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Synod Youth Retreat
November 20-22, 2026

 

About Our Event


The 2026 New Jersey Synod Youth Retreat is a weekend retreat for all youth grades 6-12, as well as their adult leaders! 

  • WHEN: November 20-22 2026 (Arrival Nov. 20 @ 6PM)

  • WHERE: Cross Roads Camp & Retreat Center (29 Pleasant Grove Road Port Murray, NJ 07865)

  • REGISTRATION COST from Sept. 5th - Nov. 6th $100 per participant* -- includes cost of lodging, meals,  and all programming

  • LATE REGISTRATION COST from Nov. 7th - Nov. 16th: $125 per participant* 

  • After November 16th, you can email us at youthmin@njsynod.org to be put on a waitlist (there is no guarantee that we can fit you in, unfortunately!!)


Retreat Registration

Steps for Payment

  1. Use this link to pay: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/cHthRW4XPRi8fI0gr-ut6w 
     

  2. Please complete this form to register for the event. Parents, guardians, and youth leaders: please fill this form out for each youth separately, and be sure to register yourself if you are attending!

  3. Cancellation Policy: Full refund if canceled by Nov 16th. After Nov 16  - 50% refund.


*Note on chaperones: We expect youth to have an adult leader with them at this event -- one parent, guardian, pastor, or youth leader from each congregation. If you aren’t coming with your church or don’t have a chaperone, please reach out to us at youthmin@njsynod.org. 

Note about payment:  *If payment is a challenge for you, please do not hesitate to contact us about scholarships or payment plans!! We have scholarships and payment plans available to anyone who needs it. We do not want someone to miss the event because of its cost!

Email us at youthmin@njsynod.org if you need a scholarship and we will work with you.

Email officemanager@crossroadsretreat.com about payment plans.)

Background Checks

All adults attending overnight New Jersey Synod Youth events are required to get a background check. 

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Background Check FAQ's

1930 State Highway 33

Hamilton Square, NJ 08690

609-586-6800

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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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