Spring & Summer Programming
The staff, Program/Worship Team, and 60th anniversary taskforce have been planning our Spring and Summer programming and are proud to share it with you! Our reduced winter rates ($75 a night + Meals) are in effect until Mid-April, so it's even easier to bring yourself, your youth group, or family to retreat in the quiet beauty of this season. Read below for more info about Spring Program events, Nature Camp, and our 60th!
Crafting Weekend
March 24-26th
Spend the last weekend before Palm Sunday creating together in the conference center. The Wollenburgs will help you make exquisite Ukrainian Easter Eggs, Pastor Mary Button will guide you in crafting your own icon, and Jean Sandberg will help you create Linus blankets to be given to area hospitals. This is an all-ages event. Sign up by emailing register@koinoniany.org.
Women's Retreat
April 14-16th
"Creating Connections"
Come to Koinonia to spend a
weekend away and in fellowship with other women. There will be food, crafts, conversation, massage, bonfire, hiking and more. Open to all women ages 18 and older. Share time together with old and new friends in God’s creation.

  • Facilitated by Dr. Randi Keller Sagona
Sew & Share Week
April 17th -20th
Join with others to make LWR
quilts, put together LWR kits,
complete other charity projects or work on your own projects
Enjoy time away in God’s beautiful creation, relax and enjoy fellowship with new and old friends.

Opportunities available for all skill levels!
ITS HAPPENING AGAIN!
5K Race
May 20th, 2023
Register HERE
Sons of Norway Overnight Youth Camp
July 16th-22nd
The Sons of Norway have chosen Koinonia as the place to bring back their summer youth camp! All kids ages 8-16 are welcome to participate. The camp will happen at the conference center.

Learn Norwegian, Nordic crafts, play games, hike, and spend the afternoons at the beach swimming and boating.
Nature Camp
&
Nature Camp Aftercare
Aftercare is open, Nature Camp registration about to begin!

Aftercare runs until the end of the school year. There are four spaces available so if you know someone who would benefit from this program encourage them to apply before all the seats fill up.

Nature Camp will run again this summer, and we are in the process of hiring staff and planning for the kids to return. With a new Young Leaders program, Nature Camp will be able to care for children ages 4-15. On March 1 registration will open for families.

We are in the process of applying to become a site that accepts child care credits, which will greatly reduce fees for those who qualify.

If you do not live in the area but would like your 4-15 year-old to enjoy Nature Camp, consider renting one of our retreat buildings or a room in the conference center for a week this summer. Those staying at Koinonia will get a discount for their kids to go to Nature Camp!

Our application will go live on our website on March 1. You can also directly email our Childcare Director Becky Morabito program@koinoniany.org
We are officially in our 60th year of the Martin Luther Camp Corporation! The 60th Anniversary Taskforce is working hard on event details. We already have a waiting list for the August 11-13th event. We recommend that you register soon for the events below. Please call the office or email Jean at register@koinoniany.org.

THE NEXT 60
Koinonia’s 60th Anniversary Year of Celebrations
 

Dedication Day 2.0
June 10th from 10am-5pm
 
Celebrate the 60-year commitment between Koinonia and congregations in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Pastors, Bishops, Board Members (former and current) and congregants will re-dedicate Koinonia and recommit to Koinonia for our NEXT 60 years of partnership. 

On June 4,1964, hundreds of enthusiastic people attended a ceremony in the Jubilee Meadow to dedicate the site and its ministry. At this event we will be enthusiastic again enjoying a Festival Luncheon in the Conference Center followed by a Diamond Jubilee Dedication Service in the Chapel in the Pines. A day not to be missed! We have much to celebrate; all are welcome. Stay the whole weekend or come up for Saturday only. 
 
Community Day/Day Camp Reunion - August 6th from 9:30am-4:00pm  
 
Celebrate the commitment between our local community and Koinonia. Meet up with past Day Camp staff, campers, and family, learn about the ways Koinonia is serving the needs of the area, and help envision our next 60 years together. All are welcome. Free!

60th Anniversary Celebration
Remember the Past 60/Celebrate the NEXT 60
August 11th-13th

Celebrate Koinonia's 60-year commitment to youth ministry. If you
remember Pot Day/Beaver Cove/Blueberry Island … then this event is
for you! We will walk down memory lane, share gratitude for the present,
and take time to collect wishes and dreams for the future. 
The activities include: 

  •   The dedication of the new Sunago Floating Bridge with the Manlove Family (read more here)
  • Updates from our Executive Director and members of the Board
  • The unveiling of WATERFRONT 60 with a Water Carnival and Canoe Races (no swamp test needed)  
  • A vintage multimedia slide show/movie event with popcorn and bug juice
  • Celebration Time! We come together to celebrate our 60th year with
music, song, noisemakers and merriment of all kinds, topped off with a Birthday Cake and a square dance.
  • Many opportunities for worship, thanksgiving and praise, including
Sunday Eucharist at Chapel in the Pines, (Bishop Paul Egensteiner
presiding)

Family Camp Reunion
August 19th, all day!
 
Calling all Family Campers! Come to the Rafters for a special Saturday to celebrate Family Camp. Spend the day re-connecting with old friends, storytelling, Bible study, fishing contest, BBQ and Evensong. Enjoy the upgraded waterfront and take a tour of our renovated buildings!

This year has just begun. As you are sitting down with your 2023 calendar, we hope you will have this calendar nearby!

It's going to be a historic year at Koinonia, and we know you want to be a part of it.

Make a plan to be at Koinonia in 2023- to make new memories, perhaps even a new "Koinonia Story" to tell!
Thank You!
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