The facilities at each site were suffering from years of inadequate maintenance due to limited budgets.ĭuring these years, the Board of Directors of Lutherans Outdoors worked diligently to draw together administrative and development functions as it moved the camps into an organizational plan while attempting to make its modest resources stretch to cover a variety of crisis.įollowing the departure of Gaias Aasland in 1977, Lutherans Outdoors operated without an Executive Director. The largest part of the site director's job was maintenance, leaving little time for contacts with area congregations, program development, and promotion. Site directors continued to be in charge of programs without an overall program plan.
There was no central financial record, no unified balance sheet and no unified income and expense statements. Each camp maintained its own checking account and purchased its own supplies. In the early days of Lutherans Outdoors there was an Executive Director with no central office.
And we also recognize that as Christians, we have faith in new life, in hope for mending what is broken, and in our calling through the Holy Spirit to do this work. We recognize that we are called to be in good relationship with our neighbors, that the tribes are sovereign nations, that there is a history of broken treaties and broken trust, and that there is lots of work to be done. Land AcknowledgementĪs a partner organization and ministry of the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America we recognize that the Oceti Sakowin, (the Seven Council Fires of the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota) the Arikara, the Ponca, and the Cheyenne, are the original inhabitants of South Dakota and South Dakota is the current home of the Cheyenne River Tribe, Crow Creek Tribe, Flandreau Santee Tribe, Lower Brule Tribe, Oglala Tribe, Rosebud Tribe, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Standing Rock Tribe, and Yankton Tribe. LO camps promote spiritual and personal growth. LO camps include diverse sites and programs. LO staff is well-trained and offers signature hospitality. We are your first choice for dynamic and innovative Christ-centered ministries: many sites, many seasons, many experiences.Įach camp follows the standards set by the American Camp Association (ACA).
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