LDRNY - Top News

New Ground Day Camps underway

Children from around the New York area are attending New Ground Day Camps for the fifth summer in a row. Started after Sept. 11 as a way to help children process what had happened, New Ground is organized by Koinonia NYC, an LDRNY partner.

God’s blessings to the following churches – both ELCA and Missouri Synod -- that are hosting camps.

July 5th to July 14th

Our Saviour’s – Brooklyn
414 80th Street

718-745-0020

July 10th to July 14th

Christ – Staten Island
121 Cleveland Ave
718-984-6595

July 17th to 21st

St. James/St. Matthew – South Ozone Park
119-15 135th Ave

718-845-8770

Good Shepherd – Brooklyn
7420 4th Ave
718-745-8317

July 24th to August 4th – Two Week Camp

True Light – Manhattan
195 Worth Street

212-692-1482

July 24th to July 28th

Zion – Brooklyn

6307 4th Ave.

718-439-8665

July 30th to August 4th

Christ Chapel -- Yonkers
65 Crisfield Street

914-771-5061

August 7th to August 11th

St. Philip’s – Brooklyn
85 Forbell Street

718-827-8269

Zion – Rahway, NJ
215 Elm Ave.

732-388-1815

August 14th to August 18th

Christ / Cristo – Freeport
61 N. Grove Street

516-378-1258

St. Paul / St. Luke – Staten Island
186 Decker Ave.

718-442-7224

From Zion Lutheran Church in Brooklyn: When discussing where children can find God and how God is eternal, one camper's eyes light up and he proclaimed: "God is bigger than outer space -- God is never ending!"

For more on New Ground and Koinonia NYC, visit www.koinonianyc.org