R & R Retreat Pictures!!!

Making a relationships collage
The famous relationship box for the anonymous question panel on Saturday
Drinking hot chocolate and watching the snow

let the snow fun begin...

Laughter, friends, and birthdays!
Birthday girl!
The snow dusting Calvin Center
Some of the group enjoying the beginning of snow on Saturday

an after-lunch pyramid
fun in the snow
making snow angels
some more snow pyramids...

Winter Wonderland

Christa on the Labyrinth

snowing on the lake

exploring

Building a miniature snowperson

Friends from Eastminster having fun in the snow

Laying by the fireplace--keeping warm and having fun

Alex and Ennis intensely playing cards: who will be the president?

The Snowperson/creature

Alex tackles the snowperson/creature

R & R Retreat Group Pictures

Seven OPC youth attended the R & R Retreat with youth from Easeminster Presbyterian Church. It was an amazing weekend of thinking about relationships, playing in the snow, drinking, hot chocoloate, watching movies, and making new friends. During group initiatives, Destiny, one the leaders, said that the R & R was one of the most cohesive groups she has ever worked with (and she's worked with a lot of groups). I was impressed by the amazing discussions, questions, maturity and openness of the group as we thought about our relationships with our parents, friends, and romantic relationships. Thank you to Mark Kelly and Sara Pugh for volunteering their time to be chaperones as well as the Eastminster youth and chaperones for being so friendly, fun, and great! We hope we can do this again real soon....Until then, enjoy the pictures and memories!