Dream Team Guide

Awake Conference 2026
February 27-28

“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23

Hold fast, remain tightly secured, cling firmly. 

For a moment I invite you to picture a student getting on a roller coaster for the first time. This coaster has steep curves, surprising drops and long climbs up endless track. As the bar comes over their laps they hear it click into place and steady their hands on the bar. They aren’t worried about holding their slushie. They have let go of their keys and bag. They are focused on gripping only one thing - that bar. As the coaster roars around the track they have one thing in mind - HOLD FAST to the thing that is holding me.

This image is what fuels our desire for Awake Conference 2026. We know Jesus already holds each student securely in his hands - but we want to invite students to hold fast to Him. To cling firmly to the confession of their hope. To not waver. 

In 24 hours students will eat, make a mess, play games, yell, worship, hear the gospel, be prayed for, make friends and make us laugh. This is the bones of the Awake Conference. And we need that structure! But the reason Awake Conference exists is for the unseen moments where students let go of their grip on the world and choose to hold fast to the One who is holding them. That’s what it’s all about!

We’re so happy you’ve decided to be in on this incredible mission we have to encourage, build up and cheer on the next generation across our region! 

HERE WE GO!

The Location

The Bridge Church - Oskaloosa
1701 3rd Ave. E Oskaloosa, IA
Dream Team Central (marked above):
This is the best place to leave your belongings or grab a snack! There's also Dream Team ONLY bathrooms right down the hallway. 

Need Help? 

Find Siara at Dream Team Central!
319-552-3904
We also have a medical professional on location all weekend.
Jamie | 641-814-2302

Questions prior to Conf? 

Contact Kelsey Van Hemert
563-271-8404
kelsey@thebridgechurch.cc

Tribe Leaders

If you have questions, please reach out to your Campus Coordinator!

Centerville

Dalice McDannald | 660-216-3437

Ottumwa / Oskaloosa

Caitlyn Johnson | 641-814-2664

Fairfield

D’art Beaver | 815-231-6426
Schedule
FRIDAY
5:15 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Come early to get your name tag and lanyard and DREAM TEAM T-SHIRT
6:00 - Registration
Students will be arriving from 6-7
Hang out with students
Monitor rooms both for behavior and facility
Lobby and Bridge Kids rooms have lots of activities
Help students find some pizza and a fun activity
7:00 - Session 1
Sit with your tribe, worship with your tribe, pray for your tribe
8:30 - Snack
8:45 - Late Night
Hang out with your tribe and enjoy all the late night fun!
10:00 - Night One Ends
Goodnight, sleep tight!

SATURDAY
7:30 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Put on your name tag
Enjoy some coffee in Dream Team Central
8:30 - Breakfast
Burritos! Yum! 
Youth Leader Breakfast starts at 8:45 in the Large Group Rom
9:30 - Session 2
Sit with your tribe, worship with your tribe, pray for your tribe
11:00 - Snack
11:15 - Boys Games + Girls Breakouts
Do your best to go where the majority of your tribe is going
Make sure to give your seat up to students who need it
12:00 - Lunch
Some students will eat fast and be bored, do your best to find the lonely kids and help engage them
1:00 - Girls Games + Boys Breakouts
Switch with your tribe
2:00 - All Colors Games
Cheer on your team!
2:30 - Snack
3:00 - Session 3
5:00 - Dinner
Help your students find their appropriate rides home
Conference Ends
If you’d like to stay and help reset the Osky building for church on Sunday, we welcome your help! 

Safety

Please note that if you are arriving for the Saturday afternoon shift at 12:00pm - there is no huddle.
Please come to Dream Team Central at noon to check in and receive your instructions. 

Josh Stevens 

Safety Team Leader
641-660-3478
Schedule
FRIDAY
5:15 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Come early to get your name tag, lanyard and DREAM TEAM T-SHIRT!
Find your Team Leader for further details
6:00 - Registration
Students will be arriving from 6-7
The entire building will be open for activities - your Team Leader will let you know the spaces that are off limits
Your Team Leader will instruct you on what area to cover
Always communicate to students with respect, grace and compassion
Continuously check bathrooms
Make sure an adult is never alone with a student in a room, be the third person when necessary 
7:00 - Session 1
Help keep the lobby quiet during each session
8:30 - Snack
8:45 - Late Night
10:00 - Night One Ends
Ensure that all students safely find their transportation and have left the building
Goodnight, sleep tight!

SATURDAY
7:30 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Put on your name tag
Enjoy some coffee in Dream Team Central
8:30 - Breakfast
9:30 - Session 2
Help keep the lobby quiet during each session
11:00 - Snack
11:15 - Boys Games + Girls Breakouts
Help all boys get to the auditorium and girls get to a breakout room
12:00 - Lunch
Keep an eye out for lonely students and do your best to engage them or find a leader to connect them with
1:00 - Girls Games + Boys Breakouts
Help all girls get to the auditorium and boys get to a breakout room
2:00 - All Colors Games
Some games will be outside
2:30 - Snack
3:00 - Session 3
5:00 - Dinner
Ensure all students safely find their transportation and have left the building
Conference Ends
If you’d like to stay and help reset the Osky building for church on Sunday, we welcome your help! 

Registration

Meghan Shively

Registration Team Leader
641-208-0505
Schedule
FRIDAY
5:15 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Come early to get your name tag, lanyard and DREAM TEAM T-SHIRT!
Find your Team Leader for further details
6:00 - Registration
This is your time to shine! Put a smile on and help each student and Youth Group Leader get registered!
All Dream Teamers will register at Dream Team Central
7:00 - Session 1
Stick around during session 1 for late arrivals and groups
8:30 - Snack
8:45 - Late Night
You are free to stay and party, or free to head home and get some extra hours of sleep!
10:00 - Night One Ends
Goodnight, sleep tight!

Merch

Co Fergeson + Steph Timm

Merch Team Leaders
641-660-6713 (Co) | 641-990-9078 (Steph)
Schedule
FRIDAY
5:15 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Come early to get your name tag, lanyard and DREAM TEAM T-SHIRT!
Find your Team Leader for further details
6:00 - Registration
Friday night is HYPE night for AC merch! Get ready to restock shirts, sell hoodies and help 11 year olds count out their money!
Dream Teamers will be asked not to purchase any merch until Saturday morning, we want to make sure students get the first pick!
7:00 - Session 1
Make sure you are as quiet as possible during the session, but use this time to get ready for the second big merch rush of the night!
8:30 - Snack
8:45 - Late Night
The Merch store is open all night!
10:00 - Night One Ends
Reset for the morning
Goodnight, sleep tight!

SATURDAY
7:30 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Put on your name tag
Enjoy some coffee in Dream Team Central
8:30 - Breakfast
The Merch store will be open from 8:30-9:30, then closed until after the last session
9:30 - Session 2
11:00 - Snack
11:15 - Boys Games + Girls Breakouts
12:00 - Lunch
1:00 - Girls Games + Boys Breakouts
2:00 - All Colors Games
2:30 - Snack
3:00 - Session 3
5:00 - Dinner
Merch store is open for the last time! Put on that smile and sell through those t-shirts!
Conference Ends
If you’d like to stay and help reset the Osky building for church on Sunday, we welcome your help! 

Food

Please note that if you are arriving for the Saturday afternoon shift at 12:00pm - there is no huddle.
Please come to Dream Team Central at noon to check in and receive your instructions. 

Ashley Little & Rosie Kickerbocker

Food Team Leaders
641-660-7586 (Ashley) | 706-391-0809 (Rosie) 
Schedule
FRIDAY
5:15 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Come early to get your name tag, lanyard and DREAM TEAM T-SHIRT!
Find your Team Leader for further details
6:00 - Registration 
Keep pizza and gatorade tables full and clean
Keep water bottles stocked
Do not throw away pizza boxes, move them to the Storage Room behind the Large Group Room
7:00 - Session 1
Make sure you are as quiet as possible during the session!
Clean up pizza and gatorade
Prep popcorn bar for snack
Restock water bottles
Fill snack walls
8:30 - Snack
Keep snack areas clean and well stocked
8:45 - Late Night 
10:00 - Night One Ends
Reset for the morning
Goodnight, sleep tight!

SATURDAY
7:30 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Put on your name tag
Enjoy some coffee in Dream Team Central
Prep burritos and fruit
Put food signs on tables
Restock water bottles and snack walls
Prep Youth Leader Breakfast
8:30 - Breakfast
9:30 - Session 2
Clean breakfast area
Restock snack walls
11:00 - Snack
11:15 - Boys Games + Girls Breakouts
Prep Chik-fil-a and pop
11:50 - Lunch
1:00 - Girls Games + Boys Breakouts
Clean lunch
Restock snack walls and water bottles
2:00 - All Colors Games
2:30 - Snack
3:00 - Session 3
Prep Jimmy Johns tables
Put food signs on tables
4:45 - Dinner
Conference Ends
If you’d like to stay and help reset the Osky building for church on Sunday, we welcome your help! 

Greeting

Connor + Jenna Stengel

Greeting Team Leaders
970-689-4032 (Connor) | 641-954-2228 (Jenna) 
Schedule
FRIDAY
5:15 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Come early to get your name tag, lanyard and DREAM TEAM T-SHIRT!
Find your Team Leader for further details
6:00 - Registration
This is your time to SHINE! Buses, mini vans and 16 year olds driving their best friends will be arriving for the next hour. Put on your mittens and get outside to welcome our friends with your best Bridge hello and high five!
7:00 - Session 1
Continue greeting until all the groups have arrived!
Make sure you are as quiet as possible during the session
Help any late comers find a seat in the auditorium 
8:30 - Snack
You are now officially on the facility team - your team leader, Jenna, will help you connect with Jerry and the facility team
8:45 - Late Night
10:00 - Night One Ends
Head back to your posts to open doors for students and wish them a happy night!
Stay in the parking lot to help students connect with their parents and youth leaders
Goodnight, sleep tight!

SATURDAY
7:30 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Put on your name tag
Enjoy some coffee in Dream Team Central
8:15 - Greeting
Get ready to greet the early risers!
Direct any new students to the registration table
Direct youth leaders to the youth leader breakfast in Large Group Room
8:30 - Breakfast
9:30 - Session 2
You are now on the facility team
11:00 - Snack
11:15 - Boys Games + Girls Breakouts
12:00 - Lunch
1:00 - Girls Games + Boys Breakouts
2:00 - All Colors Games
2:30 - Snack
3:00 - Session 3
5:00 - Dinner
Conference Ends
Say goodbye to students, thank them for coming and greet parents who are there for pick up

If you’d like to stay and help reset the Osky building for church on Sunday, we welcome your help!

Facilities

Please note that if you are arriving for the Saturday afternoon shift at 12:00pm - there is no huddle.
Please come to Dream Team Central at noon to check in and receive your instructions. 

Jerry Fuller

Facilities Team Leader
641-521-4063
Details
THANK YOU for keeping our facility shining during the party we’ve invited over 500 teenagers to! You are heroes!!!

Your Team Leader will have very specific notes about tables, chairs and times for you when you arrive, but here’s a few things you can do throughout the conference:
Check bathrooms + porta potties - empty trash, restock toilet paper
All extra food can be placed back in the kitchen or Dream Team Central
Set up tables and chairs according to your team leader’s directions
Reset chairs in auditorium
Vacuum at the end of the night
Remind yourself Jesus loves you and sees you holding that stinky trash!
Schedule
FRIDAY
5:15 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Come early to get your name tag, lanyard and DREAM TEAM T-SHIRT!
After huddle, find your Team Leader for further details
6:00 - Registration
Do not throw away pizza boxes, place them in the Storage Room behind the Large Group Room
7:00 - Session 1
Make sure you are as quiet as possible during the session
Set out tables for snack
8:30 - Snack
Clean up snack tables
Empty trash cans
8:45 - Late Night
10:00 - Night One Ends
Reset for the morning - trash, chairs, vacuum 
Move pizza boxes behind the stage
Move silent disco boxes to the Storage Room
Set up breakfast tables
Set up Youth Leader Breakfast in the Large Group Room
Goodnight, sleep tight!

SATURDAY
7:30 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Put on your name tag
Enjoy some coffee in Dream Team Central
8:30 - Breakfast
Clean up after breakfast
9:30 - Session 2
Quietly set up tables for snack
Set up breakout rooms
11:00 - Snack
Move chairs to breakout rooms
11:15 - Boys Games + Girls Breakouts
Set up lunch tables
12:00 - Lunch
Clean up lunch
1:00 - Girls Games + Boys Breakouts
2:00 - All Colors Games
2:30 - Snack
Move chairs back into auditorium
3:00 - Session 3
Set up Dinner tables
Reset Bridge Kids rooms for Sunday morning
5:00 - Dinner
Clean up dinner
Conference Ends
If you’d like to stay and help reset the Osky building for church on Sunday, we welcome your help! 

Late Night

Codey Rupprecht

Late Night Team Leader
641-295-0384
Schedule
FRIDAY
5:15 - Dream Team Huddle - Large Group Room
Come early to get your name tag, lanyard and DREAM TEAM T-SHIRT!
After huddle, find your Team Leader for further details
6:00 - Registration
Activities in the lobby and BK rooms are open for the next hour, your team leader will tell you which activity you are facilitating, this will remain the same after Session 1 during Late Night
Help kids who seem lonely or lost engage with an activity
Keep the space you are in picked up and inviting
Shut down your activity at 6:55 so students get into Session 1 on time
7:00 - Session 1
Be as quiet as possible as you reset spaces and prepare for late night
8:30 - Snack
8:45 - Late Night
Silent Disco is open! The race track is racing! Have fun with students!
10:00 - Night One Ends
Clean up your activity and place everything in the Storage Room behind the Large Group Room
Goodnight, sleep tight!

Breakouts

Lizzy Van Utrecht

Breakout Team Leader
641-208-1925
Details
Thank you for being willing to host a breakout room! HERE is the link to the breakout schedule. Note that girls will be first, lunch will follow and then boys breakouts last.

Your role as a host will be to help the speaker hand out notes/pens if needed, greet students and help them find seats and generally assist with any needs. If your room is requiring any extra needs, we’ll let you know before then!

After breakouts are over our team will reset the Bridge Kids rooms for Sunday morning.