Volunteer Service Weekend - October 13-15, 2023
ECCO Fall Weekend of Service
Please join us for our Fall Weekend of Service at ECCO! We welcome all families, individual adults, couples, and churches that want to serve!
ECCO is offering FREE double & quad occupancy rooms at Beardsley & Sanford Lodge, double occupancy rooms are limited and at a first come, first served basis. Thank you for volunteering!
Children (over 6) and youth will be placed in adult-led teams for work projects.
Registration Deadline is on October 2nd. Detailed schedule & projects will be released shortly before Service Weekend.
Sample Schedule
Friday
5 PM – Check-in the Office, make nametags, get settled (scheduled group activities start at dinner)
6 PM – Dinner
7:00 PM – Walter’s Chapel – Welcome, introductions, orientation & getting to know you games
8:15 PM – Walter’s Chapel – Compline or Evening Devotion
Saturday
8:00 AM – Breakfast
9:00 AM – Meet in Lyles Dining Hall to break into workgroups – Group leader/Small group introductions and explanation of the scope of work
9:15 – 11:45 AM – Work Groups – 20-minute break around 10:15
12:00 PM – Lunch & Group Picture
1:00 – 4:00 PM – Work Groups – 20-minute break around 2:30
4:15 PM – Clean Up Equipment
4:30 PM – Free Time before dinner
6:00 PM – Dinner
7:15 PM – Gaga Ball, Ladder Ball, Horseshoes, Corn Hole (weather permitting)
8:15 PM – Compline, Campfire & S’mores – (bring your flashlights)
Sunday
8:00 AM – Breakfast
9:00 AM – Check out of rooms & Breakfast
10:00 AM – Service with St. Raphael’s (optional for people who would like to attend service before driving home)
**Packing list:
Besides your usual clothes and toiletries (bedding & linens are provided) – please consider bringing the following:
- Clothing that is easy to move in and okay to get dirty, or possibly get paint on.
- Warm jacket or rain jacket. Hat and gloves if you tend to get cold or depending on the weather.
- Work gloves if you have a pair.
- Fishing waders if you have a pair.
- Closed-toe shoes (tennis shoes work fine), work boots, or hiking boots. Please no sandals or flip-flops when we are working.
- Flashlight or headlamp
- Bug Spray
- Sunscreen
Please click here for a downloadable PDF flyer.