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EVERYTHING YOU WANT OUT OF FAMILY CAMP
Why go to family camp in the first place?
If you’re like most people, your answer to this question may include some or all of the following:
- To have fun, relax, and reconnect with God and family
- To escape daily pressures, routine, and stress
- To adventure and experience exciting, new opportunities
- To make memories that last a lifetime
Gull Lake Ministries offers you a summer experience that hits every item on your wish list! We provide a luxury lakeside retreat where you can create timeless family memories while enjoying endless fun, adventure, rest, and spiritual renewal.
Each week of our summer season, we feature a different renowned speaker and mission organization. Adult guests receive inspiration from our gifted speakers and engage with mission organizations that make a lasting impact around the world.
We cater to our younger guests through the provision of innovative, Christ-centered programming that strategically blends high-octane fun with intentional Bible study, worship, and relational interaction within age- and gender-specific counselor groups.
Escape the noisiness of life.
Allow Gull Lake Ministries to serve as a spiritual haven where you can experience rest and encounter God and His love in remarkable ways.
2026 SPEAKER SCHEDULE
LENNY LUCHETTI – Dr. Lenny Luchetti serves God as a local church pastor, preaching professor at two seminaries, guest speaker, author, preaching coach, and church consultant. Lenny is a popular speaker at camps, colleges, conferences, and churches. He has written four books and numerous articles to serve the church. His passion is to make Jesus famous and empower people to live the God-saturated life.
MISSIONS: TACTICA
BRADY NEMMERS – Brady serves as the lead teaching pastor of Keystone Community Church in Ada, Michigan. He is passionate about communicating the story of God in a way that is relevant, engaging and applicable. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Western Theological Seminary, Brady is an avid Wolverine fan, coffee drinker, and home improvement aficionado. He lives in Ada with his amazing wife Sarah Anne, four boys, three cats, two dogs and six chickens.
MISSIONS: Cure International
MARVIN WILLIAMS – Pastor Marvin Williams is the lead pastor of Trinity Church in Lansing, Michigan. Prior to receiving the call to serve at Trinity Church, Pastor Marvin served in several pastoral capacities in the Grand Rapids area. He has written devotionals for Our Daily Bread Ministries, contributed to Scott Williams’ book Church Diversity, and spoken at numerous retreats and conferences. Pastor Marvin Williams blogs at marvinlwilliams.com and lives in Haslett, Michigan, with his wife, Tonia. They have four children, one grandchild, and enjoy time with their growing family in Lansing and Detroit.
MISSIONS: Grace Gardens
DAVE PATTY – Dave Patty is the founder and president of Josiah Venture, a mission organization focused on training next-generation leaders throughout Eastern Europe. Dave has lived with his family in the Czech Republic for 26 years, and is well-known in the region for his practical Bible teaching. A second-generation missionary, Dave was born in the Philippines and served in Germany before launching what has become one of the largest leadership training organizations in Central and Eastern Europe.
MISSIONS: Wycliffe Bible Translators
PETER REID – Peter serves as the General Director of Torchbearers International, a missions fellowship founded by Major Ian Thomas at Capernwray Hall, England. He is engaged in an itinerant teaching ministry in Germany and abroad. He and his wife Gaby have two adult children and three grandchildren. They live in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
MISSIONS: Convoy of Hope
PHIL TUTTLE – Phil Tuttle has taught God’s Word across the United States and around the world at various churches, Bible conferences, Christian education conventions and corporate gatherings. He is the author of Raise Up a Child and Crucible: The Choices that Change Your Life Forever. He lives in Duluth, Georgia with his wife Ellen. They have two children (Emily and Philip), a daughter in-law (Erika).
MISSIONS: Mission India
JACK NAPIER – In spite of being named after a famous whiskey, Jack Daniel Napier has been called to a life of sobering inspiration. Jack aims to make relevant truth come alive in the heart and mind. Not raised in a Christian home, God saved him as a teenager and he went on to earn degrees in Biblical Studies and Business. Jack serves as lead pastor of Grace Community Church in Newton, Kansas, residing with his wife and five rambunctious children.
MISSIONS: East West Ministries
JOEL WAYNE – Joel has served as the lead pastor of Chapel Pointe since 2014. His passion for leadership is built on an uncompromising dedication
to biblical principles and over twenty years of business leadership experience. He is also the founder and executive director of Be The Church, a movement to revitalize the local church through authentic leadership development. Joel holds a business degree from the University of Georgia and a Master of Divinity from Mercer University. He lives in the Grand Rapids area with his family.
MISSIONS: Partnership of Pastors
JEFF MANION – Jeff Manion (jeffmanion.org) is the teaching pastor of multi-campus Ada Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he has served for over thirty-five years. He is the author of The Land Between, Satisfied, and Dream Big, Think Small. His great joy is digging deeply into Scripture and passionately teaching the story of the Bible in a clear and relevant way. He and his wife, Chris, have three adult children and are proud grandparents.
MISSIONS: Three Strands
DANIEL WALLACE – Daniel Wallace is the Executive Director of Gull Lake Ministries, a Christian family ministry and retreat center in Hickory Corners, Michigan. Prior to serving 20 years at GLM, he was the Senior Director of Camps at a camp and conference center in Texas, overseeing six separate facilities which ministered to families, senior high, junior high and grade school students. Daniel, better known as Ambush, has 40 summers of Christian camping experience in Michigan, Texas, Missouri, and Kansas.
MISSIONS: Lifewise Academy Mission
Looking for the ultimate family destination?
Gull Lake Ministries offers you and your family the week of a lifetime. No other place brings you closer to God and those you love most!