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A Closer Walk with God since 1944
75th
Anniversary
events will occur
August 4-11, 2019
at
Green Lake
“We got it! We got it!”
Luther Wesley Smith exclaimed to James L. Kraft, upon learning that the Northern Baptists’
offer to buy the bankrupt Lawsonia Country Club was accepted (December 7, 1943)
Baptist youth held the first conference at Green
Lake in June of 1944. A dozen other conferences
followed in the first season and the slogan “For a
Closer Walk with God” was adopted. The conference
center became a key meeting place for great Baptist
leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who
spoke at Green Lake in 1956 and in 1957.
Green Lake continues to be a place where God
moves and the Holy Spirit works. People connect
with God and with others at Green Lake, the place
and space of ReCreation for people to discover
God’s better version of themselves and their world.
Let’s celebrate Green Lake’s 75th in 2019!
Watch our Facebook page and website for celebration details!
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