A Message from the CEO

Dear Friends of NovusWay,

Something keeps happening at our camps. People come for a summer or a weekend and leave with something that stays with them — forever. I’ve seen it at camps my whole career, and I’m seeing it at NovusWay. It never gets old.

In this edition (Q2 2026 LINK), you’ll read about two former Lutheridge counselors, Jon Lakeman and Madeleine Rhyne, heading to seminary, a middle schooler at Lutherock who keeps coming back summer after summer, and the outreach day camp at Trinity in Pembroke Pines — Luther Springs bringing outdoor ministry into a neighborhood for families who might never have found their way to us otherwise.

Three stories. Three sites. The same thing at the center: a place that gets into people.

A lot is happening on the ground right now. At Lutheridge, the Lutheridge 75th Birthday campaign is in the home stretch. New camper cabins will be finished in time for summer, and plans are under way for Mission Hall’s return to guest lodging now that staff offices have moved out. At Luther Springs, our planning team is deep into a master plan that takes us into the future. At Lutherock, you’ll have just heard that we have a new program director — new leadership arriving at exactly the right moment. Plus, FEMA contractors continue hurricane clean-up and the camp creek will be ready for creek walks by summer.

None of this happens without people who show up. Volunteers have been faithful this spring — work crews, cleanup days, and hands-on help at all three sites. We are grateful. If you haven’t come yet, reach out to us. We’ll find something worth doing together.

I believe in what’s happening at our camps this summer. I hope you feel it too — in the stories, in the updates, in the sense that what we’re doing together is landing on real people and doing real things in their lives.

That’s worth everything.

With gratitude,

Lauri SoJourner