JS Spring Retreat 2023 - Session 2

Good morning from Camp Longridge! 

The rain is gone so we've got a fun and full day ahead of us!

We started out session this morning with a couple more team challenges to make sure we're all awake!

This first challenge involved knocking over all your cups by swinging a tennis ball in a pair of pantyhose attached to your head!

Here's how they finished!

Amina Watson from the Green Team - 10,000 points

Josie Oglesby from the Red Team - 9,000 points

Yorvit Perez from the Green Team - 8,000 points

Carson Scarboro from the Red Team - 7,000 points

Luke Wyatt from the Blue Team - 6,000 points

Preston Gallemore from the Blue Team - 5,000 points

Our next challenge was to string some fruit loops onto a pipe cleaner using only one hand to make a tasty bracelet!

Here's how they finished!

Matthew Fortier from the Blue Team - 10,000 points

Simon Toney from the Green Team - 9,000 points

Rachel Hamilton from the Red Team - 8,000 points

Taylor Neely from the Green Team - 7,000 points

Emma Johnson from the Red Team - 6,000 points

Asher Adams from the Blue Team - 5,000 points

Before leading us in worship this morning, Austin took a few minutes to share with us WHY we worship and how we can demonstrate our worship in different ways...

Since we started identifying the darkness in our lives last night, Tracy wanted to share with us this morning about the one thing that can counteract the darkness - Light!

A few thoughts on Light:

~God is Light (1 John1:5) - He created the Light and is therefor the Father of Light! 

(James 1:17 and Genesis 1:3-5)

~The Light guides (Exodus 13:21-22, Psalm 119:105) - Light is the greatest guide in the darkness! (1 John 1:5)

~The Light came to us as Jesus! (John1:1-5, John 8:10-12)

~The Light gives us hope! (Revelation 21:23-26)

"The unfolding of Your words gives Light" (Psalm 119:130)

~It shines in this dark world

~It can shine into your dark heart

~It can light your path

~It can give you a hope and a future

~In it, there is no darkness...Only the perfect, unchanging love Light of God!