I know that for many of you, summer camp is now right around the corner. You will be in my prayers every day, as you always are, but especially this summer, as you have so many children in your care. May your summer camp days be filled with excitement, happiness, good health & safety, and faith-full experience for you, your staff, and all your campers of all ages.
Now...not to muddy the waters of all your summer camp plans, let me share with you a few of items that I know will be of interest to many.
First - Paul Campbell, recently retired as executive director of Spirit in the Desert in AZ, is offering to bring to other LOM camps and retreat centers a splendid program that he has developed over the years. The information for this program, "Third Chapter of Life", is attached here. It looks like the kind of program that will work well at many of our LOM sites around the ELCA. Paul will be at our Conference in November so we'll all have an opportunity to get more information at that time.
Second - there is a growing spirit of collaboration of LOM with many other ministry groups inside and beyond the wall so the church. This is something we can especially celebrate in the collaborative relationship that is building with the ELCA Youth Gathering. LOM was invited to be part of the group that met recently to determine the theme for the 2018 Youth Gathering. We are very pleased that Jesse Weiss, a member of our LOM Education Committee, represented us at that time. Jesse has provided us with a reflection of his time representing LOM at that meeting, and that document is also attached here.
Third - I'm attaching a flier for the Annual LOM Conference, November 7-11, 2016, at Carol Joy Holling Camp and Retreat Center in Nebraska. This is going to be an outstandingly great event. You don't want to miss it! So please put it on your calendar now. Registration will go live on the LOM website - www.lomnetwork.org - starting on or around September 1.
Here's wishing you a great homestretch toward summer. There's no ministry more important than the way you impact on kids and people of all ages. Don't hesitate to let me know if anything comes up that LOM can help with.
Sincerely,
Don Johnson
Now...not to muddy the waters of all your summer camp plans, let me share with you a few of items that I know will be of interest to many.
First - Paul Campbell, recently retired as executive director of Spirit in the Desert in AZ, is offering to bring to other LOM camps and retreat centers a splendid program that he has developed over the years. The information for this program, "Third Chapter of Life", is attached here. It looks like the kind of program that will work well at many of our LOM sites around the ELCA. Paul will be at our Conference in November so we'll all have an opportunity to get more information at that time.
Second - there is a growing spirit of collaboration of LOM with many other ministry groups inside and beyond the wall so the church. This is something we can especially celebrate in the collaborative relationship that is building with the ELCA Youth Gathering. LOM was invited to be part of the group that met recently to determine the theme for the 2018 Youth Gathering. We are very pleased that Jesse Weiss, a member of our LOM Education Committee, represented us at that time. Jesse has provided us with a reflection of his time representing LOM at that meeting, and that document is also attached here.
Third - I'm attaching a flier for the Annual LOM Conference, November 7-11, 2016, at Carol Joy Holling Camp and Retreat Center in Nebraska. This is going to be an outstandingly great event. You don't want to miss it! So please put it on your calendar now. Registration will go live on the LOM website - www.lomnetwork.org - starting on or around September 1.
Here's wishing you a great homestretch toward summer. There's no ministry more important than the way you impact on kids and people of all ages. Don't hesitate to let me know if anything comes up that LOM can help with.
Sincerely,
Don Johnson