Festival 2025
Vision for the New Ground Festival 2025
New Ground Festival 2025 is a unique gathering for churches across the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany to come together, seek God, and be equipped for His mission. It’s more than just a weekend—it’s a celebration of our shared identity as the New Ground family. This is a time to strengthen relationships, worship collectively, and be inspired to make disciples and plant churches for the glory of God.
Festival information
There is a lot of information about our festival and we are continuously adding more details to this page. So here is the page index to help navigate your through the infromation.
(Last update: 14 Jan 2025)
When and Where
- Dates: Thursday 1 May – Sunday 4 May 2025
- Arrival: From 15:00 on Thursday
- Departure: By 15:00 on Sunday
- Location:
Kroeze Danne Christian Conference Centre
Kappelhofsweg 14, 7495 RN Ambt Delden
Why the Festival?
The New Ground Festival is all about:
Togetherness: Strengthening the bonds between our churches through fellowship and shared experiences.
Mission: Seeking God’s heart through worship, prayer, and biblical teaching as we step boldly into His purposes.
Equipping: Inspiring and empowering individuals of all ages to make disciples and be part of planting vibrant, Spirit-filled churches.
Who is it for?
The Festival is open to everyone in the New Ground family of churches, from the youngest to the oldest! Whether you’re a parent, student, youth leader, or simply part of the wider church community, this event is designed for you. Bring your friends and family—we want everyone to feel included in this shared celebration.
Program Highlights
- Main Sessions: Times of worship, biblical teaching, and prayer in the central hall.
- Children’s Ministry: During the morning sessions there will be a kids program, alongside spaces for nursing parents.
- Youth: We invite youth to be part of the wider program with a few key moments specific for them throughout the weekend.
- Special BBQ: A shared meal on Saturday evening to foster connection and community.
- Lounge area: Every evening there is a space for adults to meet, have a drink, live-music and play a game or participate in a quiz.
We will update this section with a more detailed program soon.
Accommodations
There’s something for everyone! Choose from:
- Camping/Caravan: Spacious fields for tents. If you have camped before, we encourage you to camp to leave our accommodations for those that have no camping gear available. Churches will be allocated a designated area where you can set-up tents and marquees.
There are limited hardened areas (20) designated for caravans and campervans, these might not be close to your church’s field. - Chalets: Lodges accommodating 8–10 people with a mix of bedrooms and living spaces. With a limited kitchen for your cooking needs.
- Rooms: Private rooms for 2, 4 or 6 persons. Some with private bathrooms, ideal for families. Otherwise bathroom facilities in the hallway.
- Dormitories: Our cheapest non-camping option. Two dormitories with 12 beds each. One for males and one for females.
Each of these options is on-site to enjoy the weekend. You can also stay off-site if you wish to travel back and forth for each day.
See below for pictures of the various bedrooms.
Food & Catering
- Included: A Saturday BBQ for all attendees.
- Optional All-Inclusive Catering Ticket: Includes hot meals on Thursday and Friday evenings, plus breakfast and lunch on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, served together in the dining hall.
- Self-Catering: Chalets have kitchen facilities, and campers are welcome to bring their own cooking equipment.
- Beverages: Coffee, tea, and lemonade will be available during breaks in the main hall.
Prices
Pricing for the Festival can be customized based on the amount of people, accommodation, catering and extras. When you volunteer you will receive a discount on your admission.
Early bird pricing until March 30th!
Admission
(including BBQ meal on Saturday evening)
| Ticket | Early bird | . |
| Adults | € 85,- | |
| Youth (13 – 17) | € 45,- | |
| Kids (4 – 12) | € 30,- | |
| Youngsters (2 – 3) | € 25,- | |
| Babies (0 -1) | € 0,- |
Accommodations
| Type | Regular | |
| Camping per person | € 30,- | |
| Double room* – 2 person – shared bath | € 120,- | |
| Family room* – 4 person – shared bath | € 240,- | |
| Family room* – 6 person – shared bath | € 360,- | |
| Family room* – 6 person – private bath | € 420,- | |
| Single bed* in dorm (female, 12p) | € 50,- | |
| Single bed* in dorm (male, 12p) | € 50,- | |
| Chalet* 8 person | € 740,- |
Prices subject to change
*Bedlinnen are compulsory, bring your own or purchase (€10,-) during booking.
Catering
You can purchase a full catering package for €60,-. This includes dinners on Thursday and Friday, breakfast and lunches on Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
When you are staying in a chalet you have access to a kitchen and when you camp we encourage you to bring your camping gas stove.
Volunteers & Serving
The Festival thrives through the support of volunteers! From welcoming guests to assisting with kids’ ministry, stewarding, catering, and more, there’s a place for everyone to serve. Currently volunteering is only open to those 18 and up.
- Discounted Tickets: Volunteers enjoy reduced rates.
- Serving Areas: Indicate your preferred area during booking, and a team leader will contact you closer to the event.
- Note on serving with kids: When serving with our youngest guests, you must be a children’s worker in your own church, so that you are checked and registered with them.
Church coordinators
Every church will have a designated Church Coordinator who will:
- Serve as the primary contact for their church.
- Access booking information for members of their congregation.
- Assist with questions or logistical concerns.
Looking Ahead
The New Ground Festival 2025 is the beginning of a tradition—an opportunity to gather every two years to celebrate, equip, and strengthen our shared mission. Together, we will see God’s kingdom advance as we plant churches, make disciples, and grow deeper in faith as a family of churches.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have any questions about the Festival or would like to contribute and help, please feel free to send an email to [email protected]. Questions that have been asked frequently we will post below.
We would love to hear from you and appreciate any support you can offer!
Please ensure the room you select corrallates to the number of people in your booking party.
No, we ask that unmarried individuals or different genders do not share a room.
In short, when you make a written request no later than 30 days before the first day of the conference or event, you will fully be reimbursed.
You can find our complete cancellation and refund policy here: Cancellation and Refund policy
You can pay via iDeal (Netherlands) and bancontact (Belgium). We also offer credit card payment (for Germany) but be aware that this will bring extra costs for our organization as we pay a percentage, instead of a very small fixed fee.
If you would like, we can organize a manual booking, by sending your information to [email protected], list what you would like to book and make a manually a bank transfer to:
NAME: Stichting New Ground Churches
IBAN: NL37INGB0007160185
SWIFT/BIC: INGBNL2A
We understand that our family of churches is made up out of many different people with many different circumstances. Our ticket prices could pose a problem to you financially. We don’t want this to be a burden to you. Please reach out to your church coordinator or leader to discuss options as your church might be able to provide assistance to you.
Yes, if you are sleeping in one of the bookable accommodations, you need to bring bedlinnen for the beds. This is compulsory. If you can’t bring your own, or if you prefer to rent this, you an book this extra during the booking process.
We are actively looking for kids workers to help serve during the kids activities durng the morning services. Right now you can also apply for volunteering for this role when you already serve in kids ministry in your local church. We will check this and if you don’t have a VOG through your church already we will contact you about the process to apply for a VOG.
Whether you have a potty-trained tortoise, a slightly nervous hamster, or a perfectly well-mannered dog, we kindly ask that you leave your beloved pets with a trusted caretaker at home. (Unless your tortoise is interested in leading our senior ministry—then we’ll talk!)
You can park your car at the event location. Coaches will need to be parked in a designated area. Please talk to us if you need to leave a coachbus during the event on site.
When traveling from Germany or Belgium, we offer you a discount. Please ask your church coordinator for the discount code to use during the booking process, at the bottom of the booking page.
Every Chalet is a little different, but for most the following beds are present; 1st room with a double bed, 2nd room with 2 bunkbeds, single or bunkbed in the living room and a 2person sleeper couch.
Bedlinnen can be rented and booked when you book in, or brought from home.
Our main sessions will be conducted in English, but we are working on providing live translation into German, Dutch, and French to ensure everyone feels included.
While New Ground is not organizing group transportation, we encourage churches to arrange buses to the venue. There is ample parking on-site. Note that public transportation may not be straightforward, so planning ahead is essential.