Join us for a Youth Trip!
Destination: Ark Encounter & Creation Museum in Kentucky
Additional Stops: Concordia University Wisconsin
Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Date: June 2-7, 2024
Who: Youth who will have completed 7th grade through those who have completed 12th grade in 2024 & chaperones AND ALL MEMBERS OF MT. CALVARY!
Cost: $850 per person (everything included except 5 meals)
Informational Flyer for Mount Calvary Lutheran Church LYF Members
Informational Flyer for Adults
Informational Flyer for those not from Mount Calvary (Brookings, SD)
Registration form for YOUTH (print and complete).
Registration form for ADULTS (print and complete).
Registration form for CHAPERONES (print and complete).
Waiver for Potter’s Ranch (please submit with registration).
We will travel by luxury motor coach leaving Sioux Falls on Sunday at 1pm to our first stop, Concordia University Wisconsin. The group will stay in the dorms on campus at CUW. On Monday morning, the group will start the day with devotions, tour CUW and visit the shores of Lake Michigan!
We will depart CUW and travel to Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne. We will stay on campus at CSTFW Monday evening. We will tour campus and attend Chapel services on Tuesday morning. After Chapel we will depart for Potter’s Ranch in Union, Kentucky.
Upon arrival at Potter’s Ranch, the group may participate in activities such as ziplining and paintball. The group will stay in the Pioneer Cabins at Potter’s Ranch Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
On Wednesday we will visit the Creation Museum. We will return to Potter’s Ranch for supper and activities such as hiking trails, bouncy inflatables, 9 square, and a campfire.
Thursday morning we will depart Potter’s Ranch and spend the day visiting the Ark Encounter. We will travel Thursday evening to St. Louis where we will stay in a hotel near Concordia Seminary St. Louis. Friday morning we will tour campus and attend Chapel services before traveling home to Sioux Falls. We anticipate arrival in Sioux Falls around 10pm.
The trip is intended for youth who have completed 7th grade through those who completed 12th grade in 2024. Chaperones at a ratio of 5:1. And is also now opened to all members at Mt. Calvary!
With the exception of 5 meals, all costs (transportation, lodging, meals, entrance fees) are included in the trip price of $850/person.
Contact Jessie Kuechenmeister (605-692-2678 or mountcalvary@swiftel.net) to sign up.
If you have questions regarding the trip, you may also contact Pastor Wurm (605-692-2678 or pastorwurm@gmail.com).