Crisis Ministry
At least part of the staff each year is experienced in counseling, and are instructed to be alert for counseling needs. One of the outcomes of camping on the beach can be availability for counseling. A few staff members in the last few years have taken the initiative to camp by themselves on Saturday evenings and sit up until late in the night. They would walk on the beaches, alert for anyone sitting and brooding. That was the cue to sit quietly for a while, then strike up a conversation. Oftentimes, very serious personal problems were then discovered and counseling appropriate to the situation could be started.
