Lake Poinsett Camp & Living Waters Retreat Center

01/16/2025

YAHOO!!!!! Registration is OPEN! Grab those early bird deals and get excited for the summer.

If you, or someone you know, is in need of financial assistance to send their kiddos to camp, let us know. We have camper ships and wonderful donors who love to sponsor kids to go to camp.

🎉 Today's the day! 🎉 It's finally here! 🎉 Registration for the 2025 camping season is officially open! Sign up, starting today, for your Dakotas United Methodist Camping adventure!

Visit www.dakcamps.org for dates, descriptions, important information, and to reserve your spot at camp this summer!

We're here to help, too! Please let us know if you have any questions or need assistance as you're signing up:

Phone: 855.622.1973
Email: [email protected]

Come experience Christ, Creation, and Community this summer with Dakotas United Methodist Camps!

Wesley Acres Camp & Retreat Center, Lake Poinsett Camp & Living Waters Retreat Center, Storm Mountain Center

01/13/2025

3 days before registration opens for camp!! We can’t wait to see you this summer!

Exciting Update! Summer Camp Registration Opens in 3 Days!

The wait is almost over and the countdown is on! Can you believe it? In just 3 days, registration officially opens for your 2025 Dakotas UMC Camping summer adventure!

Get ready for a summer filled with exciting and creative outdoor activities, meaningful worship and Bible study, and the chance to make new friends and create memories that will last a lifetime! Come experience Christ, Creation, and Community this summer with Dakotas UMC Camps!

Set a reminder on your calendar for Thursday, January 16th and get ready to claim your spot for the best summer ever!

Wesley Acres Camp & Retreat Center, Lake Poinsett Camp & Living Waters Retreat Center, Storm Mountain Center

10/03/2024

Let us join in prayer for those involved in this wildfire near one of our camps out in the Hills and all those responding to contain it.

From our sister camp, Storm Mountain Center:

07/30/2024

05/24/2024

****APPRECIATION ALERT****

We are so very floored by people’s generous donations of time, money, and ice cream freezers (and other items too!) to make camp happen! Thank you simply isn’t adequate enough to express our deepest gratitude.

Special shout out to Feldy's Ice Cream for the ice cream freezer for our camp store experience; Eric Grinager for planting some bushes and trees at camp (and his brother John for the donation!); and First United Methodist Church Yankton for being our healers this summer with the first aid kit and supplies donations!!

There are others who have donated financially for us to get a new golf cart, a new rescue board for our waterfront, and so much more! Camp seriously couldn’t happen with YOU!!

With the deepest appreciation, thank you! 🩵

05/22/2024

T-minus 12 days before we welcome our first summer camp of the season! We are fully stocked in our camp store and can’t wait to see you sporting some SWAG! Here are some break downs of what we have and pricing:

Sweatshirts - $30
Crewneck sweaters - $27
Adult shirts - $12
Youth shirts - $10

Hydration packs (1L water bladder and 1L storage) - $20
Ceramic mugs - $7
Mini backpacks - $5

05/04/2024

Curb alert!!
We are getting rid of some furniture at the camp we don’t need. 5 dressers, 6 twin bed frames, and a table with legs.
FCFS

05/02/2024

Can't make it this Saturday but still want to help and support camp? Take a look at some of our needs for this upcoming summer! Scan the QR code to head over to our Amazon Wishlist.

We'd love to partner with you in big and smalls way to continue to offer a sacred place apart for all to come experience Christ, Creation, and Community. Camp wouldn't happen without YOU!

05/01/2024

This Saturday!! The sun is going to be shining and we can't wait to work with you to start this summer off on the right foot!

Please let us know that you're joining us so we can make sure there's food for you. You can contact us at [email protected].

04/22/2024

Thank you, Canton United Methodist Church for your generous donations of coffee for camp and new kayak paddles!!

You donated over 60 pounds (yes, POUNDS) of coffee for our summer programming. We thank you on behalf of all the preteens, teens, adult volunteers, and camp staff who are fueled by coffee and Jesus this summer!

04/08/2024

Got to hang out with the great people of United Church of Faulkton talking all things camp!

04/05/2024

Please join us on Saturday, May 4th (Star Wars Day!) to help prepare the camp for our summer programming. We will begin at 10am, with a break for lunch at 12.

Work projects we have include:
- landscaping and weeding
- cleaning the main lodge
- preparing the camp kitchen
- minor repairs in cabins
- setting up a pickleball court
- splitting wood for campfires

Let Nicole know that you are interested in coming so we can have a headcount for lunch.

03/31/2024

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Sunday! May you be blessed by the knowledge that Christ is Risen and there is hope in the resurrection.
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen!" -Mark 16:6 (NIV)

03/14/2024

We’d love to have you come work with us!

Communicators Work at your Dakotas United Methodist Camps!

Communicators are developed at Lake Poinsett Camp & Living Waters Retreat Center, Wesley Acres Camp & Retreat Center, and Storm Mountain Center. Communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and contribution that are critical for success in today's world are developed and practiced at your Dakotas United Methodist Camps; they are skills and traits that can help all staff grow and make a difference in their worlds!

03/03/2024

We had a great weekend growing in faith and learning about what makes being United Methodist unique. Our learning, studying, and fun revolved around United Methodist topics such as the sacraments, grace, the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, and the membership vows we take as we are confirmed into our local church. Thanks to all confirmation youth and their adult leaders who attended!

02/28/2024

Check out Ethan modeling this Camp Sunday display at First United Methodist Church Yankton!

Summer will be here before you know it, so make sure you get signed up for the camp you want to attend.

If you are wanting to have a Camp Sunday at your church and don’t know where to start, message us and we’ll be happy to help!

We look forward to seeing YOU at camp this summer!!

📸: Katie Ricke