There's no cost — Disciple Team is free for every student. Donors cover the cost so your student can focus on serving and growing in faith.

We have a team of Disciple Team Coordinators that are alongside your teen everyday and each week at Trout. These are college-age adults – Men and Women that live with, direct, lead, coach, encourage, pray with your teens. They are also trained to respond when issues arise. Our Disciple Team Coordinators are directed by full-time Trout staff members.

Housing can vary week by week, but Disciple Team members will either be housed in a camper cabin (If assigned as a Leader-In-Training) or a cabin by sex (Male/Female) with other Disciple Team members with a Disciple Team Coordinator.

Priority Application Deadline – March 1st: Although we accept applications October thru middle of August, if your students get their application in by March 1st, they will have first priority for getting the weeks they want to serve.

Disciple Team Training Weekends: All Disciple Team members need to attend one of two spring training weekends (April 2nd-4th 2027 or May 7th–9th 2027). This training event is free and we have a bus shuttle from Arden Hills, MN & Princeton, MN. For students that apply and are accepted later than May 15th, we have online training videos for them to watch prior to arriving for their summer weeks.

Disciple Team members have to commit to volunteering at least one full camp week typically Sunday through Saturday although some weeks end on Fridays. For the best experience, we have found students that work at least 3-4 weeks experience the biggest personal impact. Some students volunteer all 11 weeks.

Disciple Team positions assist and learn from an assigned full-time summer staff member since there are about 20 different positions, every job and work schedule is going to look different. But a typical day for Disciple Team members will look like this:

Opening Day (Sunday)
10:30am – 11:30am Arrive at Trout / Move into Housing (Greeted and Directed by Trout Staff)
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch / Team Meetings / Weekly Welcome
1:30pm Meet you Supervisor
2:30pm – 5:00pm Campers Arrive / Work Areas
5:00pm Dinner
5:30pm – 10:00pm Camp Orientation, Chapel, Evening Games
10:30pm Get Ready for Bed
11:30pm Lights Out

Monday – Thursday/Friday

7:30am Wake Up
8:00am Breakfast
8:30am – 9:30am Work Areas
9:30am Daily Meeting with Disciple Team Coordinators
10:00am – 12:30pm Work Areas
12:30pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 5:30pm Work Areas
5:30pm – 6:00pm Dinner Off with other DTeamers & D-Team Coordinators
6:00pm – 10:00pm Chapel, Evening Games
10:00pm Get Ready for Bed
10:30pm Lights Out

Closing Day (Friday/Saturday)

7:00am – 10:00am Wake Up, Clean Camp, Pack Up, Breakfast
10:00am – 10:30am Closing Camp Show with Campers and Parents
10:30am - 11:00am Campers/Dteamers Depart
11:15am 11th Hour All Camp Meeting (only DTeamers volunteering the following week)
11:30am Disciple Team Weekend Meeting
11:45am Lunch for Camp Staff

Laundry facilities are free/available for DTeam staff that are at camp consecutively for two or more weeks. Students will need to bring their own laundry detergent.

We have over 20 different Disciple Team roles that students will be doing. Each week, about 50 of our Disciple Team members are assigned to cabins to assist our adult Cabin Leaders with leading a group of 8-12 boys or girls. The remaining 40 are assigned to other vital work areas at camp. These areas include:

Horse Corral / Petting Zoo
Waterfront
Kitchen
Housekeeping
Program / Recreation
Adventure
Audio / Visual
Office

Disciple Team members are assigned jobs each week by their Disciple Team Coordinators based on camp needs first then student preferences. Students who attend a spring training weekend have an opportunity to rank the roles they are most interested in. This however does not guarantee they will get their requested role. The more weeks a Disciple Team member is involved in the Disciple Team, the more likely they will get a chance to do the specific roles they want. Each Disciple Team role gives students an opportunity to learn valuable life, leadership, and ministry skills in every role at camp.

We don't allow campers to be on their phones while at camp. Camp staff including Disciple Team members are also not allowed to be on their phones while working or in view of campers. We do our best to provide a Disciple Team experience where students learn to work hard, gain skills, grow in their faith, develop positive relationship with bosses and peers, all away from screens as much as possible.

Expect that students will only have the ability to use their phone for a maximum of 1 hour per day.