The work of Living Water Ministries includes the development of leaders for the church and world in the 21st Century. Our programs aim to create opportunities for campers to discover their gifts, their voice, and who God is calling them to be. It's not uncommon that campers answer the call of leadership and return to [...]
Elspeth Muzzin is a former camper and summer staffer, currently serving LWM as a members of our Bridge Builders Planning Team and as the LWM social media manager. During these times of racial oppression at the hands of white supremacy, we lift her words up this week. Her closing words include, "Doing the work [...]
This pandemic has been catastrophic for a lot of people. Nearly 1,750,000 people in the USA have been infected, over 100,000 people in the USA have lost their lives, millions in our country are without work, businesses (small and large) are buckling, individuals and families are struggling, uncertainty about the future abounds, and for [...]
This week we’re hearing from Elspeth Muzzin, a former camper and summer staffer, currently serving LWM as a members of our Bridge Builders Planning Team and as the LWM social media manager. Elspeth cites her time with LWM as formative, particularly her experiences with our Bridge Builders program and our shared program known as [...]
This week we're hearing from Megan Mathes, a member of our Run the Race team who will join 23 other runners this fall in a 200(ish) mile relay race that raises approximately $48,000.00 in support of Living Water Ministries restoring momentum. Community is one of our core values and that sense of community is truly [...]
As I write this entry there are 1,262,426 reported cases and 74,708 deaths related to COVID-19 in the United States. The fatality rate in the United States has risen to 5.9%, and the fatality rate in Michigan is the highest in the country at 9.4%. These numbers are sobering when compared with the 35,500,000 [...]
In middle school I was a camper at Stony Lake for three summers. In college I was a counselor at Stony Lake for two summers. Fifteen years ago I was hired by Living Water Ministries as Director of Stony Lake and Marketing, and ten years ago I became Executive Director. For twenty summers of [...]
A week ago, the Living Water Ministries Board of Directors made the careful decision to cancel our 2020 summer season. Many have reached out with words of encouragement and support in the wake of this decision, and on behalf of all of us at Living Water Ministries, I thank you. This decision was made [...]
