Men's Retreat

It is such a good thing for men to spend time with one another, really engaging in one another's lives. It's a shame that we just don't do it that often. This weekend, we took a group of about 30 guys on a men's retreat at Doe River Gorge. This was our first of what we hope to be many future weekends like this where we provide young men with strong biblical teaching as well as opportunity for fun and fellowship with each other. We were blessed to have a strong group of male leaders with us for the weekend providing great teaching from God's Word and amazing times of worship through music and song.

The message for the weekend came from a couple of sources: the passage John 10:10 where Christ speaks to the abundant life that He desires to give us and also the lesser life that Satan wants us to settle for as well and the life and call of Gideon to step up and listen to God's call in his life. While we had a number of powerful times together learning from God's word, we also had some good old fashioned fun together playing an intense game of kickball as well as flag football in the pouring rain that almost became sleet. And of course it wouldn't have been a men's weekend without some video games as we even found a little time for some playstation.

Our hope is that this weekend was one of encouragement and challenge for these young men. We know that God desires for them to be men of integrity and men of His Word. Maybe some of these guys were already pursuing that. Maybe some were challenged by this call for the first time this weekend. I do know that this was a special group of guys for whom it was my privilege to serve. May God continue to transform them into leaders who stand and respond when the Lord calls them to a life of abundance.

by His grace,
Seth