Sacred Playgrounds Podcast

We're turning insights to impact as we talk camp and why it matters based on the latest research. Each episode we'll focus on one thing that's making a difference right now in outdoor ministry.

Sacred Playgrounds Podcast is a religion podcast hosted by Sacred Playgrounds, with 95 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #20

  Summer Staff Bonus Episode for 2026

  May 26, 202645 minS5

  <p>Summer is here! Camp leaders, your staff have arrived, or are arriving soon. This episode is designed specifically for them. We're speaking right to those emerging adult summer staff about to make ministry happen at camp this summer.</p><p>On this episode, we'll take a minute to share some of what we know about summer camp staff, and contextualize it for this summer's staff teams. They'll hear some words of encouragement, motivation, connection, and, some critical information about <b>the fundamental things that make camp thrive</b> paired with some practical ways for summer staff to embed these...

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  Episode #19

  PANIC Button! A Season 5 Finale

  May 12, 202653 minS5

  <p>It's the season 5 finale! Summer is almost here, and for some, it feel like it's time to PANIC!</p><p>We get it, you get it, your fellow leaders get it. The sprint up to staff arrival and camper arrival can get overwhelming. On this episode, we'll talk through seven things you, your staff, or your colleagues may be starting to feel panic about, and how to find some focus amidst the "too much."</p><p>In our #QuickQampQuestion, we'll also share the single most-impactful thing executive/director-level leaders can do right now for your camp.</p><p>Thanks...

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  Episode #18

  Character at Camp Success: Guest Episode with the ACA Character at Camp Team

  Apr 28, 20261 hourS5

  <p><b>Character.</b></p><p>This word is, as our guests on this episode will say, a "big tent" concept. As the American Camp Association has been exploring, building, and developing the Character at Camp Initiative and the Character at Camp Grant Program, the word character has had a galvanizing, unifying effect. We can be aligned in seeking to create experiences that develop something deeper beyond the outdoor-driven fun, even as we differ in method, model, and even mission.</p><p>On this episode, we're joined by two members of the team at ACA that strategizes and implements Character...

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  Episode #17

  10 Concepts to Create a Robust Summer Staff Support System

  Apr 14, 202655 minS5

  <p>They're coming. And then, they're staying, and working, and playing, and praying, and connecting, and serving, and living this moment of their lives together at camp.</p><p>Your staff, when fully equipped throughout the summer with three things they need to thrive, will be a difference-making, camper-retaining, relationship-forging, joy-slinging force at your camp. This is true for "classic" summer youth camps with young adult staff and remains true for hosts and hospitality teams at camps or retreat and conference centers.</p><p>We're borrowing from educators in sharing 10 things in 5 categories: a person, place, thing, idea, and action...

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  Episode #16

  Word Association: Unpacking the Value of Creating Multiple Levels of Insights & Impact

  Mar 31, 202652 minS5

  <p>This episode features good friends of ours, Jess and Jessica, who lead vibrant associations of camps, conference centers, retreat centers, and farms. We'll hear where, how, and why generating insights and then using them well is becoming increasingly impactful and consistently critical to decisions, actions, and strategy at each layer of outdoor ministries.</p><p>Jess Elfring-Roberts serves as the Executive Director of Episcopal Camps & Conference Centers and Jessica Gamache serves as the Executive Director of United Methodist Camp & Retreat Ministries. These bright voices bring different perspectives, experiences, skill sets, and organization models, and yet deeply aligned missions.</p><...

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