Well, this is the big weekend. The first of three retreats we will be taking students of our youth group to up at camp. This weekend is a leadership retreat. When we announced the retreat, we emphasized the leadership aspect, and told our students that this retreat is for those students who are really focused on their relationships with Christ, and this retreat would be to grow. The 'fun' retreat is in January. Not that this retreat won't be a blast, we just wanted to stress that it will be more focused, and will be for the students who really wanted to step it up. We have thirteen students going and four leaders. I'll be the leader in the girls' cabin (there's nine of them!), and then the two guy leaders, and our interim youth pastor with the four guys. We'll also have two girls from a different church (who used to go to our church before they moved) hanging out with our girls, so that will be fun.
The retreat is advertised as ' "Feed Yourself" How to study God's Word .' These students who are going on this retreat have shown us that they really want to step up and be student leaders, just by wanting to go on this retreat. They know it will be challenging, but they're up to it. I hope that it really strengthens them to their core, and they do learn how to better study God's word in a way that will be more beneficial to them.
Please pray for these students and us staff as we embark on this weekend. Pray that the students' hearts and minds will be open and clear to what God is going to teach them. And pray that as staff, we will be open to our students' needs and questions, and that we will be used in any way possible. Our focus is our students, and we can't wait to see what's in store!
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