Mar-Lu-Ridge | |
Mar-Lu-Ridge Summer Camp and Education and Conference Center | |
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Country | United States |
Denomination | ELCA |
Website | mar-lu-ridge.org |
History | |
Founded | December 31, 1958 |
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]