The Last day - Unity Retreat 2011

Everyone was excited to begin the morning.

 Of course we began with an amazing breakfast!

 Britton has already said he wants drums like McLain for Christmas.

 Sam and Trace were nice enough to clean up for everyone.

 For worship with morning, Brandon decided to do an activity.

 Everyone had a piece of paper on their backs and we signed them with encouraging words of thanks and appreciation.

 And they kept going and going....

 and going and going...

 I'm not sure how many times Brandon said we needed to wrap it up and they said they weren't finished. So the encouraging words went on.

 After finishing up and some songs, we thanked everyone involved and then started packing up. Words can not begin to express our gratitude for everyone involved in this weekend. We could not have done it without you. The purple team ended up winning this weekend but overall, it was more about unity and less about winning. So proud of the youth this weekend and how Christ was glorified through their words and actions.

 Love this picture.

Britton rode the bus home and had way too much fun with Mr. Barry. It's the little things that he remembers on every trip and one of the highlights for him is always riding the bus.

We headed home tired but fulfilled. This weekend was full of blessing and will be forever etched in my mind.

Evening Worship

  ^1-2 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. Romans 12:1-2

Hearing the youth lifting up the name of Jesus in song and praise and the lesson was a perfect ending to the day. We came to be unified as a youth group in Christ, praise His name.

After worship, we headed outside for a campfire, smores and hot chocolate. Britton and Sam went ghost busting and Britton had a blast with him! What a blessed day.

Games and Prayer Partners

 After lunch we headed outside for another game and a time of prayer.

 A couple of the adults mentioned that our kids would go to any other these youth but shy away from the adults. We are so blessed that our youth love on our kids. They absolutely adore all of these youth.

 After the game, we had a lesson on prayer and broke off into prayer partners. If there was someone they needed to heal a broken relationship with, this was also encouraged. My faith is strengthened daily by the faith of these youth. This afternoon, they played ultimate frisbee and football.

 Before dinner, we tried to do an obstacle course.

 I think they were too tired!