Listen · Relate · Claim · Act

Saturday June 30 - Tuesday July 3, 2012
Pine Lake Camp, Waupaca, WI

 

Come live, breathe, walk, and experience ‘accompaniment’ as a gift that leads us to truly see each other and for our hearts to burn within as we walk together in a global world.

Leaders & Special Guests

• Keynote Speakers:

  • Rev Rev. Rafael Malpica Padilla, Executive Director of the ELCA Global Mission unit

  • Rev. Charles Zang, Lutheran World Relief Congregational
    Engagement Manager

  • Bishop Jim Justman, East Central Synod of Wisconsin

• Bible Study Leader: Rev. Dr. Philip Knutson, ELCA GLobal Mission Regional Program Assistant in Southern Africa.

• Worship Leader: Becky Luett, AIM from Grace Lutheran Church, Winchester

• Music: Provided by South African visitors, international seminarians, and camp staff

• Crossways’ International Counselors: from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa - Western Diocese

• Visitors from Madikwe Circuit: representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa including: Rev Solomon Seaketso, Circuit Dean, Dr. Benjamin Molokoe, Circuit Partnership Chair

• International Seminarians: from Luther Seminary, The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and Wartburg Seminary

• Church Leaders: from LWR, ELCA Global Mission and ELCA Synodical Bishops

Find bios and more information on Special Guests click here.

Workshops

Choose from workshops offered on a wide variety of mission topics
presented by missionaries, local church leaders, international camp
staff, ELCA staff, and others. Some workshop topics include:

• Drawing Closer to our Companion Synod & Congregation

• Strengthening Youth & Family Involvement in Global Missions

• Planning a Companion Congregation Visit or Mission Trip

• Using ELCA Resources in the ELCA Malaria Campaign, World Hunger Campaign and Peace Not Walls Campaign

A complete list of workshops and schedule will be posted here when they are finalized. New workshop sessions will be added to the website when they become available.

Special Sessions

• Sunday July 1  - Worship & Global Music Festival
  Join the Madikwe Circuit from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, Western Diocese, in a South African- themed Worship celebrating “accompaniment” from all corners of the globe. Bring a group to the Global Music Festival to share the vocal and instrumental music that stirs your soul and listen to music from around the world.

• Monday July 2 - Global Mission Dialogue & Resource Festival
  A panel of church leaders from Global Mission, LWR and Synod Bishops will lead an engaging dialogue to help congregations ‘claim’ and do global mission. At the Resource Festival, share resources that you are using to excite your congregation and receive ideas to take back to your congregation.
   

General Schedule Breakfast Keynote Session Worship Bible Study Lunch Workshops Camp Activities Dinner Special Evening Session Campfire

Camp Activities Swimming Canoeing Hiking Arts & Crafts Field Games Volleyball Basketball Campfire Nature Bible Study Worship Songs

Attending Global Village

Guests are welcome to register and attend the full event 4-day event and be housed at camp or come each day as a commuter.  Day Visitors can register for Sunday and/or Monday's events. 

Arrival time on Saturday June 30, 2012 is between 1-3pm.  Opening Worship begins at 3pm.  Departure on Tuesday July 3, 2012 is following the Closing Worship which begins at 1pm. 

Commuters attending the full event are welcome to arrive anytime after 1pm on Saturday and 9am on Sunday thru Tuesday.

Day Visitors are welcome to arrive anytime after 9am on Sunday and/or Monday.

Accommodations

Each cabin has its own rest room with shower. Campground campers have access to a central bathhouse. To maximize housing space in anticipation of a full camp, adults may sleep in upper bunks. Families may also be housed in cabins with other families.