Senior High Retreat 

The Senior High Youth Cabinet invites Senior High Youth (9th-12th grades) from the ANE District to the Winter Retreat at Camp Swatara!  

Jeff Keller, Director of Youth Ministries at Lititz CoB, will be speaking to the topic of Surrender to Joy.  Jeff grew up in Ephrata, PA and graduated from Grove City College with a degree in Christian Thought and Christian Ministries along with a minor in Philosophy.  Jeff served as an intern for youth ministries at the East Cocalico Church of the Brethren.  He also served as the Director of Youth Ministries and the Director of Christian Education at the First Presbyterian Church in Eustis, Florida during their interim period.  Jeff and his wife Adrianna have a son, Jeffrey, and a daughter, Riley. 

 

MUSIC will be led by a team from Elizabethtown CoB.

 

There will be meaningful sessions, great games and activities, super snacks, time to hang out with friends, and more! 

 

Registration Deadline: Monday, January 8, 2018; Cost: Youth – $100, Advisors – $60

 *Please remember that you are in a Christian retreat setting and plan appropriately for these activities.

Registration Details: Cost: $100 per youth; $60 each per first two advisors ($100 for additional advisors). Please make every effort to have a male and female advisor if you have both male and female youth attending.

DEADLINE: Thursday, January 8. This allows Camp to prepare the right amount of food for us, so please be respectful of this date.  No refund after January 11.  There is no guarantee of a t-shirt if you register after the deadline.

What-to-Bring: Friends, advisors (one per gender, please), appropriate clothing (indoor and outdoor), something soft to sit on for  sessions, personal care items including a towel, sleeping bag, pillow, notebook, health forms                                       

Not-to-Bring: Items NOT permitted: Anything deemed “illegal” such as: drugs, alcohol, any item construed as a weapon, or any other items which may perceivably jeopardize the health, safety, or well-being of the group. Such items will be confiscated by adult leaders. Confiscated items will be considered as forfeited property. Any return of suitable property (after the retreat)  will be at the sole discretion of adult leadership.  To prevent either loss or theft, participants are urged not bring electronic gadgetry.  If you choose to bring something electronic to retreat, please keep devices in your cabin and do not bring them into sessions.  If you use a Bible app, please bring the written Word along for this retreat.

Click  for flyer, paper registration, media & medical release forms (each camper needs to bring a media & medical release form).  Or click on the Register Now! button to register online.

Register Now! Deadline to Register January 8