08 October 2008

It's Retreat Time!

Dear Village Family,

It's Retreat Time! This wonderful month of October will hold even morejoy than usual, as it contains our Village Fall Retreat. Our themethis fall is "Come and See" - those beautiful words of Jesus that gaverise to the adventures of those first disciples in Bethany.

The Village Fall Retreat is a great opportunity to grow in your faith,worship God, and have tons of fun! The goal of this retreat is todiscover the person of Jesus and allow our lives to be transformed byour encounter with Him. This retreat will include Mass,Reconciliation, solid talks, small groups, Eucharistic Adoration, freetime, games, go cart racing, challenge courses, and of course- ourLate Night Taco Bell run!

This year we will be retreat-ing at a new location, FaHoLo Camp andConference Center in Grass Lake- and the cost is much lower than inthe past, at only $60.

All those who register by Wednesday, October 15th will beautomatically entered into our drawings for early bird prizes- 5 lbsof Fun Dip, $25 to Taco Bell, and more!
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The Village Fall Retreat, "Come and See"
October 24-26, 2008, Cost $60
  • The goal of this retreat is to discover the person of Jesus and allowour lives to be transformed by our encounter with Him.The Village Fall Retreat is a great opportunity to grow in your faith,worship God, and have tons of fun!
  • This retreat will include Mass,Reconciliation, solid talks, small groups, Eucharistic Adoration, freetime, games, go cart racing, and of course- our Late Night Taco Bellrun! Register by Wed Oct 15th for early bird drawings, like Taco BellGift Cards, 5 lbs of Fun Dip, and more!

Next Week- Saints through the Ages
Next Sunday we will plunge into more of the untapped wisdom of theChurch as we explore the Saints! We will discover how they havealtered the course of history by their surrender to God. Come todiscuss how God might use each of us to be His heroes in this day andage!

Grown Up Soda
Our next GUS meeting will be next Friday October 17th from 6:30-8pm atSt Thomas. This month's theme is Friendship in Chaos. When youvolunteer with GUS you become a Christian Role Model to youngCatholics. GUS is a very important ministry!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hooray! Retreat time!
Man, it's so early this year..
All the better!!!
Hope to see tons of you there!