Camp Wapo participates in USDA Milk Program
Media Release May 10, 2024
Lake Wapogasset Lutheran Bible Camp Inc, announces its participation in the Special Milk Program at Camp Wapo. Read full details here.
GiveBIG St Croix Valley
April 30, 2024 is a day to giveBIG to your favorite non-profits in the St Croix Valley. All gifts directed to Camp Wapo on this day will support a thriving outdoor ministry, provide camper scholarships for families with financial need, and support a high quality camp program that serves over 2000 kids each summer!
Get ready to join in the momentum and energy of this day of generosity and giveBIG! Learn more about giveBIG SCV and make your gift to Camp Wapo here.
An Invitation to Engage
At Camp Wapo, Ox Lake and Wilderness Canoe Base, we take seriously the task of sharing God’s love with campers and guests through building relationships and creating community. We have the unique joy of engaging with others as we explore faith, sing praises, create art shop masterpieces, jump into the lake, and play games. Our goal is for each camper and guest of any age, to depart camp knowing they are loved by God, and cared for by our team and their cabinmates.
We delight in the opportunities to invite people to come away to camp. Jesus knew the power of personal invitations and the Bible is full of wonderful examples of how he often extended them:
- Rest “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
- See “Come, he replied,’ and you will see.” John 1:39
- Drink “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.” John 7:37
- Dine “Come and have breakfast.” John 21:12
- Take up the Cross “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” Matthew 16:24
- Renewal “Come with me by yourself to a quiet place and get some rest.” Mark 6:31
In all these examples, Jesus’s call is genuine, and it is personal. You and I are called into a personal relationship with our Savior and we are called into community with others.
This summer our sites and programs are packed with powerful and meaningful engagement opportunities:
- Parents, grandparents, and church staff inviting and encouraging kids to attend camp.
- New cabin friendships are forged by bravely sharing and trusting each other.
- People discovering how strong and capable they are when they work together as a team on a canoe trip in the Boundary Waters.
- Generous donors giving freely of their resources in order that ministry can be shared for generations to come.
- Volunteers inviting others to come along and see how they can serve others.
- Young adults answering the call to serve on camp staff for a summer.
Finally, this invitation for you to join me in supporting this ministry with your gift today. Join the multitude of friends who share financial resources, time, and talents to support a camping organization that is making a difference in thousands of lives each year.
Your gift will serve as a powerful example of God’s love for the campers that we are preparing for this summer. Click here to make your gift today!
Gratefully,
Heather Eggert
Executive Director
2023 Impact Report
The 2023 Impact Report has just been released! It was a year of of meaningful ministry and transformational camp experiences, that is for sure. From celebrating 75 years of Camp Wapo to sending nearly 100 guided canoe trips into the Boundary Waters – there is so much to be thankful for. Literally…thousands of lives were impacted by a camp experience at Camp Wapo, Ox Lake and Wilderness Canoe Base. We are so grateful and eagerly look ahead to 2024.
Summer Registration for all 2024 programs is now open and many sessions are filling fast. Don’t miss your opportunity to send your camper or bring you whole family!
Click here to read the 2023 Impact Report
Click here to register for a 2024 program
New Wapo Program Director
We are so excited to welcome Mari Shumaker as the new Program Director at Camp Wapo. Mari’s love for outdoor ministry started young as the child of a camp director, and has continued throughout college, serving on summer staff at Camp Wapo (2019, 2020) and in a leadership position at Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp (2022, 2023). Upon graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College in May, Mari continued to explore how outdoor ministry might be a part of her call and vocation. We are excited to welcome her back to Camp Wapo to see how her energy and passion for outdoor ministry will bring new life to the program team. Join us in welcoming her!