Woo hoo - we survived Winter Youth Retreat!
A record number of youth registered which meant I had to find a place for everyone to sleep - what a great problem :-)
The Crossing at UW Madison led our sessions with the overall theme of Love God, Love Neighbor. There was a session where we remembered our baptism as water was gathered from different areas and in different forms around the camp grounds. Another session showed us how we are all connected and why we should love the environment. As we prepared for a campfire down by the lake there was time to pray together and pull all of the ideas of the weekend together. We had hot chocolate, s'mores and fellowship.
Thank you to all the leaders and to the youth that helped to make this a great weekend.
There was a lot of prep and build up time for the WYR and now that it is over it is time to start looking towards the summer. The dates are already set and listed on the website so now we are working on the theme, registration costs, supplies, staff and so on.
I know this post isn't extremely inspiring. I have to admit that the weather, lack of sun and busyness of the "to do list" have me down. Usually I just stay disciplined and plow through. I am looking forward to Lent and a retreat I want to register for in March. How do you stay inspired when there are roadblocks and challenges?
Hope everyone is staying warm and safe this winter. Shalom~
For those of you that may be attending UW Madison in your future, here is a link to The Crossing website so you can see what they are about: http://www.crossingministries.org/
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