More Than a Place

More Than a Place Campaign

The Next 80 Years…

At Camp Lutherhaven, mushrooms are sprouting through the cracks in the beach bathroom floors and Mountain House at Shoshone Mountain Retreat hasn’t been updated since 1998. It’s time to get these buildings up to speed with the Lutherhaven Ministries standard we all know and love. We love nature—but not growing in the showers!

It’s time.

Time to restore, renew, and reimagine the spaces where lives are changed every single day!

Since 1946, Lutherhaven Ministries has been More Than a Place. It’s where:

• Kids unplug and meet Jesus under the stars.
• Faith is formed around campfires and canoe paddles.
• Servant leaders are shaped by joyful service and gritty grace.

In just the last decade, our camps have hosted over 403,000 camper days—that’s 111 campers a day growing in faith, friendship, and courage.

More than a third of those kids walk onto camp property never having set foot in a church. But they encounter Jesus…in the woods, in worship, in a counselor who listens.

Lutherhaven Ministries More Than a Place Campaign helps ensure our camps are equipped to sustain the next generations of campers!

The Projects

More Than a Place Project Total: . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,520,000

• Lakeside Amphitheater Renovation (COMPLETED!) $75,000
• 80th Leadership Initiative: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000
• Remodel Mountain House & River House SMR: . .$300,000
• Campground Bathhouse: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000
• Camper Cabins at Lutherhaven: . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500,000

Immense gratitude to generous friends of camp who have already pledged to allow the Lakeside Amphitheater remodel to happen! Thanks to the renovation, this timeless space is now ADA accessible and the bleachers that were once falling apart are now sturdy and strong. Thanks, friends, for helping make this important project possible! 

Next up, we’re aiming to give Mountain House at Shoshone Mountain Retreat a much-needed tune-up, as well as remodel the Camp Lutherhaven Beach Bathrooms so that they can meet the needs of the increased number of campers and guests at the Lutherhaven waterfront (that small bathroom space currently serves beach guests, tent & RV-ers, Treehouse and TREK…!).

Thank you for your prayerful consideration to help support your camps; More Than a Place for generations to come!

Have Questions?

To learn more about this campaign, please email give@lutherhaven.com. 

To be a part of this project, give here. 

Want to discuss with someone to learn more? Email Lutherhaven Ministries Executive Director, Rebecca Smith at rebecca@lutherhaven.com.