Camp Luther: Why Go?</tittle> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" media="screen" /> </head> <body> <div id="wrap"> <div id="header"> <h1><a href="./index.html">Camp Luther Schuyler NE</a></h1> <h2>Why Go?</h2> </div>  <div id="left"> <h3>Main Menu</h3> <div class="menu"> <ul> <li><a href="./home.html">Home</a> </li> <li><a href="./history.html">History</a> </li> <li><a href="./scenery.html">Scenery</a> </li> <li><a href="./camps.html">Summer Camps</a> </li> <li><a href="./activities.html">Activities</a> </li> <li>Why Go? </li> <li><a href="./stories.html">Stories</a> </li> </ul> </div>  <h3>Theme</h3> <ul> <li>Bible Stories:</li> </ul> <h3>1 John 4:7-21</h3> <ul> <p>God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 17In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. 18There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.</p> </ul> <div id="footer"> Designed by <a href="http://www.free-css-templates.com/">Free CSS Templates</a>, Thanks to <a href="http://www.openwebdesign.org/">Web Design Firm</a> </div> </div> <div id="right"> <h2><a href="#">Why Go to Camp?</a></h2> <p>Why should anyone visit Camp Luther? Camp Luther was built as a means to witness God's love to others through His creation. Every camp is specifically designed to suit the needs of any camper and the environment will be enough to bring any visitor peace and relaxation. Enyone who comes to camp will experience God's love and with the guidence of the staff, any spiritial needs will be sure to be met. </p> <p>Camp Luther is an amazing experience. It gives kids a much-needed break from technology, from the war and violence on television, and it gives them an opportunity to learn about God in His creation, His natrual surroundings. It gives city kids a chance to experience woods and animals perhaps they've never seen before. It gives country kids the chance to see how different the views of city kids can be. It's an amazing experience, one that I'm glad I didn't miss.</p> <p><strong>Here are a couple stories from people who have been long attendies to Camp Luther:</strong></p> <p>I've been coming to camp since i was six-ish, and for a long time i went kind of just because it was a thing i did during the summer, but i've realized in recent years that camp isn't just about fun, although there's plenty of that to go around. camp for me is a place of spiritual revival, where i reconnect with my God, and simultaneously serve his children too. and i love being with the staff and spending time growing closer to God with other people. i love the way it bonds us. the past two years i've had on staff have really taught me the power of relationships and how true it really is that a chord of three strands is not easily broken.(Rachel Ahlers)</p> <p>I started coming to camp in 2004. I was a camper twice, and then, once I began serving as a JS, I just fell in love with it. I never knew that there could be so much peace in the world, that there was a place where God felt closer to me physically. Camp became the euphoria amidst the huge mess that was my life, and it became my second home to me. I love being able to come to camp and be myself and not have anyone care. I love being surrounded by people that love me unconditionally, and, even more importantly, being in a place where I feel so much closer to God. His creation surrounding me is a brand new miracle to me every morning that I wake up at camp, and I love it.(Steph Jane)</p> </div> <p>I was a camper once as a child, but after that it was years before i made it out there on a church retreat. There were a couple of those, and i just felt that there was a sense of belonging out there, where God accepted me in this place and i could just be at peace with Him. I really didn't start helping out until last year, which was completely fulfilling emotionally and spiritually. This time, i found a different sense of belonging; a tight fellowship that i had rarely seen, let alone been a part of. This brotherhood is not only a community of believers, but true Christians with a mission. The constant strive for unity, with the goal of raising up a new generation to step up and stand for their Creator, teaching and serving them in His Creation.(Jake Griel)</p> <p> I've actually only gone to the actual Camp Luther 3 years. I'd gone to mini-Camp Luther's at Camp Comeca in Cozad, but Camp Luther was such a better experience. I was an owl camper my first two years and then served as a JS last summer. I had such a great time. Aside from the obvious amazing fun I had (the games, lake, singing, campfires, great Christian fellowship, Samari in the rain, Battleship on the lake, the waterslide-when not covered by the tiny millipede-ish bugs...) The time at camp filled me with...well, a spiritual high, I guess. =) I left camp with an invigorated faith and renewed interest in what God was doing around me. It's so easy to get caught up with all the things in this world, and Camp has always been an escape that emotionally and spiritually builds me up. It's AMAZING to see the kids go through the same experience. Every kids is affected by you guys. You can really feel the Holy Spirit at work at Camp Luther. (Amber Leising)</p> <p>In truth, the reason I love camp is quite the opposite. In my daily life, I feel like I'm constantly being bombarded by technology, every bit of the environment around me inviting me to sit down, to relax with a soda and a videogame, maybe watch a movie or two. Everything about the world seems to distract me from what really matters, but when I get to camp, most of that is gone. Sure, I've spent plenty of time with fancy tech while out there, but I get a chance to be in an area of limited exposure to such a thing. I get to work with my hands, to sweat, to be out in the presence of things created by God and not humans. It's beautiful, and it's a place where I can get to know both myself and God a bit better (as well as friends!). There's nothing quite like this place that I've experienced so far, and I plan on experiencing it for a few more years (provided I don't accidentally destroy TOO much camp property). God's world is too beautiful to be obscured by the one we've surrounded ourselves with, and I look forward to finding my way back to His place soon.(Daniel Miller)</p> <p>I started coming to camp in 2000 and I was a camper for 4 years (mini-camp, week-long-camp for a year and then a horse camper for 2 years) and then volunteered for 5 years (a total of probably a full summer with all the weeks combined) and this is going to be my 1 year working at camp. I am totally excited. When I'm out at camp it feels like the stress of the "real world" vanishes which allows me to grow closer to God without the many distractions found in life. I love the fellowship that comes with being out at camp, and it isn't fake fellowship, everyone knows each other for who they really are and I have met really great people out at camp (and even without meaning to it sorta happens that camp people stay in contact with each other). Being in the middle of God's Creation for so much time makes it difficult to ignore the beauty that everything holds. I am really looking forward to getting back out to camp cause I miss it desperately.(Sami Woracek)</p> <div id="right"> <p align="right"> <a href="./contact.html">Contact</a>| <a href="./sitemap.html">Site Map</a>| <a href="./resources.html">Resources</a> </p> </div> <br ><br ><br