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NJ Synod Youth Ministry Calendar

New Jersey Synod Youth Ministry Events Safety Policies.  

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(Updated Aug 2023)

2026 Events:

  • January 2-4: Young Adult Retreat

  • February 6-8: Elementary School Retreat 

  • March 6-8: Middle/High School Retreat

  • Faith, Hope, and Love – April 25 – Abiding Presence, Ewing (all ages)

  • Synod Assembly – May 30 – Somerset

  • Somerset Patriots Baseball Game – June 13 – Somerset (all ages)

  • ELCA Youth Gathering Info Meeting – Summer (TBD) – Zoom (adults)

  • Summer Camp – July & August – Cross Roads (youth who have completed grades K-12)

  • Beach Day & Service Project – August 1 – Asbury Park (all ages). REGISTER HERE

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  • Kayak in the Pinelands – September 19 – Shamong (ages 6+)

  • Rally for Cross Roads – October 3 – Cross Roads (all ages)

  • Farminary – November 7 – Princeton (grades 7-12)

  • Synod Youth Retreat – November 20-22 – Cross Roads (grades 6-12)

  • Shepherd’s Gathering – December 3-6 – Cross Roads (adults)

2027 Youth Calendar:

 

  • Youth Adult Retreat – January 2-4 – Cross Roads (young adults)

  • Elementary School Retreat – February 5-7 – Cross Roads (grades 3-5)

  • Middle/High School Retreat – March 5-7 – Cross Roads (grades 6-12)

Youth Ministry 2026

Youth Ministry 2026

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our events in 2025!!

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“Our synod office is located on land which is part of the traditional territory of the Lenni-Lenape, called “Lenapehoking.” The Lenape People lived in harmony with one another upon this territory for thousands of years. During the colonial era and early federal period, many were removed west and north, but some also remain among the continuing historical tribal communities of the region: The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation; the Ramapough Lenape Nation; and the Powhatan Renape Nation, The Nanticoke of Millsboro Delaware, and the Lenape of Cheswold Delaware. We acknowledge the Lenni-Lenape as the original people of this land and their continuing relationship with their territory. In our acknowledgment of the continued presence of Lenape people in their homeland, we affirm the aspiration of the great Lenape Chief Tamanend, that there be harmony between the indigenous people of this land and the descendants of the immigrants to this land, “as long as the rivers and creeks flow, and the sun, moon, and stars shine.”

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