Vertical Outreach 2026

Vertical’s Summer Outreach is all about sharing the hope of the Gospel with our community through sports camps, Vacation Bible School, and our education co-op.

Whether you are looking to sign up to participate or jump in and serve, there is a place for you.

If you are registering a child or planning to attend, you can find those options below. If you are interested in serving, take a look at the available roles and let us know where you might want to get involved. Checking a box does not commit you to a specific role. It simply lets us follow up with more information.

Soccer
June 8-11, 13 | Pre-K - 8th Grade

Volleyball
June 15-19 | 4th - 8th Grade

Basketball
June 22-26 | 6th - 12th Grade

Soccer
Volleyball
Basketball

Thursday Mornings

Pre-K - 8th Grade

Registration coming soon!

July13-17
6:00-8:00pm

Pre-K - 5th Grade

Vacation Bible School

Volunteer Opportunities

Roles

Roles

Director
Qualifications:
  • Member of Vertical Church
  • Coaching experience necessary
Responsibilities:
  • Establish daily program and curriculum/activities for participants
  • Distribute daily program and curriculum to Group Coaches
  • Provide training to Group Coaches, if needed
  • Coach one group or float between groups to support the Coaches
  • Coordinate with the Head Admin to ensure necessary sports supplies are available
Group Head Coach
Qualifications:
  • Member or regular attender of Vertical Church
  • Coaching and specific sport experience necessary
Responsibilities:
  • Implement programs and activities daily for their group
  • Setup and teardown their field and area
Assistant Coach
Qualifications:
  • Member or regular attender of Vertical Church
  • High-energy individual with experience working with kids/youth
  • Coaching experience helpful, but not required
Responsibilities:
  • Lead a group, if necessary
  • Assist with setup and teardown
  • Assist with implementing programs and activities
Head Admin
Qualifications:
  • Member of Vertical Church
  • Ability to coordinate and lead group events
Responsibilities:
  • Coordinate setup and teardown of check-in stations
  • Have an understanding of what sport equipment is available
  • Coordinate with the Director to ensure that everything is ready for the event
Assistant Admin
Responsibilities:
  • Check-in and check-out every day
  • Distribute name tags and any fliers/information to parents
  • Assist in setup and teardown of check-in stations
Photographer
Responsibilities:
  • Take photos of the event, participants, and Vertical volunteers
  • Upload the photos to an online folder provided
Director
Responsibilities:
  • Requires approximately 10 hours of prep/week
  • Plan to be at every class
  • Arrive onsite approximately 45 minutes prior to Co-Op beginning
  • Teach, if desired
  • Be available to talk with parents and build relationships
  • Be available to handle any emergency that may arise
Site Leader
Responsibilities:
  • Arrive onsite approximately 30 minutes prior to each class to ensure all areas are set and supplies are prepared
  • Plan to be at every class
  • Teach, if desired
  • Be available to talk with parents and build relationships
  • If an emergency arises, contact the director or handle it onsite
  • Check-In students as they arrive at the door
Group Leaders
Responsibilities:
  • Arrive onsite approximately 30 minutes prior to each class to ensure all supplies are set out and you are ready to greet kids as they arrive
  • Plan to attend 2x/month at a minimum
  • Help group with the activities of the day, encouraging kids to follow instructions and participate
  • Work to build relationship with the kids that can eventually turn into Gospel opportunities over time
Group Teacher
Responsibilities:
  • Requires time outside of class to plan activities for your allotted teaching month/semester/year
  • Arrive onsite approximately 30 minutes prior to teaching to ensure supplies are prepared
Teaching Areas:
  • PE, English/Writing, Drama, Chess, Science, Building, any other area that you would like to share with the students
  • Can be geared toward pre-school, younger elementary, older elementary, and/or middle or high school
Yearbook Creator
Responsibilities:
  • Requires 30-40 hours of time
  • Use the photos from the year to compile a yearbook, including individual child photos from each class
  • Send the yearbook to print after approval

We have a recommended site for yearbook creation; however, if you have an alternative printer, this must be discussed with the director by December
Photographer
Responsibilities:
  • Plan to be onsite once a month to take pictures of each rotation for each group
  • Plan for one class per semester to take individual photos of each child to be used in the yearbook

Note: None of the photos need to be retouched. If you choose to edit any photos, please keep the individual photos with a natural uniform look.

Volunteer Interest

Vertical Sports




Barelas Homeschool Co-Op



VBS: Emerald Crossing



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Roles

Teaching Assistant
Leading up to VBS:
  • Review lesson material
  • Work with Truth Teacher to plan and prepare the daily lesson
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
During VBS:
  • Enthusiastically engage in delivery of the lesson during the week of VBS
Group Guides
Leading up to VBS:
  • Pray for kids and their families
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
During VBS:
  • Lead kids through rotations while actively participating / helping if needed
  • Make sure all children in group are accounted for, cared for, and enjoying VBS
  • Send home important fliers, crafts, and other items from each day
After VBS:
  • Write a follow-up postcard to each child after VBS
Skit Actors / Actresses
Leading up to VBS:
  • Learn lines
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
During VBS:
  • Welcome kids to VBS
  • Perform skit during opening assembly
Craft Assistant
Leading up to VBS:
  • Work with Craft Coordinator to prepare craft supplies
  • Review lessons and connect it to the craft
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
During VBS:
  • Help kids make crafts each day
  • Help reinforce key lesson themes during the craft and discussions
  • Help with setup and cleanup of craft area each day
Snack Assistant
Leading up to VBS:
  • Work with Snack Coordinator to prep snacks
  • Review lessons and connect it to each snack
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
During VBS:
  • Help monitor food allergies of kids
  • Help prepare and distribute snacks each day
  • Help reinforce key lesson themes through snack and discussions
  • Help with setup and cleanup of the snack station each day
Music Assistant
Leading up to VBS:
  • Learn hand motions to VBS songs
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
During VBS:
  • Help lead music / teach the kids hand motions to the VBS songs
  • Help set up for music performance on the last day of VBS
  • Perform songs with kids during the last day of VBS
Sound / Tech Assistant
Leading up to VBS:
  • Attend final dress rehearsals for skit and VBS assembly
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
During VBS:
  • Help set up microphones, video presentations, and stage effects
  • Help run sound during skit, music, assembly time, and performance
Decorating Assistant
Leading up to VBS:
  • Help decorate for VBS
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
After VBS:
  • Help take down decorations and reset the sanctuary / kids building
Photographer
During VBS:
  • Take photos of different activities throughout VBS
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
After VBS:
  • Deliver photos to Vertical Kids Coordinator
Volunteer Meal Provider
Leading up to VBS:
  • Work with Vertical Kids Coordinator to determine the number of volunteers
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
During VBS:
  • Help provide meals to the VBS Volunteer team and their children throughout the VBS Week
Check-In
Leading up to VBS:
  • Pray over all aspects of this job before, during, and after VBS
During VBS:
  • Greet kids and their families
  • Check-In kids when they arrive
  • Check-Out kids when they leave
  • Distribute any documents to parents regarding upcoming VBS events​
Clean-Up Crew
After VBS:
  • Help take down decorations and reset the sanctuary and kids building