"Lost and Found" Retreat

TIME AND PLACE

Date: April 1-3

Time: Friday 7:30pm - Sunday 12:00pm

Location: 131 30th Ave, Santa Cruz ( a vacation rental built with allergy in mind )

People: Sleepover: Kendrick, Stanley, Danny, Chuen, Chilam, Janet S, Janet I, Hester, Dou, Michelle, Jennifer, Brenda, Angela

Day: Fredrek, Eva, David, Mandy, Ada, Chester > sign up

Costs Lodging $1474/13 = $113

Food ~$40 / person

LOGISTICS

What to pack: bible, pen, warm layers, bath towels

Friday dinner headcount:

Worship: There will be no projector. All lyrics are printed in booklet. Song leaders should bring mp3s of song. Janet will bring laptop.

Watch DVD on TV.

THEME

"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found"

Have we been wandering aimlessly like the prodigal son?

Let's retreat from our daily routines; and wait upon the Lord so He may renew our strength.

During the retreat we will be learning "Gospel in Life" from Tim Keller: A DVD study of the gospel and the ways to live it out in our everyday life. From exploring the world we live in now to preparing for the world that is to come, we will learn how the gospel can change our hearts, our community, and how we live in the world.

Pray that God will

• clear the house of any dark spirits associated with Buddhist 'decors' in the house.
• use this retreat to revive each of us spiritually, emotionally, as well as physically.
• use this retreat to build stronger fellowship bonding.
• grant me wisdom adapting 8-weeks material to be for one weekend

SCHEDULE

Friday

7:30 pm: Pray, clean the house, cover up idols

8 pm: Dinner take out (Janet Stanley)

8:45 pm: Worship (Kendrick)

9 pm: Session 1: City - the world that is (Chilam Danny Chuen)

10 pm: Rest

Saturday

8 am: Devotion and breakfast (Team A)

9 am: Worship (Angela)

9:15: Session 2: Heart - Three ways to Live (Chilam Danny Chuen)

10:40: Session 3: Idolatry - The Sin Beneath the Sin (Chilam Danny Chuen)

12 pm: Lunch (Team B)

1 pm: Worship (Michelle)

1:10: Session 4: Community - The Context for Change (Chilam Danny Chuen)

2:05: Session 5: Witness - An Alternate City (Chilam Danny Chuen)

3 pm: Self-reflection

4 pm: Team building games (Kendrick)

7 pm: Dinner (Team C)

8 pm: Worship (Janet S)

8:15: Session 6: Work - Cultivating the Garden (Chilam Danny Chuen)

9:10: Session 7: Justice - A People for Others (Chilam Danny Chuen)

10 pm: Rest

Sunday

8 am: Devotion and breakfast (Team A)

9 am: Worship (Brenda)

9:15: Session 8: Eternity - The World That is to Come (Chilam Danny Chuen)

10:30: What we learnt

11:45: Clean up, pack up and leave

SERVINGS

1. Booklet and devotional material (schedule, worship lyrics, notes, discussion questions..) (Ho Ho's)
2. Buy friday take out, and food for meals, fruits and snacks (Janet S. & Stanley)
3. Worship leaders (Kendrick, Angela, Michelle, Janet S., Brenda)
4. Discussion leaders (Chilam, Danny, Chuen)
5. Prepare and lead team building games (Kendrick)

SLEEPING ARRANGEMENT

The vacation home has 7+ beds across 5 bedrooms.