Hungry Mother Lutheran Retreat Center

07/14/2025

Drawn by a camper in the Boys Bunkhouse during Summer Bible Camp!!

03/25/2025

We are back into Summer Camp season for 2025. I have some exciting news this year. We have scholarships for financially burdened families, the cost would be $100 per camper and for Smyth County financially burdened the cost is $0 (we received a grant from Smyth County Community Foundation). Camp is normally $400. Here is the link to the Summer Camp webpage:

https://hungrymother.org/summer-camp/

We are planning lots of fun activities this year. Here’s a bit of what we will have:

Canoeing at the Lake
Swimming at the Lake
Nighttime Bat Program
Nature Hikes/Nature Journaling
Environmental Education
Wild Animal Handling with the Critterman
Crafts
Campfires
Fireworks

So, feel free to distribute this information.

Take care and all the best,

Dona Jenkins
Director, Hungry Mother Lutheran Retreat Center

03/18/2025

We’re proud to be a Thrivent Choice®-enrolled organization.

Through the Thrivent programs, we are eligible to receive grant dollars, fee-free donations, and support from Thrivent Action Team service projects.

To learn more about Thrivent’s membership benefits and generosity programs visit thrivent.com/generosity.

Be sure to use your Thrivent Choice Dollars for Hungry Mother Lutheran Retreat Center by March 31.

03/17/2025

Alumni, partners, donors, volunteers, church members, pastors, friends and family invited. Please mark your calendar for May 10 for our first annual Open House at HMLRC. Hope to see you there!!

03/07/2025

We are offering scholarships for free camp registrations for Smyth County residents with financial burdens. Apply today!! https://hungrymother.org/summer-camp/

02/25/2025

Immersed in God’s word in scripture, we find that God’s word came near to our ancestors in faith and that God’s word comes near to us even now, as we learn:

to see our neighbors as beloved children of God.

that even though we are imperfect, God loves and blesses us.

that God will stop at nothing to show God’s love for us and the whole world.

Join us for Summer Camp 2025, June 29 to July 4.

https://hungrymother.org/summer-camp/

02/17/2025

GOD’S WORD COMES NEAR
Theme Verse: “The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart.” – Romans 10:8

This is our Summer Camp Theme. If your child needs a little guidance with this, we will be focusing each day on a different topic/theme:

Daily themes include: God’s Word Comes Near in Trusting, God’s Word Comes Near in Blessing, God’s Word Comes Near in Listening, God’s Word Comes Near in Serving, God’s Word Comes Near in Following

To register, head over to the website:

Registration is open for Summer Camp 2025. Please share an experience with a child. These are unforgettable memories and times that shape a future.

02/10/2025

02/04/2025

Camperships available!! Up to $300 for registration fee covered by HMLRC. That means only $100 for your camper!! Go here for the campership application:

https://hungrymother.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-Youth-Camp-Scholarship-Application.pdf

01/27/2025

The Application for Summer Camp 2025 is now online!
https://hungrymother.org/summer-camp/

Hope to see your camper there!!!

08/07/2024

This will be a slow meandering nature walk - Master Naturalists will point out interesting items along the way! Please rsvp at [email protected]

06/20/2024

Hey HMLRC Supporters!! Do you have an employer who would be interested in offering a donation to HMLRC? If you would like a representative from HMLRC to reach out to your employer to discuss the possibilities of donations, send an email to the Retreat Center Director: [email protected]. Let’s do this!!