Luther Springs Summer Camps & Year-Round Programs
Luther Springs Camp and Conference Center, 264 Vause Lake Rd, Hawthorne, FL 32640
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Luther Springs Summer Camps & Year-Round Programs offers faith-filled summer camps, retreats, and hosted ministries that include activities such as great trails, a swimming pool, archery, group interaction, large fields, whitewater rafting, ropes courses, and rock climbing. The program includes summer camp for all ages, year-round programming, and event space for conferences and retreats.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Every June and July the program offers on-site resident camp for 1st–12th graders
For over 30 years, Luther Springs Summer Camps & Year-Round Programs has provided space where all people can come experience Christ, community, and nature in a new way. The program offers on-site resident camp for 1st–12th graders, including Lutheran confirmation camp, and an outdoor adventure program for 6th–12th graders that combines on-site resident camp with on- and off-site adventures such as whitewater rafting, ropes courses, and rock climbing. Year-round programming includes staff-led youth and adult programs such as men’s and women’s retreats, youth weekends, and family camps, and the hosted ministry conference center offers space rental, lodging, food service, and group initiatives or team-building activities.
Luther Springs Summer Camps & Year-Round Programs is a Christian camp and conference center and a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and is a camp and conference center of the Florida/Bahamas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Ministries of NovusWay, which includes this program, state as their mission that they provide experiences for all people in God’s creation that inspire faith, build relationships, and transform lives, and they name their values as Inclusion, Renewal, Stewardship, Hospitality, Formation, and Discipleship. The program states that it welcomes all who seek God’s love and grace in an outdoor ministry setting, regardless of race or culture, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, family status, socio-economic circumstances, physical or mental abilities, or citizenship.
Leadership information for the broader organization includes Mitzie Schafer as Vice President for Development, who has served for the ELCA Foundation as a gift planner. One testimonial about the program states, “I came here as a kid and have had fun ever since. I want others to enjoy this place too.” Directions information notes that families are asked to download and follow specific directions to Luther Springs, because using the address in a GPS will send drivers to the wrong entrance of the property.
Last updated February 16, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Every June and July the program offers on-site resident camp for 1st–12th graders
For over 30 years, Luther Springs Summer Camps & Year-Round Programs has provided space where all people can come experience Christ, community, and nature in a new way. The program offers on-site resident camp for 1st–12th graders, including Lutheran confirmation camp, and an outdoor adventure program for 6th–12th graders that combines on-site resident camp with on- and off-site adventures such as whitewater rafting, ropes courses, and rock climbing. Year-round programming includes staff-led youth and adult programs such as men’s and women’s retreats, youth weekends, and family camps, and the hosted ministry conference center offers space rental, lodging, food service, and group initiatives or team-building activities.
Luther Springs Summer Camps & Year-Round Programs is a Christian camp and conference center and a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and is a camp and conference center of the Florida/Bahamas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Ministries of NovusWay, which includes this program, state as their mission that they provide experiences for all people in God’s creation that inspire faith, build relationships, and transform lives, and they name their values as Inclusion, Renewal, Stewardship, Hospitality, Formation, and Discipleship. The program states that it welcomes all who seek God’s love and grace in an outdoor ministry setting, regardless of race or culture, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, family status, socio-economic circumstances, physical or mental abilities, or citizenship.
Leadership information for the broader organization includes Mitzie Schafer as Vice President for Development, who has served for the ELCA Foundation as a gift planner. One testimonial about the program states, “I came here as a kid and have had fun ever since. I want others to enjoy this place too.” Directions information notes that families are asked to download and follow specific directions to Luther Springs, because using the address in a GPS will send drivers to the wrong entrance of the property.
Last updated February 16, 2026.
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