2026 Next Step Summer Campferences

The young adult campference is a close-knit community; therefore we ask that you agree to a few things that will promote being together in a safe manner. Please sign this Community Agreement, which asks that you agree to conduct yourself ethically and respectfully while living in the program:

1. Delegates are to demonstrate a high degree of maturity and self-respect, taking into account the rights and feelings of others.
2. Delegates are responsible for charges incurred, e.g. vandalism and breakage of property, etc.
3. Delegates are to adhere to curfews, directives and designated schedule times.
4. Suitable attire is to be worn during the campference workshops and activities.
5. Smoking is prohibited indoors.

The Following Behaviors are grounds for Immediate Dismissal:

1. Physical confrontations or assaults. This means harming, attempting to harm, or threatening to harm another person, with or without a weapon or dangerous object
2. Bullying. As defined as unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Social bullying involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships and can include leaving someone out on purpose, telling other’s not to be friends with an individual, spreading rumors, embarrassing someone.
3. Stealing or damaging property
4. Possession or use of drugs and alcohol
5. Sexual misconduct or sexual assault