Youth Leader Retreat… for Youth Pastors and their Volunteer Leaders
Program Description: Enjoy a weekend away at Camp Patmos on beautiful Kelleys Island in which you will be encouraged as a youth leader to continue to have an impact in the lives of your students. Special speaker and youth ministry vet Duffy Robbins will equip you with ideas that can make you and your youth ministry more effective in ministering to students during the main sessions. Other time is set aside for the leaders from your church to get together and bond as a team and address issues specific to your ministry. Last by not least…you will also have the opportunity to meet, fellowship, and swap ideas with other youth leaders in and around Ohio.
Date: August 21-23,
Cost: There is Friday-Saturday option- $95 and a Friday-Sunday Option- $125 [Register]
* If you really want to bring your children(ages 5-15) and need child care/ supervision, a program is being developed to provide that opportunity for you. Contact Camp Patmos for more information.
Speaker: Duffy Robbins… Duffy is the chair of the youth ministry department at Eastern University. Duffy stays very busy traveling around the country speaking to students and youth leaders at camps and conferences. He has also published a number of books in area of youth ministry including, “The Ministry of Nurture: A Youth Leaders Guide for Discipling Teenagers.”
Recreation: There will be time for plenty of fun. The activities that will be available include… boat rides, water skiing, wakeboarding, tubing, sailing, kayaking, swimming, island bike rides, sand volleyball, basketball, softball, horseshoes, putt putt and much, much more!!!
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Youth Leader Retreat 2008 (Sample Schedule)
Friday
1:00-9:00pm Registration/ Hang Out/ Fellowship/ Fun & Games
8:00pm Pizza Snack
9:15pm Opening Session w/ Duffy
10:30pm Free Time/ Hang Out/ Pop House Open/ Pool Open/ Athletics
* Go to bed when you feel like it or not at all!!
Saturday
8:00-8:45am Breakfast
9:00-11:00am Church Specific Training Times to be led by Youth Pastors
11:15am Morning Session with Duffy
12:30pm Lunch
1:15-5:45pm Open Activities/ Free Time
6:00pm Dinner
7:00pm Evening Session
8:45pm Tram to Ferry for those who will Departing Saturday Evening
9:00pm Free Time/ Hang Out/ Pop House Open/ Athletics
Sunday
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am Your Time/ Personal Devotions
11:00am Sunday Morning Chapel with Duffy
12:30pm Lunch… following lunch you have the rest of the day to do with it as you would like. Most of the camp activities will be made available to those who would like to participate.
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What to bring: bedding, towels, one-piece swimwear and cover-up, footwear to wear in the lake, bible, and your church credit card to treat your staff in the camp store.
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