Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Winter Retreat 2009...

I've just recovered from our annual Winter Retreat at the weekend - spent the whole of yesterday in bed with a thumping headache - could this be a symptom that i can no longer stick the pace of staying up to 4am (a rhetorical question so please don't feel the need to answer it below!)?!?! We had a fantastic weekend at Castlewellan Castle. My hope for the weekend was that everyone would leave with the knowledge that God had spoken to them personally. As such, 2 of the 3 sessions were centred on reflection & experiential learning to allow the young people space to listen to God. This seemed to be received very well by the them and the addition of small groups allowed the young people to discuss their experiences of what God was saying to them.

On top of all that we had the best banter ever with music videos forming the theme for the year. The leaders produced 3 music videos in advance of the weekend which you can enjoy below!






3 comments:

Debs Erwin said...

Hysterical, absolutely hysterical!

Ruth Strong said...

I just texted Amy saying I had a ROFL moment watching these and realised I should really be letting you know that too! These are fantastic!

I've heard great reports from our shared youth and leaders that the weekend was fab - one even said they really got a lot from the spiritual times so be encouraged!

Unknown said...

You's are nuts - first class!!!