Winter XTREME
Josh Newton | Jan 15, 2010
Happy New Year! We are halfway into the first month of the new decade and I pray that all is well with your family. I apologize for neglecting this blog for so long, I resolve to keep the blog a priority this year and to have something posted for you every week.
Winter Extreme is this weekend!!!
In just a couple of hours 74 students and leaders will be hopping on a couple of buses and heading over to camp Timberlee for our annual winter retreat. This retreat has always been a special time to connect, have fun and grow in knowledge of God. This year, the theme for the retreat is fearless and the theme verse is Isaiah 43:1-2 “But now, this is what the Lord says - he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.’”
Encouragement from last year
Last year we had at least one student respond to the messages and accept Christ for the first time. These retreats always include an evangelistic element and Camp Timberlee commits to spreading the Gospel to the students who attend. Our students are at the age where many will make a first time formal commitment to Jesus Christ and begin the Christian journey and retreats are times that give individuals the opportunity to respond to the calling that Christ has put into their lives. Our prayer is that some of our students will be impacted in this way.
If you would, please pray for our students and leaders. Pray for:
- Safety - that students and adults would have a great time that comes without serious injury, sickness and fatigue.
- Relationships - that students would grow closer to each other, to leaders and to God on this trip.
- Spiritual formation – that God would move in the hearts of our students and leaders to draw us all closer to himself.
For the ride home
When your children return home they will probably be experiencing a mountain top experience as a result of this retreat. If this is your students first retreat, you can expect a spiritual high that will leave them burning brightly for the Lord. I encourage you to capitalize on this and use this time to connect with your kids spiritually, ask them questions about what they learned, see what God is doing in their lives, how have they changed … The ride home and dinner time Sunday night is a great time to engage your students in this spiritual discussion.
I pray that you will have a restful weekend with your students gone, pray for your child and the group as we are having a blast. We leaders will also be praying for your children and for you as they return home. Next week I will post a retreat wrap up, giving you some highlights and stories from the retreat. Until then, may God bless you and grow you into the image of him.
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