Mighty Ones
2026-07-05 15:00 - 2026-07-07 16:00 (America/North_Dakota/Center) | Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp, 138 Fortune Lake Camp Rd., Crystal Falls, MI, 49920, United States
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Completed Grade 1-2
This two-night experience is perfect for our youngest campers who are ready to try camp on their own!
Mighty Ones will live in small groups in our Village cabins where they’ll build friendships and enjoy games, campfires, beach time (in the shallow end under the supervision of certified lifeguards), songs, and Bible activities. Trained cabin leaders accompany campers to all of their activities, and they always stay with their cabin groups to provide familiarity and structure.
Campers learn new games and songs, try new foods, and make new friends. They are often more inclined to embrace these opportunities at camp than when they’re at home, making this a big growth opportunity. This high-energy experience makes campers (and staff) content, confident, and exhausted!
The program will close with a short celebration of what the campers have learned, and families are encouraged to attend.
Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.
More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $215/person
After March 5: $240/person

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

Mash Up
2026-07-05 15:00 - 2026-07-08 11:00
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Completed Grades 4-8
Want to try youth camp, but still feeling a little tentative? Finding that your summer schedule makes it difficult to sneak away for five nights? This three-night program is perfect for those extra busy kids, or for campers who want a taste of Fortune Lake but aren’t ready for the full week experience.
Campers enjoy all that our various camp programs have to offer, all mashed up together! They’ll swim, create, play, hike, and do Bible activities as a group. They’ll get the highlights of other major programs including a tube trip on the Paint River, campfire cooking, and an opportunity to interact with the Vagabonds, who are the other big kids onsite.
Mash Up campers will stay two nights in duplex cabins, which have in-cabin bathrooms and a gathering space. They’ll have one special tenting overnight on a more rustic section of Fortune Lake’s property. This allows the campers to get the best of both worlds! Three nights as a mash up camper will leave campers feeling more confident and self-assured, and likely asking to come back to camp next year!
More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $310/person
After March 5: $335/person

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

Mini Camp
2026-07-05 15:00 - 2026-07-08 11:00
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Completed Grades 2-3

Experience three awesome nights at camp as a great introduction to Fortune Lake! Campers sleep in bunk beds in Village cabins with a trained Cabin Leader and a small group of cabin mates. They enjoy the shallow end at the waterfront (under the supervision of certified lifeguards), create crafts, play group games, sing songs, things, make friends, and gain confidence, all while learning about Jesus!
This is a great first taste of camp (or a next step after Mighty Ones) for those who are gaining independence. They can come on their own or with a friend… there will be plenty of new friends waiting to welcome campers when they arrive. The program keeps campers moving, and they usually want to try the full week next time!
The program will close with a short celebration of what the campers have learned, and families are encouraged to attend.
More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $310/person
After March 5: $335/person

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

Villagers
2026-07-12 08:00 - 2026-07-17 17:00
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Completed Grades 3-4
Offered:

July 5 – 10
July 12 – 17

Villagers experience a full week at camp. They sleep in bunk beds in our Village cabins with a trained Cabin Leader and a group of other same aged campers. With opportunities for swimming*, boating, playing games, arts-n-crafts, a beach party, and singing songs, campers will stay active from morning ‘til night!
A week as a Villager will help your child grow in faith, build friendships, gain confidence and learn independence. They’ll learn to come together as a group with kids they don’t know while navigating new experiences together. Typical highlights include giggling in the cabin, savoring snacks from the canteen, devouring s’mores at the beach party, and making projects in arts-n-crafts. They will come home with a pile of dirty laundry, sharing stories from camp and the Bible!
*Please note that this is the first program during which campers are eligible to take the swim test. Those who pass have the opportunity to swim in the deep end. It’s a major milestone and achievement for many campers. However, there is still plenty of fun to be had in the shallow end, sand, and on watercraft for campers who do not opt to take the swim test or do not pass. All waterfront users are supervised by certified lifeguards at all times.
More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $445/person
After March 5: $485/person

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

Vagabonds
2026-07-12 14:00 - 2026-07-17 11:00
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Completed Grades 5-6

Offered:

June 28 – July 1 (Half Week)
July 5 – 10 (Full Week)
July 12 – 17 (Full Week)

Vagabonds experience camp the way it was meant to be – in the great outdoors! Vagabonds sleep in rustic* treehouses outfitted with bunk beds. Our Vagabond program teaches valuable skills about living in community. Campers gain self-esteem and confidence as they help to prepare many of their own meals over an open fire. Ask any Vagabond about their treehouse group’s Vagland stew… I bet it was the best! Vagland is is also home to Fortune Lake’s gaga pit and carpetball game, so many hours are spent honing their skills.
Highlights of the program include a tube trip on the Paint River (conditions permitting), Vagland chapel services, and special night games. Treehouses fill up quickly for this popular program!
*Vagland has a pavilion and attached bathhouse with eletricity, hot running water, and toilets.
More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $445/person
After March 5: $485/person

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

Venturers
2026-07-12 15:00 - 2026-07-17 11:30
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Completed Grades 7-8

Fortune Lake provides exactly what Junior High campers need: adventure, challenge, acceptance, and time to grapple with deep questions of faith in the midst of having fun!
Venturers lodge in our duplex cabins that contain in-cabin bathrooms and a comfortable space to gather as a group. Campers especially enjoy time with old and new friends as well as cabin leaders who love to hang out with them! They live it up with a whole week of activities, many of which they’ll get to choose — including arts-n-crafts, stops at the canteen, active games, beach fun, fishing, and watercraft. They’ll close each day with a campfire, which they’ll help to lead. A tent or hammock camping adventure solidifies the bonds within the cabin group and provides all sorts of great stories to bring home.
We LOVE our Venturers!
Confirmation groups are welcome, and pastors are encouraged to attend with their youth. Contact our office for more information on special congregational arrangements.
More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $445/person
After March 5: $485/person

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

Art Camp
2026-07-19 15:00 - 2026-07-24 10:30
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Completed Grades 3-9
This week of camp is for those who love to be creative!
Art Camp is a unique blend of art and traditional camp activities. Campers will still enjoy many of the fun things camp has to offer like swimming, chapel, Bible activities, games, canteen and campfires. They’ll also spend a large chunk of their day focusing on art!
Skilled volunteer art instructors and summer staff teach techniques and oversee projects while campers use different media to create art and express themselves! Projects may include clay, drawing, painting, beadwork, or textiles. Items created by campers will be displayed for closing chapel and can go home with the campers* to be treasured by family and friends.
This long-standing program is a favorite amongst campers with lots of returners, and there’s always room for new friends!
*$30 material fee included in cost of camp
More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $475/person
After March 5: $515/person

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

Dungeons & Dragons Camp
2026-07-19 15:00 - 2026-07-24 10:30
Completed Grades 6-9
Learn to play one of the most popular table-top role-playing games in the world in-between all of the traditional camp activities!
Dungeons & Dragons is a great game for anyone interested in using their imagination for a shared story, while building up social and critical thinking skills. Campers will develop their own character and progress through a D&D campaign throughout the week.
No previous experience is necessary and gaming supplies will be provided to campers.*
Pastor Jack Busche will be the group’s DM (Dungeon Master). He will guide players through a faith-centered game, illustrating that everyone has a role to play and gifts to contribute to the game, just as we all have unique gifts that contribute to the Body of Christ.
$30 material fee included in cost of camp
More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $475/person
After March 5: $515/person

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

LEGO® Camp
2026-07-19 15:00 - 2026-07-24 10:30
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Completed Grades 3-9
Are you a LEGO maniac? Campers get set for a week of building friendships, faith and fun!
LEGO camp is a unique blend of LEGO building and traditional camp activities. Campers will still enjoy many of the fun things camp has to offer like swimming, chapel, Bible study, games, canteen and campfires. They’ll also spend time each day building, designing, and creating with LEGO bricks!
LEGO campers can participate in 1-2 afternoon building sessions each day. There will be group challenges, individual projects, and recreating Biblical scenes. Although the LEGO bricks will need to stay at camp for next year’s LEGO camp, we’ll be sure to capture lots of photos of campers’ creations to share with families and remember the epic moments forever!
LEGO® is a registered trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize, or endorse this event.
More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $445/person
After March 5: $485/person

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

Jr. High Night Owl
2026-07-19 15:00 - 2026-07-24 10:30, 2026-07-26 08:00 - 17:00
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Completed Grades 6-8
Offered:

July 19 – 24
July 26 – 31

Campers sleep all day in the tree houses and play all night! As the week goes on, they’ll gradually stay up later and later until experiencing an all-nighter on Wednesday. That unique opportunity ends with a sunrise sauna and polar bear swim. Then, campers try to reset their sleep patterns before heading home on Friday!
A week as a Night Owl increases self-confidence as campers cook over an open fire, explore camp at night, and make new friends. Moonlit adventures include stargazing, lunch at midnight, private late night arts-n-crafts sessions, and canteen at unusual hours. This program takes special campers, and we sure love our Night Owls!
Due to popular demand, there will be TWO Jr. High Night Owl sessions in 2026! Older campers who love this program can participate in Sr. High Night Owls June 21-26.
Confirmation groups are welcome, and pastors are encouraged to attend with their youth. Contact our office for more information on special congregational arrangements.
More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $445/person
After March 5: $485/person

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

Onsite Day Camp
2026-07-20 10:00 - 2026-07-27 16:30, 2026-07-27 08:00 - 17:00
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Completed Grades K – 5
Explore all the fun of camp without staying overnight. This is a great opportunity to introduce local youth to camp!

Offered:

July 20 – 23
July 27 – 30

Four action-packed days include chapel, lunch, games, swimming, Bible activities, picnics, crafts, and more! Campers stay with the same group all week, led by experienced staff members who know how to engage them in fun opportunities meant to grow their faith and sense of wonder. Their days will be full, spent almost exclusively outside, playing active community-building games, splashing in the shallow end at the beach (under the supervision of certified lifeguards), making themed projects at arts-n-crafts, and building friendships with other local kids. They’ll come home exhausted, but wake up wanting to return!
Schedule:

Camp runs 9 am to 5 pm, Monday – Thursday (no Friday session)
The week will conclude with a short program on Thursday at 4:30 celebrating the campers’ experiences

More Information:

Youth Camp Guide

Price:

Early Bird (until March 5): $125/person *No early bird t-shirt option with this program
After March 5: $140/person

Please note: Please note: we never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information. officemanager@fortunelake.org for information on camperships.

Intergenerational Full Week option 2
2026-07-26 15:00 - 2026-07-31 11:00
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

Families of all ages
Intergenerational campers come in all shapes, sizes, ages. We have multi-generational families, Godparents and Godchildren, single adults, and grandparents and grandkids, and everything in between.
Our Intergenerational Camp program is all inclusive with meals, lodging, and quality Christ-centered activities for all ages led by energetic summer staff.
If you want to experience Jesus’s love in intentional community with your family, this experience is for you! Our intergenerational camps build an excitement for God, create meaningful faith practices you can continue at home, and invite you to play together in God’s amazing creation. You have time to both relax AND create memories as a family!
Here’s a taste of what our Intergenerational campers will enjoy: campfire worship, beach time, hikes, Arts-n-Crafts, outdoor games, fishing, boat rides, river tubing, s’mores, and stargazing. Morning Bible study groups will be broken down by age groups, and adults will be treated to a facilitator who will both inspire and challenge their faith while the kiddos engage with their peers.
There is so much outdoor fun to be had! New and old friends are welcome! Please join us and invite a friend.
Also Offered:

Week 1: June 14 – 19
Half-Week: June 28 – July 1
Week 2: July 26 – 31

Speaker – Isaac Arten
Isaac Arten is a theologian and historian of theology. Born and raised in Laurium, he spent his summers in the 1990s as a camper at Fortune Lake from Faith Lutheran, Calumet, and worked on the FLLC summer staff from 2000-2003. Today, with a PhD in theology, Isaac teaches at Saint Louis University and serves as the Theologian-in-Residence for St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Ladue, Missouri. As a theologian, Isaac works on big questions about how Christians speak about what it means to be human, and the role of religion in popular culture (especially science fiction).
For this summer’s Intergenerational Camp, Isaac will invite campers to consider how the ways that we “put on Christ” and Christian virtues prepares us to live out our vocation as humans, as Christians, and as unique and beloved persons.

5-Night Pricing

When you choose to stay in a duplex, you may be housed with another family of similar makeup depending on the size of your group (ex: a family of three will not likely have a half duplex to themselves; another small group will be lodged with them.).

Adults
Ages 13-18
Ages 4-12
Ages 0-3

Until 3/5
After 3/5
Until 3/5
After 3/5
Until 3/5
After 3/5
Until 3/5
After 3/5

Rustic Cabins
$345
$385
$245
$285
$170
$210
$80
$120

Duplex*
$370
$410
$270
$310
$190
$230
$100
$140

Lodge
$430
$470
$320
$360
$250
$290
$140
$180

FAMILY MAXIMUM = $1,700
Early Bird discounts apply, but only if Family Maximum is not reached.
*Campers who choose duplex lodging may be lodged with other families depending on group size.
More Information:

Intergenerational Camp Guide

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If your child would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.

Evergreen Camp
2026-08-03 15:00 - 2026-08-06 10:30
Early Bird pricing ends March 5, 2026

For Adults age 55+
An all inclusive program for adults age 55+. This program is “Choose Your Own Adventure,” meaning participants partake in the activities of interest to them. Enjoy three nights/four days of interactive presenters, pontoon rides, paddle sports, pickle ball, Tai Chi, campfires, card games, meaningful worship experiences and as much social time as you want!
2024 was the first year for Evergreen Camp, and participants had a fantastic time! Now our staff can’t wait for our Evergreen campers to return and bring their friends for our third consecutive year.
More Information:

Evergreen Camp Guide

Camp Pastor
Steve Solberg is a retired ELCA pastor living in the woods near Ishpeming, MI, having served parishes in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and now supplying many pulpits across the NGLS, along with pastoral care as a hospice chaplain with UP Home Health & Hospice.
A life-long Lutheran, Steve grew up listening to his father’s sermons and his mother’s teachings, experiencing God’s grace amidst brokenness. “Jesus died for our sins!” Yes, we’ve all heard it, but few unpack it. Perhaps it might even aid us actually “wear love.” As God’s chosen ones, let’s unpack this together.

Pricing
Lodging options include hotel style lodges.

Occupancy:
Single
Double / Triple

Until 3/5
After 3/5
Until 3/5
After 3/5

Lodge
$410
$435
$305
$330

Please note: We never wish to turn away anyone for financial reasons. If you would like to attend camp and cost is a concern, please complete our Campership Application or call 906-214-2267 or email officemanager@fortunelake.org for information.
