Classis Fall Retreat

On October 31 - Nov 2, Classis Eastern Canada's Youth Ministry Team hosted its annual fall retreat at Camp IAWAH. Fifty youth and leaders assembled for a weekend away in the country. The weather was cool, but beautiful. Sunny both Saturday and Sunday. These weekends consist of a speaker, lots of games, taking the challenge of high ropes and rock climbing, fellowship, singing, and lots of great food. This year was another good year for the group. Mr. Smith was our speaker this year. He's been with us before. He always has great stories to tell of his ministry endeavors. He challenged us this weekend to examine our friendships and how we make them, foster them, and keep them. Always good to hear from him. Andrea and her team once again did an excellent job in the area of games. They have the gift (which I don't have). See some of the pictures below. All in all it was a great weekend of fellowship and challenge. See the pictures below to get an idea of what we did.

We spent some time in the cold outdoors doing some games from a long time ago. Here Shawn shows off his skills in the good old sack race.

You Look Cold Chris.

Here they had to take an egg on a spoon put it in their mouth and walk a course. It was fun to watch.

In groups of 4 they also had to make a statue out of newspaper. This is the end result of Christopher's group.

Here's Ken just trying to stay warm by soaking up the rays.

We eventually moved indoors for some games in the gym. Here Ken, Shawn, Chris and others get ready to lock arms in a game that requires others to unlock you as a group. LOTS of fun !!

This is the viewing gallery for the games. I'm tempted to call it the Seniors corner... : )

Here's the group getting ready for another of the many GREAT meals that were served to us at IAWAH.

On Saturday afternoon the group enjoyed Rock Climbing and High Ropes. Both challenging. Here Shawn shows us how to walk the course with no hands. He's about 4 - 5 metres up here.

I couldn't do this.

Here Chris and Zack tackle a course that requires some teamwork.

Chris decided to try this course blindfolded.

Some relax time playing cards.

A snapshot of the rooms. This is still neat compared to what it looked like at the end of the weekend.