All Church Retreat!

We had the Corinth All Church Retreat this weekend! Jason and I really enjoy this retreat. This our third time going. We actually went when we weren't even members of Corinth, which is where we met a bunch of people, and even found out about the life group we now attend on Fridays.



The theme this year was "All Hands on Deck: Service over Self". Pastor Bob talked about the idea of a "consumer driven church": where we are more focused on what we get out of church then how we can contribute to church and the community. It made me think a lot of how I can get caught up in having more things instead of doing more things for God and others.



We really enjoyed that since our theme was service, each "crew" did a project around the Blowing Rock Assembly Grounds. Our crew pulled weeds in the front and then put some new mulch down. It was so amazing that in an hour, the flower beds looked completely different! I guess it shows that improvements happen when you pull the bad stuff ("weeds") out of your life and replace it with good stuff (like mulch!).



Saturday evening, the whole retreat goes to the Daniel Boone Inn to eat dinner. We had to leave early since we helped with the "Nautical Nonsense" games later that evening. I think everyone had a great time! First, we did a "shoe hunt" and had everyone take off their shoes and pile them in the middle. Then one person from each team goes up, finds their shoes, ties them and runs back and another person goes.



I didn't get this on video, but someone tied Pastor Bob's shoe strings together, and then our other Pastor Paul threw one of the youth's shoes across the gym at the end and then they wrestled a bit as they tried to get back to their team to "win" the game. I have a quick video from the beginning of the game!

Then, we had them complete different tasks and at the end, they'd make a flag for their ship.

Blindfold a crew member to "walk the plank" because they complained about the food

Stick life saver candy to a member's face since they were drowning

Pull one of the younger members on a towel with a rope (to pull in the anchor in )

Pass a beach ball over each member's head in a line (to help work together as a storm comes)

Blow up balloons as your "floaties" since the ship is sinking!

Most of my pictures turned out blurry since the teams completed their tasks so quickly! Just use your imagination! But, here's a photo of some of the flags! Our team was the SOS Servant's Heart!