Camp Wyoming Stories
Impacting Generations: A Camp Wyoming Story
Lance, Karen, and their three kids
Summer camp is all about having fun, getting dirty, exploring, imagining, and playing. However, at Camp Wyoming, summer camp is also about growing in your faith, interacting with God, and learning from Christian counselors who can be your mentors and your guides. For many kids, the time they spend at summer camp is invaluable to... read more
My Call to Ministry: A Camp Wyoming Story
Sara and the children of her former campers on the steps of Deer Center at the Camp Wyoming 50th Anniversary Celebration
Meet Sara. She lives in Dubuque, Iowa and is the Family Minister at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church there. Sara has been in youth and family ministry for over 35 years. It is a vocation she loves, and as Sara tells us, “I can say with certainty that my career path started at Camp Wyoming.” This... read more
How Camp Made Me a Better Father: A Camp Wyoming Story
Bill and his family at the Camp Wyoming 50th Anniversary Celebration
Most everyone who has experienced a week away at summer camp knows about the incredible bond that forms—a bond between campers and counselors, between friends, between individuals and the camp itself. Even as campers grow up, move away, start careers, and have families, the memories and experiences from their days at camp are constantly shaping... read more
A Real Sense of God's Presence: A Camp Wyoming Story
Erin, her husband Ben, and their son Joey
Meet Erin. She is originally from Dubuque, Iowa, and has been coming to Camp Wyoming since she was 11 years old. “My first camp was Pioneer Tent camp, and I returned every summer after that. In fact, the very next summer, I met a boy in Pioneer Cabin Camp who would end up being my... read more
My Spiritual Family: A Camp Wyoming Story
Abbie teaching swimming lessons to an Explorer Swim camper
Your experience at camp isn’t an experience that should stay at camp. We want you to take what you learn and let it change you, so that you are a different person when you go home. Abbie Parker is is a Math and Teaching major at the University of Northern Iowa. She grew up in Newton,... read more
