Jobs in Outdoor Ministry

Events

Young Adult Backpacking trips

• • In partnership with Rainbow Trail, Spend a week hiking through the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains with other young adults from all over the country.  With gear, food, rafting, permits, and a guest young adult speaker to lead the spiritual side of the trip all provided, come join us for a relaxing adventure by a mountain lake.  Spend your days fishing, exploring, taking in the scenery or peaking a nearby mountain, your itinerary is up to you and what you need!

  • August 6-12, 2023

Annual LOM conference

• • The conference schedule allows for plenty of time for discussion with peers in ministry, as well as dynamic worship and fellowship.  The annual conference is the perfect time to connect with old friends, meet new partners in ministry, share ideas and get excited about all the opportunities that our work in Lutheran Outdoor Ministries has to offer. Learn more about all the amazing projects taking place around LOM, spend time getting to know exhibitors and partners in ministry, bid on amazing items at the annual LOM auction

  • Upcoming: November 6 - 10, 2023 in Lake Geneva, WI

Leadership Training Event (LTE)

• • The purpose of the LTE is to provide an entry-level educational opportunity for outdoor ministry professionals.  The LTE helps to develop well-trained, committed, and diverse outdoor ministry professionals; enhance the quality of outdoor ministry programs; support professionals through formal and information learning; and assist in the retention of professionals in the network

  • Upcoming: November 2 - 6, 2023

Compass Points

• Two classes from the outdoor ministry continuing education certificate program, Compass Points, will be held in October at St. Columba Episcopal Center in Memphis, TN. One of the instructors of Articulating Our Mission, Role, and Values will be LOM’s own Margie Fiedler, executive director of Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp, MT.

• Upcoming: Articulating Our Mission, Role, and Value: Oct 1 - 4, 2023

• Upcoming: Nonprofit Business Management: Oct 4 - 7, 2023

Total Inclusion! symposiums

• • “Total Inclusion! Widening the Welcome at ELCA Outdoor Ministries” is a collaborative effort of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) churchwide organization and Lutheran Outdoor Ministries (LOM). Total Inclusion! is an opportunity to inspire, educate and resource LOM organizations as they move toward a wider and more intentional inclusion of people who have been historically marginalized in the church – especially people of color, people with disabilities and people who identify as LGBTQIA

Eastern Midwest Territory Gathering

• Upcoming: December 4 - 6, 2023 @ Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, IA