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“First Aid for the Wounded Soul”

May 14th-16th

This was one of the most anticipated retreats of the year! We spent Saturday hiking, bouldering, and exploring God’s creation. At night we worshiped and slept under the stars on the dry lake bed. Sunday, we woke up to a beautiful morning and started the day with studying God’s healing word. Later in the day took some offroad trails and  learned how to rappel and rock climb.

If you missed this retreat and would like to study “First aid for the wounded soul” Click the read more button to read our journals.

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If you couldn’t make it to The Odyssey, but still want to read the journals, then here is your chance. Here for your enjoyment and edification… The Odyssey journals.

Intro:

odyssey:

noun ( pl. -seys)

a long and eventful or adventurous journey

I want to welcome you to the Odyssey 09 a C3y summer adventure! I don’t know if you are familiar with the original “Odyssey” written by the Greek poet Homer. In Homer’s “Odyssey” he writes about the long adventurous journey of Odysseus trying to sail home from the ten year long Trojan war. Odysseus’s journey takes him through storms, trials, and temptations that result in him being gone for another ten years before he returns home. Along his way he has to fight mythical creatures, he is seduced by a witch, escapes from the clutches of giant cannibals, and tries to win favor from the Greek gods. (more…)

Wilderness Survival Guide
 * Backpacking Trip 2009 * Seeing God in real life!

Here you will find the morning and evening devotions from this year’s backpacking trip.  They were originally published with in the C3y Wilderness Survival Guide.  I hope you enjoy them! (more…)

If you were not able to attend the Joshua Tree retreat you don’t have to miss any of the studies.  I hope these will help you to grow in the knowledge of your God and Saviour.

Joshua Tree Retreat
 “The Art of a Tender Heart”
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Below are the devotions from the 3 Days and 3 Nights Journals.    (more…)

On trips and retreats we encourage the youth during their quiet times to write a psalm.  A psalm is a song or prayer devoted to the Lord to worship Him.  Some of the teenagers are brave enough to share them with us.  Below are the ones that have been shared.  More will be posted over time:
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acceptance |akˈseptəns|

noun
1 the action or process of being received as adequate or suitable 
approval or favorable regard : the options proposed by the report gained acceptance.

All of us have a need to belong that is wired in to our being.  We all want to be accepted and know that others approve of us.  No matter what country, culture, people, or tribe all have traditions of acceptance.  These traditions vary from slaughtering a bull and drinking it’s blood, to going on a walkabout, to  graduating high school or college.  Each “rite of passage” trying to achieve the same purpose to be accepted.
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The doctrine of the Trinity is an essential teaching and foundation of Christianity.  As we pursue thesummation of scriptural data we arrive at the understanding that God is a Triune God, that he is one being who expresses Himself in three persons.  It is this doctrine that sets apart orthodox Christianity from the cults.  I have compiled a little sheet that you can download and paste into your bible as reference source.  To download it right click and select ‘save target as’ or on a mac select ‘save linked file as’.  Or you can click on the link and view it now on the web.  I hope that this will help you as you study the Holy scriptures.  For more explanation keep reading…

Trinity Scripture Sheet

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To download the forms right click them and select ‘save target as’ for mac users select ‘download linked file as’.

The youth medical release form is good for all events in the year.

Youth-Medical-Release

The event release needs to be signed for each particular event.

Event-Release-Form