We'll be heading out June 7th-12th for HS Beach Retreat (9th Grade-Graduates) and June 14th-19th for JH Beach Retreat (7th and 8th Grade). We're asking all of our staff and students to make the Beach Retreat logo their Facebook profile picture to get the word out in the community. Here's my version of the logo:
This will be my third year to attend Beach Retreat, my second year at JH Beach Retreat, and my first year not to attend HS Beach Retreat.
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Typical Day on Junior High Beach Retreat
This year’s Junior High Beach Retreat is in South Padre Island, Texas. This family resort is as nice as you would expect for your personal vacation. While on Beach Retreat, you will stay in a condominium with 7 to 10 junior high students.
SILENT SOUNDS
Every day begins with Silent Sounds on the beach. The students and leaders receive a camp booklet for the week that includes daily devotionals. All the kids and adults spread out on the beach so that everyone is alone. With Bible and notebook in hand, each person spends 30 minutes reading Bible verses, answering questions in their notebook, and praying. It is quite a sight to see hundreds of Junior High students and their leaders spread out as far as the eye can see reading their Bibles and praying!
BREAKFAST, FAMILY GROUP, AND RECREATION TIME
After Silent Sounds is breakfast, Family Group Time and Recreation Time. Rec Time will be led by the Second Baptist Rec Team and will feature fun competition between condo groups. Family Group Time allows small groups of kids and adults to get together in a condo for games, Bible study, and discussion to tackle topical issues related to our theme for the week. Each group has lunch in their own condo. Students and condo leader invite other condos to join them for condo is always clean; a surprise inspection could come at any time.
LUNCH AND CLEAN UP
Each group has lunch in their own condo. Students and condo leaders often invite other condos to join them for lunch. After lunch, we have condo clean up time. Students must make sure their condo is always clean; a surprise inspection could come at any time!
FREE TIME
The afternoon is Free Time for the kids. They have a choice of swimming in the pool, playing tennis, hanging out at the beach, playing sand volleyball, and more. We have adults supervise swimming at the pool and at the beach.
EVENING SERVICE WITH DR.YOUNG
After dinner, we head to the beach for evening Silent Sounds. Then we load up the buses and head to our evening worship service. The services begin with music led by a great worship band and end with a strong message by our pastor, Dr. Young. He deals with hard-hitting topics such as how to become a Christian, self-image, submitting to authority, repentance, and forgiveness.
BEDTIME
After the service, we head back to the condos to get ready for bed!
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