Upper School Retreat Day 2
It’s been an excellent Thursday at Woodlands Camp and Conference Center! We kicked off the day with some eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy (and of course, cereal and fruit). After talking about and having a quiet time, we started our morning session. Mrs. Strange spoke to us about integrity being “the invisible path to influence.”
From there 9-10th grades had small groups and 11-12 had lunch. After this flipped and everyone had eaten lunch and had small group time, we launched into day 2 of our track times. These were a new thing for us this year and were really cool and a lot of fun.
During free time, some students organized a relay that resembled the TV show Wipeout in the lake, while others watched a movie indoors and many more activities. The snack shop is always a hit as well!
After dinner tonight, we went into our third session. Brett Younker and the band led us in a time of reading from Revelation 5 looking at a picture of God’s throne. It was clear where we were heading for the night. Cody Deese came up and spoke a message about the Church simply being the Church and not being exclusive or hiding under a rock. After his message, we celebrated what God has done this week and went to small groups. Students received their retreat t-shirts (designed by sophomore Kendyll Romine) at small group tonight to wear tomorrow.
The night ended with a class competition that was announced at the beginning of the retreat…a lip sync competition! Each class choreographed and faked singing a song. We had a lot of laughs and it’s clear we have some really “talented” students here at NCCS!
It’s been a great two days so far and I’m super excited about tomorrow morning!
