2023 LAKE J YOUTH RETREAT: BRIGHTER DAYS!
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17
“…Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”
AUGUST 4 – 6
PROVIDENCE LODGE, LAKE JUNALUSKA, NC
We all struggle with CHANGE. CHANGE can stir up the most unsettling of our EMOTIONS. The PROBLEM is we also cannot avoid CHANGE. HOWEVER, as we learn to TRUST GOD, & OURSELVES, we can learn that CHANGE can open the door to HOPE and POSITIVE PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION in our lives. This weekend we will take a look at how CHANGE can help us to be better people and experience BRIGHTER DAYS…
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: SUNDAY, JULY 30
(Forms and $ can be turned in as late as AUGUST 4 — I just need a commitment by SUNDAY, JULY 30)
STEP 1: CONTACT RODNEY
Email: revroddd@gmail.com
Call: (336) 906-3036
Text: (336) 906-3036
Come by: 101 Randolph Street
Just let me know you are going! GET ON MY LIST!!!
STEP 2: ONLINE MEMORIAL EMERGENCY RELEASE FORM: HERE
(NO need to PRINT, just fill it out and SUBMIT, )
If you have gone on a trip with us this year you probably already have one on file, NO NEED TO FILL OUT ANOTHER FORM!
STEP 3: DILLSBORO RIVER COMPANY’S WAIVER FORM: HERE
PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT AND BRING WITH YOU! (For Saturday afternoon tubing!)
STEP 3: $125
CASH: (see Rodney)
CHECK: made out to “Memorial UMC”. (see Rodney)
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE! (Just speak to Rodney)
COST
$125 PER PERSON*
Includes all lodging, travel, meals**, snacks, tubing, & programming.
*SCHOLARSHIPS
If the cost of the trip is the only thing that is preventing you from going on this trip, please let me know, FULL and PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS are available!
**You WILL need a little money for fast food meals on the way there and on the return trip.
LODGING
PROVIDENCE LODGE
You will have to share a room with other people, we will try our best to put friends together as much as possible! However, EACH PERSON may not have their OWN BED. If you are willing to bring/sleep on an air mattress that may be helpful in order to increase numbers!
PROGRAMMING
“BRIGHTER DAYS”
We all struggle with CHANGE. CHANGE can stir up the most unsettling of our EMOTIONS. The PROBLEM is we cannot avoid CHANGE, it happens whether we want it to or not. HOWEVER, as we learn to TRUST GOD, AND OURSELVES, we can learn that CHANGE can open the door to HOPE and even PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION in our lives. This weekend we will take a look at how we can harness the power of CHANGE to help us to be BETTER PEOPLE and experience BRIGHTER DAYS!
WHO ARE YOU? … WHAT ARE YOU? … WHY ARE YOU?
ROMANS 5: 3-5
“3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.”
FUN STUFF
FEEL FREE to bring a group game that you can play with others, however, we will be staying pretty busy!
TUBING
We will be traveling to Dillsboro, NC on Saturday afternoon for a few hours on the Upper Tuckaseegee River (This is NOT the same river as last year!). You will want to wear shoes that can get wet — water shoes, sandal that strap to your feet, old tennis shoes, etc. This is included in the price of the weekend! DILLSBORO RIVER COMPANY (We will be TUBING, not RAFTING!)
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, August 6
4:00 PM Meet at the church
4:30 PM Leave the church
7:30 PM Arrive @ Lake J / Eat Supper
8:00 PM Session 1 – RETREAT INTRODUCTION
11:00 PM To the Rooms
11:30 AM Lights Out
SATURDAY, August 7
6:30 AM Wake-up
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM Session 2 – WHO ARE YOU?
10:00 AM Free Time
12:00 PM Lunch (Providence Lodge)
2:00 PM TUBING!
6:00 PM SUPPER
8:00 PM Session 3 – WHAT ARE YOU?
10:00 PM Video/Slide Show
10:30 PM Time at the CROSS
11:30 PM To the Rooms
12:00 AM (Late Night with the Grads!!!) Lights Out!
SUNDAY, August 8
6:30 AM Wake-up
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM Load the Trailer/Clean the rooms
8:30 AM Session 4 – WHY ARE YOU?
9:30 AM Senior Send-off
10:30 AM Communion
11:30 AM Clean-up/Hug Line/ Pictures
12:00 AM Load-up & hit the road
2:30 PM Stop for Lunch (Black Mountain)
3:00 PM On the Road
4:00 PM Arrive at the church.
PACKING INSTRUCTIONS:
NECESSITIES
We will be staying in ROOMS in a “LODGE”.
Sheets and towels ARE provided.
You need to bring your own TOILETRIES.
CLOTHES
Dress is CASUAL all weekend.
You will get wet when we go tubing! So, a bathing suit or other clothes you can get wet would be great! You will need some shoes. (YOU WILL NEED SOME WATER SHOES, BUT flip flops are NOT a great idea on the river.)
“PERSONAL ISOLATION DEVICES”
This is a great trip to meet new people and reconnect with your current friends in a deeper way. SO, bring phones and ipads, etc. ONLY IF you need them, but be ready to PUT THEM DOWN & INTERACT with others and PARTICIPATE in the activities too!
MONEY
You WILL need a little money for 2 fast food meals while traveling.
Everything else will be taken care of!
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT RODNEY:
(336) 906-3036 (MOBILE/TEXT)
(336) 472-7718 (OFFICE)
revroddd@gmail.com