High School Beach Retreat

The High School Beach Retreat was a blast! We spent Labor Day weekend in Panama City Beach, Florida, and what a weekend it was! The weather was perfect, and the ocean was beautiful.

We stayed at Laguna Beach Christian Retreat Center and had to pack into every single bed we had. It was cozy to say the least, but it was a lot of fun. We had our own pool, basketball court, and sand volleyball pit. Speaking of which, the 1st Annual High School Beach Retreat Sand Volleyball Competition was won by "Team Generic," which consisted of the Praise Band and Jake Miles. It was a Dream Team-like performance as they demolished their opponents in an undefeated run.

Students also engaged in numerous pool noodle fights and endless games of "Mafia." Our Retreat speaker Jarrod Jones was even sucked into the Mafia fever.

Jarrod spent the weekend challenging students to embrace the "Backwards Life," adandoning the ways of our American culture and instead, living and loving like Jesus. We were led in worship by the college praise band, who introduced some new songs or worship like "All Because of Jesus," "Everything," and "Spring of Life." Also, Michelle Kaylor and Nick Williams created their own dance to "Happy Day." I expect it to become a nation-wide craze.

Here are some more picks of the weekend:

See you next year.

Jeff