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Posted on: August 12th, 2025 by Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
Silver Lake Mennonite Camp is rich in biodiversity! This summer, one of our volunteers, Norm Kaethler, spent part of his week surveying the biodiversity of this land and recording his observations online for others to access. Norm, a former SLMC camper and staff, shares that his career as a science educator stems directly from camp – its people and its natural beauty.
During just one week of trail walks, he catalogued 700+ photos, sounds, feathers, scat, webs, or tracks of:
- 16 birds, including camp’s iconic loons
- 4 amphibians and reptiles
- 31 fungi
- 5 mammals
- 10 spiders
- 121 insects
- 242 plants, including 15 ferns, 3 orchids
Visit iNaturalist here to view the full list of observed species!
You can search for specific species or groups here.
As Norm wrote, “we can better appreciate and care for a place when we know who else lives here with us”. We look forward to exploring this SLMC Biodiversity Project in more depth, wondering what we can learn and how we can grow as a community connected to a place and all that lives within it. Many thanks to Norm for inspiring these new connections!
Posted on: June 28th, 2025 by Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
Staff Orientation is done and our stellar staff team is trained, prepped, and energized for the summer!
We look forward to seeing all of our campers very soon. There’s still room to join us in August!
Posted on: June 4th, 2025 by Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
Join the SLMC Directors team this Fall, and be part of offering leadership to all 4 seasons of our active camp community! We are looking to hire 2 full-time Assistant Directors with responsibilities for Outdoor Education and 2026 Summer Camp. Read the job description here and apply by July 15. Spread the word to those with the right skills and interests!
Posted on: May 14th, 2025 by Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
Thank You for an Incredible 16th Annual Grand Paddle and Hike!
We are beyond excited to share the success of the 16th Annual Grand Paddle and Hike, an event that brought together an amazing community of supporters and outdoor enthusiasts! This year, we raised an incredible $70,000, surpassing our fundraising goals and supporting the mission of Silver Lake Mennonite Camp.
A heartfelt thank you to the 34 teams and 104 participants who took part in this unforgettable event. From paddling down the Grand River to hiking through beautiful landscapes, your efforts and enthusiasm made a huge impact. Each stroke and step brought us closer to our goal, and we couldn’t have done it without your dedication and generosity.
We’re thrilled to share some amazing moments from this year’s event in our photo gallery below. Relive the adventure, the smiles, and the memories we’ve created together.
Thank you again to everyone who made this event such a success. Together, we’re making a difference!
📸 Check out the photo gallery below!
Posted on: April 9th, 2025 by SLMC Media
Join us or make a donation for the 16th Annual Grand Paddle & Hike Fundraiser in support of Silver Lake Mennonite Camp!
Posted on: April 8th, 2025 by Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
Notice is hereby given that the 2025 Annual General Meeting of Silver Lake Mennonite Camp Inc. will be held online on Saturday May 10th at 11:30am. Click on the Agenda and other links below for meeting information.
Click here to join the meeting by Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85338476047 (Meeting ID: 853 3847 6047) Please be sure that your Zoom app is updated!
2025 Annual Meeting Agenda and 2024 Minutes
2023 Financial Statements – Final
2024 Draft Financial Statements *Now Available*
Nominations to the Board
Find our current members of the SLMC Board of Directors here.
Posted on: February 2nd, 2025 by Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
Posted on: January 28th, 2025 by Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
2025 Summer Camp theme announcement! Every year at camp, we choose a theme that will inspire our thoughts, conversations, and time together. The theme comes up in Morning Watch, Campfire Devos, Quest, and in various other ways. It is one of our guides for exploring spirituality at camp – that is – the ways we seek to connect with something way beyond ourselves and also deep within. The theme for summer 2025 with SLMC is:
Act Small, Love Big:
Transforming the World through Seeds of Change!
Inspired by the transformative power of choosing small when one could choose big, this summer at Silver Lake we are exploring what it can look like to serve one another in small, steadfast, and committed ways to bring a new, love-filled world into being.
We will consider how slowing down and living small is not about becoming passive but rather an act of resistance against a world that always asks for more, even when it is destructive. By leaning into Silver Lake’s rich history of intentional community living, creation care, and counter-cultural peacemaking, we will consider how to reimagine our history as a call to work for a radically different world than the one we see around us. We will consider what the land can teach us about small living and how small living can be a way to steward the land.
We will emphasize that none of us can do it alone, for true change can only happen when each member of our community allows themselves to be drawn into relationships of mutual care and accountability. We will also consider how our community can seek to embody small living in the context of the global community and humbly enter into relationships of mutuality with neighbours far and near.
By learning to care for one another and all creation in small ways, we will plant the seeds of a new world full of love, care, and compassion.
Many thanks to SLMC staff member Thomas Beech for developing this year’s theme once again!
Posted on: December 30th, 2024 by Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
Posted on: December 17th, 2024 by Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
Come work with excellent people! Silver Lake Mennonite Camp is seeking a Fundraising & Communications Manager to share their passion for SLMC with supporters of all kinds, inviting new and existing community to participate in the work we do together. This is a permanent, half-time position which can be done remotely with access to the Kitchener office and trips as needed to camp. SLMC has a big community full of people who participate in so many generous ways. If you would like to share your skills and experience in fundraising & communications to inspire and engage many caring, giving folks, read the job description here and apply today.
