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  • Outdoor Ministry Leader Honored by Seminary

    Outdoor Ministry Leader Honored by Seminary

    On Wednesday April 26, at a reception which closed the annual Spring Convocation at the Gettysburg Campus of United Lutheran Seminary, the seminary Alumni Association honored The Rev. Conrad B. Youse, retired Administrator of the Lutheran Camping Corporation of Central Pennsylvania, with the association award for Celebrated Lifetime Ministry. Pastor Youse was honored for his…

  • Nawakwa Welcomes Lesli Willoughby as New Director

    Nawakwa Welcomes Lesli Willoughby as New Director

    Welcome Lesli to the Nawakwa family!

  • Thank You, Mindy

    At the end of November, Nawakwa said goodbye to Mindy Shively as Director. Mindy has decided to pursue other career goals at this point in her life. May God continue to bless Mindy and the Shively family in the future.

  • Nawakwa Welcomes Mindy Shively as New Director

    Nawakwa Welcomes Mindy Shively as New Director

    The Lutheran Camping Corporation of Central Pennsylvania is pleased to announce Mindy Shively as new Camp Director of Nawakwa.

  • Charitable Giving Tax Break for Donors

    Charitable Giving Tax Break for Donors

    Federal CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act Includes Charitable Giving Tax Break for Donors

  • An Autumn Nature Devotion

    An Autumn Nature Devotion

    Devotions are an important part of our faith journeys and are practiced daily at camp. For this devotional, gather your family (outside, if possible). Read through the text while looking up at nearby tree branches. Close your time with the suggested prayer. Before calendars, humans marked the passage of time by the cycles they observed…

  • Sister Marianne Brock, Regional Gift Planner

    Sister Marianne Brock, Regional Gift Planner

    In our spring newsletter, we shared a letter from Sister Marianne Brock announcing her resignation from her work at the LCC to begin a new role as the Regional Gift Planner for The ELCA Foundation in partnership with Lutheran agencies, organizations and the synods of Allegheny, Lower Susquehanna, and Upper Susquehanna. In this role, Marianne…

  • Let Your Light Shine!

    A favorite Sunday School/VBS song of mine has always been This Little Light of Mine. It’s a great song, with a catchy tune, and lyrics that are, at the same time, animated and inspiring. I mean, really, what’s more fun than singing “Won’t let Satan POOF! it out!? It’s a fun song to sing –…

  • Alice Heard the Truth

    Fall Foliage Day Sermon Marianne Brock Nawakwa Mark 10:17-31 I don’t know about you, but I can totally relate to the people in today’s gospel. There have been a number of times in my life in which I have prayed for guidance or answers or solutions – when I have boldly approached the throne of…

  • A Three-Legged Stool Never Wobbles

    A three-legged stool never wobbles. Each leg works to support the seat and share the weight placed on the stool. It’s a simple design, employed by Kirchenwald’s Back Country Outpost campers, that produces some truly impressive pioneer-style furniture. But if you think the wooden stools are the only product of the furniture making activity, then…

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