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= Lutherlyn = Lutherlyn is an American Camp Association-accredited summer camp affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and located in southwestern Pennsylvania. The camp's central focus is its summer programs, although in the non-summer months it also provides "second season" programs for adult, family, and youth retreat groups, environmental education, equestrian programs, frontier life experiences, challenge course programming and climbing facilities.

Mission
"Life-changing adventures in faith"--Lutherlyn is a year-round ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America which provides unique opportunities for Christian living experiences. It offers a natural setting for an intentional Christian community committed to experiencing and affirming campers' interrelationships with all of God's creation. Lutherlyn encourages spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical growth and renewal for the whole person through encounter with scripture, experiences of the environment, educational programs, the witness of staff, opportunities for creative worship, the nurture of personal relationships, re-creational activities, and fun.

Summer Programs
Over the course of eight weeks of the summer, Lutherlyn offers programs to campers entering grades 2 through recent high school graduates. Campers are classified as Young Folks (entering grades 2-4), Juniors (grades 4-6), Junior High (grades 7-9), or Senior High (grades 10-recent graduates). Campers arrive Sunday at 2pm and leave the following Friday night or Saturday morning, depending on the week's schedule. Programs offered are often similar each summer, although there are changes from year to year, and not all programs are offered every week.


 * Adventure in the Arts (Junior & Junior High)
 * Archeology (Junior & Junior High)
 * Aviation Camp (Junior High & Senior High)
 * Classic Camp (Junior, Junior High & Senior High)
 * Family Camp
 * Fishing Camp (Junior & Junior High)
 * Go-For-It! Adventure Camp (Junior High & Senior High with 4 levels of difficulty)
 * Horse Camp, Advanced (Junior & Senior High)
 * Horse Camp, English (Junior & Junior High)
 * Horse Camp, Western (Junior & Junior High)
 * Horse Lovers Camp (Junior & Junior High)
 * Horse Outpost, Western/English (Junior High & Senior High)
 * Leadership Camp (Junior High & Senior High)
 * Model Rocketry (Junior, Junior High & Senior High)
 * Musical Theater Camp (Junior & Junior High)
 * Nature! Camp (Junior and Junior High)
 * Night Owl Club (Junior, Junior High & Senior High)
 * Pittsburgh Servant Event (Senior High)
 * Railroad Camp (Junior & Junior High)
 * Salmagundi (Junior High)
 * Small Fry Days (entering Grades 1-3; campers stay from breakfast to dinner)
 * Sports Camp (Junior & Junior High)
 * Staff-in-training (ages 16+)
 * Venture (Senior High)
 * Young Folks Half Week (Young Folks; campers stay for 3 days)

Day Camp
Lutherlyn also offers day camp in which Lutherlyn staff travel to churches within the ELCA synod and put on daily programs for the youth of the church and surrounding community. Day Camp sites vary from year to year, but Lutherlyn staff travels to Erie, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Galeton, and many other sites throughout the summer.

Family Camp
Week 3 is Lutherlyn's annual Family Camp week. Whole families, rather than just school-age children, stay at Lutherlyn for the week to experience camp's "Life-changing adventures in faith." Traditional camp programs and activities are modified to suit adults, young children, or whole families.

Notable Sites and Areas

 * Chapel Hill
 * Chapel Rock
 * Rustic Retreat
 * Upper & Lower Lakes
 * Barn & Stables
 * Pine Forest
 * Enchanted Forest

Promotional Video
A promotional video for Lutherlyn can be viewed on Youtube via the following link:

Location & Directions
Lutherlyn is located 40 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania off of Route 422 between Prospect and Butler, Pennsylvania. It is best accessed via Interstate 79 or Route 8.

Directions from the west
Take Interstate 79 to Route 422 (the Butler/New Castle exit) and head east for 8.2 miles. Turn right at the 84 Lumber onto Dick Road. The main entrance to the camp is 1.5 miles down the road on the right side. The camp driveway will take you directly to the main parking lot and camp office.

Directions from the east
Take Route 8 to Route 422 and head west (towards New Castle) 7 miles to the 84 Lumber sign. Make a left turn onto Dick Road. The main entrance to the camp is 1.5 miles down the road on the right side. The camp driveway will take you directly to the main parking lot and camp office.