ELC Summer Programs: VBS/DAY CAMP at ELC,
Explorer Day (at Sugar Creek),
Local GIVE/LOVE/SERVE Week
SUGAR CREEK BIBLE CAMP – Online Registration is open for Sugar Creek Bible Camp Summer programs. They have a variety of programs listed on their website, for youth and families. ELC of Mt Horeb will help with camp costs, by giving each camper $300 towards their camping week. Contact Brenda for the transfer code to save $300 on your registration. If additional scholarships are needed, please contact Brenda. We want everyone to attend camp this summer. https://www.sugarcreekbiblecamp.org/enroll-now/
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR PARTICIPANTS IN SUMMER 2025
Thank you for being a special part of our summer opportunities at ELC! 🌞
VBS/DAY CAMP – It was great to have many excited youth, who loved to be a part of all our activities! Learning about Bible stories, playing games, creating unique crafts, and enjoying fun snacks. Our camp provided a wonderful chance to meet new friends and learn how God loves each one of us. Please join us next summer. Invite your friends.
SERVICE WEEK (GIVE/LOVE/SERVE) – A big Thank You to all our youth helpers and leaders who gave of their time, to show kindness and love towards others. Our activities were:
- weaving our ‘plarns’ (homeless sleeping mats)
- hosting a car wash to benefit Pflag’ s high school scholarship – We earned $285.00 for the Pflag high school scholarship (Social Justice Award), that is given to a senior each spring.
- assembling baby kits for Lutheran World Relief – We assembled 108 Baby kits for Lutheran World Relief in doing so We made our goal!
- creating beaded jewelry gifts for Madison Reading Project volunteers
- helping at Second Harvest Food Bank and creating food boxes for St Vinny’s Food Pantry in Madison.
Thank you to everyone who came to support us and who has donated supplies to help make our projects successful!
EXPLORER DAY AT SUGAR CREEK – Youth had to wonderful opportunity to experience all the camp activities that they would do if they stayed a whole week. Bible story, crafts, camp songs, lunch, creek stomping and riding ponies. An experience that they are still talking about. Share with friends. Invite them to camp.
2026 YOUTH SUMMER SCHEDULE – (stayed tuned for dates for next summer)
DAY CAMP/VBS WEEK AT ELC –
REGISTER: https://forms.gle/aUMc2hzs9jpyfELX7
CONFIRMATION CAMP – 7th & 8th graders will attend Confirmation Camp at Sugar Creek Bible Camp.
Register online: http://wp.sugarcreekbiblecamp.org/
ELC is paying $300 towards the registration fee for campers
EXPLORER DAY AT SUGAR CREEK –
Youth entering K – 4th grade may attend an Explorer Day at Sugar Creek Bible Camp. Day filled with fun & fellowship. Great time to check out the camp. To register, please contact Brenda. Fees are supported by our campership fund.
Local Mission Week
GIVE/LOVE/SERVE (Local Service Week) –
Middle – High school youth are invited to our local service week. Many opportunities for youth to provide service in our community. High school students can earn Silver Cord hours. REGISTER: https://forms.gle/DuANahSt4Nc3eiC19
SERVING OTHERS (Beyond Mt Horeb)
Baby Kit Donations Needed: (Lutheran World Relief)
BABY KIT DONATIONS NEEDED:
Our youth and members of Rebecca Circle are teaming together to collect and assemble the baby kits which will be sent to Lutheran World Relief this fall. Everyone is welcome to donate items. Items should be in good condition, clean and between 6 to 24 months. We will assemble the kits each summer. There is a bin in Narthex for your donations. If you are interested in helping with our shipping costs, please donate in the church office.
ITEMS NEEDED FOR BABY KITS:
- Receiving blankets, medium weight (36” – 52” square)
- Long or Short Sleeved gowns or sleepers and Baby Socks
- Jackets or Sweaters with or without hoods
- Cotton, lightweight T-shirts and cloth diapers, flat fold preferred
- Baby Caps & Bath-size bars of gentle soap (individually wrapped)
- Hand towels (dark colors)
- Shipping cost per 1 baby kit = $3.10
T-SHIRTS NEEDED: Each Baby Care Kit assembled for Lutheran World Relief contains four diapers. To help recycle and keep costs down, we utilize T-shirts and sew them to make diapers. If you have T-shirts adult size Large or larger, we can recycle them. Please drop them in the church office. Thank you for your contribution.
Youth Gathering in Minneapolis in 2027
Every three years, 30,000+ high school youth and their adult leaders from across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gather for a week of faith formation known as the ELCA Youth Gathering. Through days spent in interactive learning, worship, Bible study, service and fellowship, young people grow in faith and are challenged and inspired to live their faith in their daily lives.
