See What's Happening Around the Synod!

 Mark your calendars for the latest events happening around the synod, our congregations, and communities! To submit an event, please fill out the form at the bottom of the page. For a full list of events, (including council and affinity groups, not posted on this page), please visit the synod calendar on our home page.

Ohio Summer Youth Retreat

Registration Open until June 13, 2025!

Ohio Summer Youth Retreat - June 29-July 2, 2025 at LMC at HopeWood Pines!

A special mini-week at camp designed for youth entering 6th grade through entering 12th grade! Teens from the Northwestern Ohio Synod, Northeastern Ohio Synod and Southern Ohio Synod will gather for team-building, faith formation and fun at the beautiful HopeWood Pines camp! The cost of this mini-week is being subsidized by each synod, making it possible to offer this experience for $150 per youth. Adult chaperones are free.

The HopeWood Outdoors registration system will walk parents/legal guardians through the process of registering youth in their household. Visit the HopeWood Pines website and sign in to your existing account or create a new user sign up if you have not used the registration site previously. Once logged in, select Ohio Summer Youth Retreat 2025 (June 29th - July 2nd, 2025) and fill out the required information. With the subsidy of synodical support, payment of $150 per youth will be collected during this process. Adult chaperones are free of cost.

If your congregation would like to subsidize the registration further, or should you encounter any difficulties with registration, please call 419.989.7370 or email [email protected]

Attention Pastors & Adult Leaders: You cannot register a group under your household. Each group member must be registered by a parent/legal guardian.
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Questions? Contact Deacon Jenny Frantz: [email protected]

From our Friends at Camp Frederick

Located Just 20 miles south of Youngstown, Camp Frederick is a Christian Summer Camp and Retreat Center nestled within the forests of Northeast Ohio. Camp Frederick offers summer programs for children as young as six to as old as seventeen, which includes a dynamic leadership development program we call CIT. Groups of all kinds can visit camp to learn team-building skills, go ziplining, or just relax in one of our beautiful facilities making memories with friends, family, or coworkers, The camp is open throughout the year, offering special programs for the community as well as youth and adult retreat programs.

Camp Frederick's mission is to inspire Christ-like change, as we, Love God by applying the truth of Scripture, Love People by engaging them in authentic relationships, and Love creation by maximizing camp's natural setting. - Love God, Love People, Love Creation (Matt. 22:36-39)

For more information, check out: campfrederickohio.com

African Decent Lutheran Association 19th Biennial Assembly

African Decent Lutheran Association (ADLA)
19th Biennial Assembly
"Lest We Forget"
July 24-27, 2025 in Phoenix, AZ
Early Registration fees will end on May 15th. Register now!

​The African Descent Lutheran Association develops important connections, advocates for congregations, promotes implementation of the National African Descent Strategy, and provides fellowship, learning and sharing opportunities. It also provides a forum for theological reflection for clergy and lay members through collaboration with other African descent organizations and networks. Our work is extremely important, and we can not do it without your support.