Volunteers In Mission (VIM)

• Recommended for relatively inexperienced VIM teams/work crews; on-site supervision; work with on-site staff members; materials provided; accommodations on site at camp.
  
• Building renovation, light construction, tree felling and trimming, painting, landscaping, and maintenance based on skills of team members.
  
• Optimal team size is 15 - 20 volunteers, but larger can be accommodated; ages must be 14 or older. Seven to ten day stays are ideal.
  
• Personal hand tools (well-marked with name) are welcome additions.
  
• Assembly is 125 miles from El Paso in the Sacramento Mtns. (7500 ft. altitude) on the edge of the Lincoln National Forest.
  
• Many recreational points of interest are nearby: White Sands National Park, historic Lincoln County (Home of Billy the Kid), Sunspot Solar Observatory, Roswell NM's aliens, and Carlsbad Caverns.
  
• This camp and retreat facility serves the New Mexico Conference as a year-round facility.
  
• Cost is $25 per person per day to cover registration, insurance, T-shirt, food, and lodging.

Summer Staff

Duties may include housekeeping, trail-blazing, grounds maintenance, building maintenance and/or renovation, assisting volunteer work crews, snack & gift shop staffing - and, above, doing whatever it takes to meet the needs of our campers. This is a ministry as well as a service opportunity.

• Summer Staff must be available from June 1, through August 10.
• Stipend for Summer Staff is $260.00 per week plus room and board.

If you are interested in spending a rewarding and challenging summer at SMA, please mail or fax your application to:

Sacramento Methodist Assembly
PO Box 8
Sacramento, NM 88347
FAX (575) 687-4219
PHONE (800) 667-3414