Youth Retreats??

Angela · 01-08-2006, 09:41 PM

any of you's go to any Youth retreats???? if so, how were they? did you enjoy them?

gotvision · 01-08-2006, 09:42 PM

im actully going to a youth retreat next weekend...Lake Tahoe baby

Godsgirl_sarah · 01-08-2006, 10:02 PM

Err, not really retreats. My youth group sometimes goes to youth conferences, for Lutherans all over the state. They're awesome for getting your faith pumped up! lol but then you have to come back down off the mountain.. Blech. But, we've never had a retreat really. I'm trying to get my youth leader to have on around Easter. *hopefully*

gotvision · 01-08-2006, 10:06 PM

u know retreats are tight and all cuz u get away from society and stuff and can get close to God.. right? My question is though....i know from experience... why cant some people keep what they got and continue to move forward??? seriously like i know my youth we all get fired up at youth retreats because the guest speaker touched us and we experienced Gods power...but then like in a few days after the retreat it lik disperses....what im trying to say is that youth reatreats are supposed to wake us up and its our job to stay awake..... know what i mean???

pikea · 01-09-2006, 12:08 AM

i agree but they are really cool cant wait till mine in July

w.e.g. · 01-09-2006, 02:03 PM

its good to go on as many retreats as you can, that way your faith keeps getting more and more pumped up. i know i am going on another one in a couple weeks. there is one this weeked but i don;t think i can go.

riverclear · 01-09-2006, 02:31 PM

i go to youth reatreats and rallies theres one coming up next month so excited .after going to those i dont know my faith in God always seems stronger .And its also fun to make new christian friends.

BlessedBeYourName · 01-11-2006, 06:09 PM

I'm supposed to be going on a weekend away next weekend, but I may not be able to go

as I may have to cover someone at work....I wanna go! But generally yeah they rock!

debator4ever · 01-11-2006, 11:26 PM

I'll tell you what, I went on a winter retreat last year. It was fun, but also interesting and dramatic. Somebody (a leader...go figure) was coming off of heroin. Also I found out one of my friends was having frequent premarital sex, and didn't even know or care what the bible had to say about it.
Good things? I made a bunch of new friends.
To tell you the truth, my youth pastor is into the 2 hour worship 15 min message deal. there are times where God is there, and others where he is not. you guys know what I mean.
I met this girl, at the retreat, who had been a christian for a while, then her parents got divorced because her dad was cheating. get this, while her dad was at the house of the cheater, her mom took her along with her to confront him and his girl. there was a fight, this friend of mine got involved, and boom, parole. She then took off to drinking and etc, but came back to Christ just before the retreat and came. She and me really got to be friends, but she had no support for her christianity...sadly. I was pretty much the only one keeping her on track. then when I was gone for some weeks, I found out she had left youth group and taken off to her old ways. Its something that bothers me everyday, what I could have done, what she could have been...I can only pray, and ask that ya'll would pray as well..
anyway, that's my experience in my latest retreat lol.
as I said, dramatic...

onfire4christ · 01-12-2006, 01:51 PM

I go to a few whenever they come up.
I think they are pretty flipping awesome.

01-08-2006, 09:41 PM	#1
Angela Angela Edit Apostle	Youth Retreats?? any of you's go to any Youth retreats???? if so, how were they? did you enjoy them? __________________ You can't find more time by serving God, but you can put more of God in your time
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01-08-2006, 09:42 PM	#2
gotvision gotvision Edit Soldier Fighting 4 JC	im actully going to a youth retreat next weekend...Lake Tahoe baby __________________ "When people become indoctrinated, they stop thinking" T.L. Osborne
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01-08-2006, 10:02 PM	#3
Godsgirl_sarah Godsgirl_sarah Edit Evangelist/Missionary	Err, not really retreats. My youth group sometimes goes to youth conferences, for Lutherans all over the state. They're awesome for getting your faith pumped up! lol but then you have to come back down off the mountain.. Blech. But, we've never had a retreat really. I'm trying to get my youth leader to have on around Easter. hopefully __________________ I'm just a nobody trying to tell everybody about Somebody who can change anybody.
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01-08-2006, 10:06 PM	#4
gotvision gotvision Edit Soldier Fighting 4 JC	u know retreats are tight and all cuz u get away from society and stuff and can get close to God.. right? My question is though....i know from experience... why cant some people keep what they got and continue to move forward??? seriously like i know my youth we all get fired up at youth retreats because the guest speaker touched us and we experienced Gods power...but then like in a few days after the retreat it lik disperses....what im trying to say is that youth reatreats are supposed to wake us up and its our job to stay awake..... know what i mean??? __________________ "When people become indoctrinated, they stop thinking" T.L. Osborne
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01-09-2006, 12:08 AM	#5
pikea pikea Edit Disciple	i agree but they are really cool cant wait till mine in July __________________ Some people wont know reality until it doesnt rapture them
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01-09-2006, 02:03 PM	#6
w.e.g. w.e.g. Edit Prophet/Prophetess	its good to go on as many retreats as you can, that way your faith keeps getting more and more pumped up. i know i am going on another one in a couple weeks. there is one this weeked but i don;t think i can go. __________________ There is no luck only faith. CAP'N WILLY
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01-09-2006, 02:31 PM	#7
riverclear riverclear Edit Disciple	i go to youth reatreats and rallies theres one coming up next month so excited .after going to those i dont know my faith in God always seems stronger .And its also fun to make new christian friends.
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01-11-2006, 06:09 PM	#8
BlessedBeYourName BlessedBeYourName Edit Disciple	I'm supposed to be going on a weekend away next weekend, but I may not be able to go as I may have to cover someone at work....I wanna go! But generally yeah they rock! __________________ "For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God" - Romans 3:23
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01-11-2006, 11:26 PM	#9
debator4ever debator4ever Edit Prophet/Prophetess	I'll tell you what, I went on a winter retreat last year. It was fun, but also interesting and dramatic. Somebody (a leader...go figure) was coming off of heroin. Also I found out one of my friends was having frequent premarital sex, and didn't even know or care what the bible had to say about it. Good things? I made a bunch of new friends. To tell you the truth, my youth pastor is into the 2 hour worship 15 min message deal. there are times where God is there, and others where he is not. you guys know what I mean. I met this girl, at the retreat, who had been a christian for a while, then her parents got divorced because her dad was cheating. get this, while her dad was at the house of the cheater, her mom took her along with her to confront him and his girl. there was a fight, this friend of mine got involved, and boom, parole. She then took off to drinking and etc, but came back to Christ just before the retreat and came. She and me really got to be friends, but she had no support for her christianity...sadly. I was pretty much the only one keeping her on track. then when I was gone for some weeks, I found out she had left youth group and taken off to her old ways. Its something that bothers me everyday, what I could have done, what she could have been...I can only pray, and ask that ya'll would pray as well.. anyway, that's my experience in my latest retreat lol. as I said, dramatic... __________________ Why is the rum *Always* Gone?!
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01-12-2006, 01:51 PM	#10
onfire4christ onfire4christ Edit Prophet/Prophetess	I go to a few whenever they come up. I think they are pretty flipping awesome. __________________ Ash-- "I would like you to give a message. Please do your best to tell the world what is happening to us, the children. So that other children don't have to pass through this violence."
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