fall fun party.

hope you all had fun this past wednesday. it sure was great laughing at you...i mean with you ;)

enjoy!

i totally meant to get a picture of the whole group! bummer! great costumes everyone!!

mission trip.

it's hard to believe it's already the end of october...even more difficult to believe we are already in full swing mission trip planning! this year's trip is a little different. if you haven't heard we will be doing an intergenerational mission trip this year! yes, this means it won't just be high school students...but instead a diverse group of adults from our congregation and the hsyg.

the goal is simple. to develop relationships among the different generations within our church and then head out to love and serve others. we will be serving in manhattan at pete armstrong's church, dwell. it's going to be awesome.

how can you help? please pray that we gather a great group of adults who want to really delevop deep relationships with the youth. pray that we are all challenged and strengthen in our faith. pray for those in ny whose lives we will come in contact with. pray that we would be softened to those around us and sensitive to their situation in life. pray that this trip would come together and give all the glory and honor to God.

retreat.

Last friday, we headed off to guemes island for a weekend of fun, fellowship, study and rest (maybe lite on the resting!) We ferried over with the first experience of using the wheelbarrows since the car ferry was being serviced. We had a lot of stuff!

The weather was beautiful, the food tasty, and company fantastic. It was a weekend full of running, exploring, eating, reading God's word, and lots of fun.

brian...happy he made it onto the ferry

 we studied the first two chapters of james...each group had a section to present!

 all groups did an awesome job!

 lots of soccer was played

 meals were made ;)

 and games were played...

Thanks for a wonderful retreat, everyone!