Mar-Lu-Ridge Summer Camp and Education and Conference Center

Mar-Lu-Ridge Summer Camp and Education and Conference Center
Mar-Lu-Ridge
Mar-Lu-Ridge Summer Camp and Education and Conference Center
39°18′55″N 77°31′53″W / 39.315363°N 77.531323°W / 39.315363; -77.531323
Country United States
Denomination ELCA
Website mar-lu-ridge.org
History
Founded December 31, 1958 (1958-12-31)

Mar-Lu-Ridge Summer Camp and Education and Conference Center is an outdoor ministry site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America located in Jefferson, Maryland. Mar-Lu-Ridge, an abbreviation for either Martin Luther or Maryland Lutheran, sits atop a mountain in the Catoctin Mountain range. The camp is a year round ministry location that was founded at a groundbreaking ceremony on December, 31 1958. The first year of summer camp was 1959,[1] and camp continues to the present.[2] This American Camping Association-accredited camp serves both the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod and the Delaware-Maryland Synod, as well people of all faiths and denominations. Mar-Lu-Ridge is also a year round ministry site that is visited by hundreds of people on weekends and other retreat times.[3]

References

  1. ^ Mullen, Katherine (20 March 2008). "Mar-Lu-Ridge welcomes new director, new vision". The Gazette. http://www.gazette.net/stories/032008/thurnew53239_32363.shtml. Retrieved 26 May 2011. 
  2. ^ Mar-Lu-Ridge The First Fifty Years, 1st edition, Old Line Publishing, 2009
  3. ^ Guynn, Susan. "Horizon". Frederick News-Post. http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/art_life/display_horizon.htm?StoryID=95416. Retrieved 26 May 2011. 

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