Close to 1,000 attendees from 2 countries (USA and Australia), 21 states, the territory of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia converged on the campus of Augustana College in Rock Island, IL for Leadership Lab this summer. I was able to be one of those attendees for the week long camp. Leadership Lab (LL) is a collaborative effort of the 3 Illinois Synods of the ELCA. The mission of LL is “To be an active LABORATORY, practicing church leadership for the future”.