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Summer Counselors & Specialty Staff

Parents and Campers
Lutherhaven's almost 30 cabin counselors and support staff are carefully chosen, Christian adults of college age. They bring an excitement for life and a love for kids. Each take part in an in-depth application and interview process, then participate in an intense eight-day training orientation. They are under the guidance of our camp's summer camp Program Director and Executive Director.

Counselors are responsible for up to eight children and sleep in their own private cabin on main camp. As a cabin, they participate in all the day's activities.

Support staff consists of

To Apply for Lutherhaven's Summer Staff Team
Every year Camp Lutherhaven needs approximately 30 Christian, college-aged, young adults to join the Lutherhaven summer team.  This ministry team strives to provide a high quality, Christ-centered, summer camp experience for over 1600 children, youth, and adults.  Each year we need a head cook, assistant cooks, maintenance workers, a first aid coordinator, a waterfront director/lifeguard, program staff, and counselors.  A summer of camp provides invaluable work experience including significant challenges to grow spiritually, emotionally, and mentally.  It also can provide wonderful new friends and memories to last a lifetime.  Starting pay begins at approximately $1700 for the 11 weeks of summer service and includes room and board.  In 2008, staff training will begin on Monday, May 26th, and MUST be attended in full by all staff members.  The last official camp session ends on Friday, August 8th.  We ask that you prayerfully consider the possibility of joining this ministry team.  Click here to apply now.  

If you decide to apply to Lutherhaven, please complete your application before February 18, 2008. (earlier is even better) After receiving your application, we will be contacting you to set up an interview.   We will start notifying applicants who are accepted for the summer of 2008 in early March, but the process may continue through April.  All applicants will be notified by April 1st.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at any time at celine+@+lutherhaven.org or (260) 636-7101.  (if you're copying down the email, take out the "+" signs. We're trying to avoid spam)

Lutherhaven hires summer staff as a part of a joint effort across the U.S. with other Lutheran camps that are a part of the National Lutheran Outdoors Ministry Association (NLOMA). The NLOMA site will prove to be helpful in finding other camps similar to Lutherhaven across the country and will allow you to submit an application with your camp preferences listed.  Also, if you know another person who has the qualities and gifts to make a good summer counselor or support staff person, please direct them to this site as well.

Full-time staff

Program Director - Outdoor Education
Don Schroeder is a Program Director at Camp Lutherhaven. He is a 1989 graduate of Concordia College in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His degree is in Secondary Education with a major in Biology and a minor in Art. He spent two years serving on international Youth Encounter teams to West Africa ( 1986 - 87 ) and Indonesia ( 1988 - 98 ). His responsibilities at Camp include hosting retreat groups, helping facilitate outdoor education in the fall, winter and spring, and helping lead several areas of the summer camp program including nature sessions, servant events, and trip camps.  Don is married to Peggy and they have 3 children, Emma, Andrew, and Naomi.

Program Director - Youth Ministry
Celine Newman has recently accepted this position after serving in an interim capacity since February of 2007.  Celine was born and raised in the town of Gallup, NM. She lived with her mother, Donna, father, Marvin, and brother, William. In high school she was actively involved in youth group, soccer, swimming and band. She attended college at Concordia University, Irvine, CA, where she continued her music studies with oboe, handbells, and directing and as a Director of Christian Education. Celine also spent times on international and youth ministry teams as well as serving at Lutherhaven as summer staff three summers and 1 year as the Ministry Impact worker.  We're excited for how God will continue to use her for His purposes here at Camp.

Executive Director
Tim Jank, formally a Director of Christian Education (DCE) near Chicago IL, joined the ministry of Camp Lutherhaven in 1993 as Executive Director. While in college, Tim discovered how exciting and unique outdoor ministry could be after spending three summers at Sonrise Lutheran Outdoor Ministry, a camp in upstate New York. His interests include computers, music, photography, sports, and of course, being a Dad. He and his wife Brenda met at Concordia College, Seward, NE where they both graduated in the DCE program. They have five children; Joshua, Samuel, Joseph, Anna and Noah. 

Office Administrator

Peggy Kreger is currently serving in this position after joining the Lutherhaven year-round staff in August 2004. She previously was the store manager for Family Christian Stores in Fort Wayne, IN.  Living in Noble County as a young girl, Peggy has always enjoyed camping. Peggy became a Christian at a church camp many years ago and feels blessed to be a part of the ministry of Camp Lutherhaven.  Peggy and her husband, Bill, now reside in Churubusco with their four children, Kenneth, Barbara, Elizabeth, and Jedidiah.  In her free time, Peggy enjoys scrapbooking and cross-stitch. The family recently became involved in Civil War re-enacting. Although Peggy enjoys her role as an 1860's civilian woman, (cooking over the open campfire, quilting, and portraying her first-person role as Louisa LeGrand), she says, "I never really appreciated a comfy pair of sweats as much as I do since re-enacting. Corsets and petticoats get awful heavy and cumbersome just by the end of the weekend. No wonder those women always looked tired!" The Kreger's also enjoy "modern" tent camping as a family.

Ministry Impact Staff

Camp Lutherhaven is pleased to welcome Alli Oppenneer as its newest Ministry Impact Worker. Alli began serving in this position in August and will continue to serve until May of 2008. She is no stranger to the camp scene. She spent two summers on Lutherhaven’s summer staff as a counselor (’05, ’06) and this past summer as program staff at Shepherd’s Hill at the Crossroads in St. John North Dakota.

Alli grew up in Grand Rapids Michigan with her parents, Randy and Diane and one older brother, Nathan. Alli is a student a Concordia University Chicago in River Forest IL where she is studying theology in the Director of Christian Education Program. She hopes to someday work as a full time camp director. Alli enjoys traveling, movies, being outdoors, spending time with friends both new and old, and all things camp.  Alli adds, “I am excited to be back at Lutherhaven and to see how God will use me in this unique ministry.”

The Ministry Impact position at Camp Lutherhaven runs from August to May. If you or anyone you know might be interested in this unique opportunity for Fall 2008, please contact the Camp office at 260.636.7101. Applications are accepted at any time.

We ask the Lord's blessings on her continued service.   


Part-time staff

Part-time staff are crucial to Lutherhaven's daily operation. Currently camp uses housecleaning, cooking, and maintenance help.

Camp Lutherhaven is always looking for quality part-time help. Please contact the camp office for employment opportunities.


Volunteers

The ministry of Camp Lutherhaven is what it is today because it has at its foundation a community of volunteers and supporters that are prayerful, generous and committed to the cross of Jesus Christ. If you would like to get involved in the ministry of Lutherhaven, we can use you! Volunteers help out with all sorts of things like: raking leaves, data entry, phone calling, painting, wood cutting, cleaning, praying, grass cutting, etc. Give us a call today - we need your help!

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