leader II

Participants: working program leaders, who have taken Basic Program Leaders Course at CCI/Russia training events.

Courses:

1. Advanced Program Leaders Course (9,5 hours) пїЅ Tatiana Bursianina (St. Petersburg, Russia), Tatiana Omelchuk (Novosibirsk, Russia). This course will cover principles that help Program Leaders create, run, and develop programs for Christian camps. Instructors will put special emphasis on making a camp session program. Only for PLs who have taken the Basic Program Leaders Course.
2. Generating Ideas (4 hours) пїЅ Larisa Zhukova (Moscow, Russia). How to keep the fountain of ideas flowing.
3. Motivating Staff (4 hours).
4. Developing Camp Staff (4 hours) пїЅ Tammy Harrell (Tumen, Russia). Christian camp is a place where both campers and staff grow personally. What can you do to facilitate your staff growth as a Camp Director or Program Leader? Come to our class and learn why it is important, how to do it, and what results you can achieve!
5. Three minor courses of your choice (see list in the bottom of Syllabus).

Track 5. Spiritual Counselor I

Participants: camp staff that provide spiritual counseling ministry in camp (speakers, spiritual counselors, directors, program leaders, senior counselors) and have not taken Spiritual Counseling course at CCI/Russia training events.

Courses:

1. Advanced Biblical Counseling (13,5 hours) пїЅ Carolyn Rice (South Carolina, USA). Learn how to actively listen and ask good questions in order to best understand the person you are counseling. What do you need to know about a person BEFORE giving advice or counsel? How can you apply the Bible to modern-day problems? Learn to counsel Biblical to help others overcome deep life hurts, chronic temptations, sinful patterns and more.
2. Crisis and Trauma Intervention (4 hours) пїЅ Carolyn Rice (South Carolina, USA). Participants will learn how to help people who have experienced trauma (death or violence to a loved one, acts of terrorism, natural disasters, war, endangerment to self or loved ones, assault/abuse and more). Participants will learn and practice intervention techniques for helping people in the first few hours, days and weeks after the trauma in order to prevent more severe psychological problems from developing in future. Some time will be given to dealing with group tragedies. This course includes an overview of the psychological affects of trauma on different age groups, as well as tips for those who work in care-giving fields on how to recognize and cope with symptoms of stress and burnout.
3. Sowing and Reaping Spiritual Fruit in a Child (4 hours) пїЅ Dan DeGroat (Texas, USA).
4. Three minor courses of your choice (see list in the bottom of Syllabus).

Track 6. Spiritual Counselor II

Participants: camp staff that provide spiritual counseling ministry in camp (speakers, spiritual counselors, directors, program leaders, senior counselors) and have taken Spiritual Counseling course at CCI/Russia training events.

Courses:

1. How to Teach Campers to Forgive (13,5 hours) пїЅ Oxana Schindler (Tumen, Russia), Roedie & Jeannette Rap (Australia).
2. Christ is the Fulfillment of the Law and Prophets (8 hours) пїЅ Ilya Grits (Moscow, Russia).
3. Three minor courses of your choice (see list in the bottom of Syllabus).

Track 7. Special Campers

Participants: camp staff who work with special campers (children with disabilities, orphans, etc.).

Courses:

1. Campers from Orphanages (9,5 hours) пїЅ Inessa Klimovich (St. Petersburg, Russia).
2. Campers' Deviant Behavior (8 hours) пїЅ Steve Holm (Texas, USA).
3. Campers with Special Needs (4 hours) пїЅ Natalia Andreeva (Istra, Russia).
4. Three minor courses of your choice (see list in the bottom of Syllabus).

Track 8. Youth & Young Adults Ministry

Participants: youth workers and anyone who is concerned about working with young people (including parents!). Your gender, position in camp or church, experience and background are not important.

Courses:

1. Ministering Young People in Camp and Church (9,5 hours) пїЅ Oksana Khimich (Kiev, Ukraine).
2. Youth Camps (4 hours) пїЅ Mikhail Lukin (Voronezh, Russia).
3. Distinctives of Youth Subculture (4 hours) пїЅ Oksana Khimich (Kiev, Ukraine).

4. Extreme Projects for Youth (4 hours) пїЅ Sergey Bobkov (Krasnodar, Russia).
5. Three minor courses of your choice (see list in the bottom of Syllabus).

Track 9. Regional Training

Participants: leaders and facilitators of regional seminars conducted in Spring 2007: Deans, Directors, MCs.

Courses:

1. Course for Regional Seminar MCs (9,5 hours) пїЅ Mikhail Lukin (Voronezh, Russia), Elena Grigorovich (St. Petersburg, Russia).
2. Seminar for Regional Seminar Group Leaders (4 hours) пїЅ Irina Zagladkina (Moscow, Russia).
3. Regional Seminar Organization and Academic Program (4 hours) пїЅ Tatiana Bursianina, Irina Rechitskaya , Alexander Kharitonov (all from St. Petersburg, Russia).
4. Three minor courses of your choice (see list in the bottom of Syllabus).

Minor Courses of Your Choice

• Photo Ministry in Camp (5,5 hours) пїЅ Yury Yurchenko (Kiev, Ukraine).
• Shaping Relationships with Campers (4 hours) пїЅ Oksana Schindler (Tumen, Russia).
• Tent Camps (4 hours) пїЅ Yury Listopadov (Shuya, Russia).
• Winter Camps (2 hours) пїЅ Viktoria Bortko (Riga, Latvia).
• Code Sign Camp for Boys (2 hours) пїЅ Sergey Bobkov (Krasnodar, Russia).
• Day Camps (2 hours) пїЅ Elena Zamashkina (Cherepovets, Russia).
• Round Table for Pastors (2 hours) пїЅ Vladislav Vovk (Istra, Russia).
• Owning your Campsite (2 hours) пїЅ Eugeny Kokora (Novorossiysk, Russia).
• Family Camps (2 hours) пїЅ Eugeny Kokora (Novorossiysk, Russia).
• Large Group Games (2 hours) пїЅ Viktoria Bortko (Riga, Latvia).
• Tent Camp Ideas (1,5 hours) пїЅ Sergey Bobkov (Krasnodar, Russia).
• How to Avoid Burn-Out in Ministry (1,5 hours) пїЅ Oksana Khimich (Kiev, Ukraine).
• Activities on Camp Territory (1,5 hours) пїЅ Yury Listopadov (Shuya, Russia).
• Night Games (1,5 hours) пїЅ Viktoria Bortko (Riga, Latvia).
• Video Salon (4 hours) пїЅ Elena Grigorovich (St. Petersburg, Russia).