Annual Appeal and Matching Gift Opportunity

As we reach the end of the year, we give thanks for all that God has done through the ministry at Camp Arcadia. You can help ensure that Camp Arcadia continues to be a life-giving community for many families and individuals by investing in Camp Arcadia’s ministry. Your generous support allows Camp Arcadia to maintain […]

You Just Never Know by Heather Choate Davis

What do you think of when you think of Andy Warhol? Campbell’s Soup? All-night parties? Pop-art album covers for the Rolling Stones? You might picture a slight, frail, near-albino artist in tortoise shell glasses, but you probably wouldn’t picture him in the back pew of a Catholic church, genuflecting devoutly. But that’s where he was, […]

Thanksgiving and Thanks-Living! by Leah Sallach

To be honest, I had never heard the word “thanks-living” before this past week, when I read a poem a friend sent me.  (The poem is listed below for you to read.) The meaning behind it however is something that we as Christians have long understood. In Colossians 2:6-7, we read  “So then, just as […]

Spirit of Arcadia Passes & LCA Board Elected

This year, we had the largest voter turnout in history of Camp Arcadia’s Lutheran Camp Association (LCA), and I am thrilled to say that our facility master plan, Spirit of Arcadia: Building for the Future, passed by 86%. Thank you to the members of the LCA who attended our annual meeting in St. Joseph Michigan on November […]

The Case for the Beach Project

Camp Arcadia is a beach-centered camp. It is a major part of what we do at Camp, from a recreational and setting perspective. Could you imagine Arcadia without sand and sunsets? We all take seriously any plans to address our beach erosion situation. Our current beach system is in disrepair and the lake levels are […]