Summer Camp
Women's Week
2023 Women's Week
June 25-30 (Sun-Friday)
The Rev. Elle Dowd (She/They)
Elle Dowd is a bi-furious recent graduate of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, a current PhD student at the Chicago Theological Seminary, the campus minister of South Loop Campus Ministry and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Elle has pieces of their heart in Sierra Leone, where their two children were born, and in St. Louis where they learned from the radical, queer, Black leadership during the Ferguson Uprising.
She was formerly a co-conspirator with the movement to #decolonizeLutheranism and currently serves as a board member of the Euro-Descent Lutheran Association for Racial Justice, does community organizing in her city as a board member of SOUL, serves on the Clergy Advocacy Board for Planned Parenthood, writes regularly as part of the vision team for the Disrupt Worship Project, and facilitates workshops in both secular conferences and Christian spaces. In 2021 she published a book with Broadleaf, Baptized in Teargas, about her conversion from a white moderate to an abolitionist is available now in print, e-book, or audiobook.
To get in touch with Elle and to keep up with updates, you can visit their website www.elledowd.com and subscribe to their newsletter.
You can also see her online ministry via Facebook.com/elledowdministry
or follow her on Twitter/SnapChat/Insta @hownowbrowndowd
or on TikTok @elledowdministry
And order their book Baptized in Teargas: From White Moderate to Abolitionist here https://bit.ly/2YICjBf
Or download the audiobook here https://christianaudio.com/baptized-tear-gas-elle-dowd-audiobook-download
Elle Dowd is a bi-furious recent graduate of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, a current PhD student at the Chicago Theological Seminary, the campus minister of South Loop Campus Ministry and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Elle has pieces of their heart in Sierra Leone, where their two children were born, and in St. Louis where they learned from the radical, queer, Black leadership during the Ferguson Uprising.
She was formerly a co-conspirator with the movement to #decolonizeLutheranism and currently serves as a board member of the Euro-Descent Lutheran Association for Racial Justice, does community organizing in her city as a board member of SOUL, serves on the Clergy Advocacy Board for Planned Parenthood, writes regularly as part of the vision team for the Disrupt Worship Project, and facilitates workshops in both secular conferences and Christian spaces. In 2021 she published a book with Broadleaf, Baptized in Teargas, about her conversion from a white moderate to an abolitionist is available now in print, e-book, or audiobook.
To get in touch with Elle and to keep up with updates, you can visit their website www.elledowd.com and subscribe to their newsletter.
You can also see her online ministry via Facebook.com/elledowdministry
or follow her on Twitter/SnapChat/Insta @hownowbrowndowd
or on TikTok @elledowdministry
And order their book Baptized in Teargas: From White Moderate to Abolitionist here https://bit.ly/2YICjBf
Or download the audiobook here https://christianaudio.com/baptized-tear-gas-elle-dowd-audiobook-download
COME TO WOMEN'S WEEK FOR THE DAY
Call Renae to sign up 320-846-2431 or email renaer@luthercrest.org
Availability Monday-Wednesday
The day starts with worship in the Chapel, and continues until free time in the afternoon. This day option includes lunch, the morning session with Rev. Elle Dowd, morning + afternoon mini-sessions, and the afternoon presenter. How fun!
One Person: $60/day OR Carload (Up to 6 People): $120
Call Renae to sign up 320-846-2431 or email renaer@luthercrest.org
Availability Monday-Wednesday
The day starts with worship in the Chapel, and continues until free time in the afternoon. This day option includes lunch, the morning session with Rev. Elle Dowd, morning + afternoon mini-sessions, and the afternoon presenter. How fun!
One Person: $60/day OR Carload (Up to 6 People): $120
All women. All week. All sorts of fun! Gather at Luther Crest for another great Women’s Week experience at camp this summer! We’ll provide an excellent arrangement of meals, goodies, and treats. There’ll be daily speakers and presentations as well as nightly entertainment with musicians and entertainers. This is a wonderful opportunity to participate and grow together in a Christ-centered community through discussion and devotion.
Separate programming is offered for children and grandchildren of all ages. Luther Crest offers childcare for children age 4 and under; and asks that youth Kindergarten and older register to participate in one of the program options offered throughout the week.
Separate programming is offered for children and grandchildren of all ages. Luther Crest offers childcare for children age 4 and under; and asks that youth Kindergarten and older register to participate in one of the program options offered throughout the week.
- Age 0-2 - Register for Babies
- Age 3-4 - Register for Preschool
- Kindergarten-Age 5 - Register for On site Day Camp
- Grade 3-6 - Register for any Onsite Overnight Program
by Feb 14 - $459
on or after Feb 15 - $639
on or after Feb 15 - $639
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WEEK LONG PARTICIPANTS
Basic Daily Schedule: 8:00 First Word and Prayers in the Chapel Breakfast for Day Camp families 8:30 Breakfast and Announcements 9:15 Gathering Music 9:30 Morning Worship 10:00 Morning Presenter 11:00 Announcements, Morning Coffee Time 11:30 Morning Mini-Sessions (To Be Announced) 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Gathering Music in the Chapel 1:45 Afternoon Presenter 2:45 Announcements, Prayers and Offering 3:00 Afternoon Mini-Sessions (To Be Announced) 4:00 Free Time 5:45 Dinner |
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