Seeding the Future
The Beginning of a Vision
In the late fall of 2005, the LCC board of directors began creating a strategic master plan. A few months later, 231 acres adjacent to Nawakwa became available for purchase. Both of these events created much excitement and activity among the board and staff .
In February of 2007, the board adopted the strategic plan, with one of the top priorities being to grow Nawakwa's ministry through site expansion in order to preserve the unique character of the camp and to allow for program growth and facility additions. In December of 2007 the purchase of the land was fi nalized.
In January of 2008, the "Imagine" campaign was launched. The campaign raised nearly $1 million and is providing funds to help pay off the land mortgage with the Mission Investment Fund of the ELCA. In the fall of 2010, the board began to wrestle with the concern of what was to be the next step in retiring the land acquisition debt. The consulting fi rm, Gronlund Sayther Brunkow, was engaged to work with LCC on a new campaign, "Seeding the Future", to retire the land debt.
Living into the Vision
Prior to growing Nawakwa through this land acquisition, Nawakwa was a 115-acre site with its buildings clustered closely together and in close proximity to the camp's eastern border.
Nawakwa has been transformed into a camp with room to roam, space to expand ministry, and ability to add new facilities to support an expanded ministry. Nawakwa is now protected for future generations as a place apart, free from encroachment and the impact of development on the camp's border.
