Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Retreat

We're heading to East Texas this weekend for our spring retreat. We call it the crossover weekend because we bring the 6th grade and start building relationships with them--I hope to eventually link to the promo videos our interns (Seth's blog is here but he uses his hidden student worship team blog almost exclusively now; Allie doesn't have a blog...yet) made because they're just funny (look at the Emerald Nuts TV spots and they'll be even funnier). Of course, I don't have them yet, so, here are some tidbits:

1-Someone on our team--whom we all know but whose name I hate to put on the internet--accidentally forgot to finalize our bus contracts and found out about it on Friday. It made her (oops, it was a she) nauseous but made us laugh. we've given her plenty of grief and many encouraging and clever comments so she's doing much better now. Remarkably, she solved the problem even though every bus in north Texas is rented out for the race weekend. Now we just need drivers for about 17 vans!

2-We segment the 8th grade on this weekend and talk about s-e-x. The goal was to replace our old purity weekend with something the parents would have an easier time talking their kids into. We did a much better job communicating that this year. We've got over 80 8th graders coming and it's going to be very cool (I think this might be a popular topic). And the parents know exactly what we're talking about (explicit content warning on the flyer and everything). I'm still a little gun-shy (and wiser) from last year, but I'm committed. Lisa and Tim, you'll appreciate that the guy time/gal time is almost identical to what we used to do with high schoolers.

6 comments:

lisa said...

Can I send my small group? eshhh!

Tom Eichem said...

I'll drive for you steve.

murph411 said...

I wish I was as good at you at strategic long term planning. You need to move to NC and help me!

Anonymous said...

Man, I still remember when Tim, and you, and Murph gave us the sex talk when I was a freshman, then again as a sophomore... I learned all kinds of stuff. And, of course, the one when we were in 7th grade, when we didn't know what a certain term meant and you told us guys to ask our dads... haha. That went over like a fart in a diving helmet. Good times...

Kel said...

Hahaha, a fart in a diving helmet?? Hahahaahaha, that's funny.
I'd be interested in your notes on the whole "sex" talk. I don't recall hearing any of those in youth group, maybe I blocked it out. Hahaha. I don't know. I'm interested in what's being said though. Will you email me your notes?
Have a good trip!

AmberShea said...

Pruitt's... I have a question... is there anyway that you could pick me up from the airport on Wednesday, May 3. That is the only day I could use my ticket. I arrive in Dallas at 3:08 pm and i know that you mentioned that i could stay with you for a night too. that would be awesome if i could, kristen's flight doesn't arrive til 4:00 on the 4th. let me know... Thanks : )