SURVIVOR RETREAT

The Smash Series

~ OUTSERVE, OUTLOVE, OUTLAST ~

The First Fall Mini-Retreat was INCREDIBLE!!

Our Students came out READY to STAND, READY to LEARN, and with OPEN HEARTS to hear about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!

We had some Incredible Games, SURVIVAL Techniques, and FUN!!

BUT... more Importantly... we got to ALL get quiet... Listen... and Hear from our Savior!! The Messages were Sweet, Personal, and Straight to the Heart. Our Worship was Purposeful, Authentic, and Glorifying.

We ALL Learned a lot on this Retreat... About Priorities, About STANDING, About being BOLD to the Call... and about Persevering... even when you don't want to!

We even had a Massive Rain Storm at 1am... that eventually sent all our campers to Shelter (despite their DEEP DESIRE to "SURVIVE" it!) ... but even that... didn't DROWN out their Enthusiasm!! Even after sleeping on wet blankets! What a GREAT Spirit!!! :)

It was SWEET! Thank you for your Prayers!

Upcoming Retreat News!!!

We are VERY EXCITED to be having a Mini-Retreat this fall! We haven't done one of these before, as we pour so much into the Spring Retreat. We just really felt like our kids NEED this right now... and so do we! SO... next weekend we are heading out of town for some RENEWAL! Please pray for our Kiddos and the SMASH leaders! Our THEME... SURVIVOR! The SMASH Series!

New Pics

Here are few New Pics, and a Few Older pics from last Spring.

Caleb and Kaylee on his birthday at the Bowling Alley.

SMASH Update!

The SMASH Ministry continue to plug along! We have had our usually Every Other Friday night events with LOUD VOLUME, Fun & Games, and HARD TRUTH! Chris is doing a series right now on Spiritual Warfare... and for good reason! We are all feeling it!!! BADLY!! The Kids, The Teachers, US! We feel the major BATTLE going on in our lives and in the student's lives. Please pray for them! Please pray that the Holy Spirit moves in POWERFUL, Exciting ways that will allow for REVIVAL amoung our Teens.

We have continued our SMASH Unplugged sessions also. This is Small Group Bible study and a time for the students to dig in DEEP. Amanda is leading the Girls, and what a blessing she has been! She is teaching some of the Attributes of God. She studies and digs in deep to get a "GOOD STUFF!" Chris and Jonathan have the guys split between them and are working on building the group to be unified. Please pray on these lines as well!