I had the privilege of leading a retreat for some folks from Chapelwood UMC and some other local churches in the Houston area this past weekend. I thought I would share some of the highlights with you here on the blog.
On the first day (Friday), Erica and I drove into Trinity Pines Retreat Center (in Trinity, Texas) and met Bobby and Vicki and began to unload and set up. Throughout the afternoon and evening people arrived from Houston and the surrounding area and got registered and settled into their room.
About 8 pm we held an introductory session where we showed two video testimonies courtesy of www.iamsecond.com (specifically Shannon Culpepper's and Stevin Baldwin's) and talked briefly about what it meant to be radically altered by Christ.
After some discussion time, we handed out the workbooks and schedules for the rest of the weekend and turned the group over to Stephanie. She lead us through a great ice-breaker entitled "Boundary Breaker". After some serious and some seriously funny answers, we broke up into groups and went our own ways. Some hung out on the porch and around the snack tables, others read, and still others gathered to play games.
Here are some pictures of that first evening together:
I will post about the other sessions shortly!
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