DIVE 2007 - Clarity

Our church's youth ministry held our annual Dive Retreat this past weekend and it was oh so amazing! Dash led a group of 10th grade boys and I led the 9th grade girls with one of my best friends, Ruth. We prayed that our small groups would grow and that impacts would be made in our Lord's name but the three of us leaders feel like we learned so much from the retreat as well, more than any of us imagined. We are fairly confident that the students in our small groups had personal relationships with Christ, but all left yearning to study His word so much more. The theme of this year's retreat was Clarity - having clarity God's Word, and we piggybacked the retreat onto the Student Life Conference. The speaker, David Platt, was so inspiring, and the worship bands, Leeland (led by an 18 year old from Baytown, Texas) and Kristian Stanfill, were beyond great. While we pray the students were motivated to get deeper in their studies of the Bible, we also feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to have taken part in the retreat.

Dash and I Before LipSync

Ruth and I at LipSync

Our 9th grade girlies

Claire, Amber, Ruth, and Shae - 9th grade Dive 07 Leaders

Dash shakin' his booty in LipSync with his 10th grade guys