Bea Youngdahl, in her Camp Lutherock jacket.
Where it began.
Bea and Duane Youngdahl first came to Lutherock for Sunday worship with Christ Lutheran Church in Greensboro. In those days it was a small retreat property that a handful of congregations visited several times a year. A year or two later Bea joined the Lutherock board, where she served for many years.
“When my car was crossing over the creek into camp, I’d stop and open the door. Then I’d dip my hand in the creek and feel the cold water. Then I knew I was in a special place.”
Bea Youngdahl
Then came the people who made it home.
1998
Jen Bacher
Jen Bacher’s first closing circle at Lutherock came in the summer of 1998. She went on to serve five summers on staff, and was later named the camp’s Program Director: “Camp is like family, home, and community all rolled into one.”
2023
Sharing the mountain
Under Deacon Missie Bonser, then its Program Director, Lutherock shared what it has. Three summer staff served with The Dwelling’s Spark’Dwell program in Winston-Salem, and at the start of the 2023-2024 school year every sixth grader and teacher in Avery County spent a day at camp.
You are welcome here.
We welcome all who seek God's love and grace in an outdoor ministry setting. We welcome all as God welcomes all, regardless of race or culture, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, family status, socio-economic circumstances, physical or mental abilities, or citizenship. Our unity is in Christ.
One of three NovusWay camps.
NovusWay Ministries is an independent nonprofit outdoor ministry organization rooted in the Christian faith. A ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, we bring people together through summer programs and year-round gatherings at three camps in North Carolina and Florida.
