Social and Service Overnight: Spreading the Love
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| Region: MALSM Content: Friday night is spent building connections and friendships in the group, hanging out in the city and church where the event takes place. Also, Friday night is a time for reflection upon the theme, worship, and small group Bible study and discussion. Essentially, Friday night is a social lock-in, and Saturday is spent focused on service. There can either be one large service project or a variety of small ones, depending on the needs of the community and the size of your group. The group returns from the project in the late afternoon and gathers for a closing worship before heading home. These events are great because participants get to know each other very well, have a lot of fun, experience an urban community, and do some really serious service work. In addition, it often brings out people who would not otherwise come to a retreat because this event is shorter and costs far less ($10 a piece easily covers food and leaves plenty of money left over to be donated or added to the region's account). |
