On this past Sunday afternoon history was made - the very first Regeneration Retreat was held in the Brookleigh Estate in Swan Valley. It was a beautiful location and was the perfect setting for weary young working adults to quieten their noisy souls.
We watched three messages from the series by Jim Berg, Quieting a Noisy Soul, which everyone found to be a real blessing. We learnt about what noise in our soul looks like (thoughts, worries and cares) as well as sources of noise in our lives and how knowing that God always loves us (always) will help us remove noise in our lives. For a 24-hour long retreat, it was a lot to take in and no doubt we were definitely challenged by the messages and the discussion that followed.
What was awesome as well was that for the first time, Regeneration spent time together as a fellowship group in true Christian fellowship - sharing our experiences, struggles, laughs, and an abundance of snacks!! (27 young working adults were given $10 each to buy something to share with the rest of the group, and the 'young' in us truly prevailed as we hit IGA like children in a candy store and proceeded to buy approximately $270 worth of junk food! Check out the photo of the stockpile of snacks). We of course spent the night chatting into the wee hours of the morning (this might have been a result of all the calories keeping us 'energised'), crashed into our beds and then woke up wishing we went to bed a few hours earlier!
It was an awesome retreat - and hopefully the first of many more to come! Check out the piccies below... More photos (better quality photography too) on David's flickr site.
We watched three messages from the series by Jim Berg, Quieting a Noisy Soul, which everyone found to be a real blessing. We learnt about what noise in our soul looks like (thoughts, worries and cares) as well as sources of noise in our lives and how knowing that God always loves us (always) will help us remove noise in our lives. For a 24-hour long retreat, it was a lot to take in and no doubt we were definitely challenged by the messages and the discussion that followed.
What was awesome as well was that for the first time, Regeneration spent time together as a fellowship group in true Christian fellowship - sharing our experiences, struggles, laughs, and an abundance of snacks!! (27 young working adults were given $10 each to buy something to share with the rest of the group, and the 'young' in us truly prevailed as we hit IGA like children in a candy store and proceeded to buy approximately $270 worth of junk food! Check out the photo of the stockpile of snacks). We of course spent the night chatting into the wee hours of the morning (this might have been a result of all the calories keeping us 'energised'), crashed into our beds and then woke up wishing we went to bed a few hours earlier!
It was an awesome retreat - and hopefully the first of many more to come! Check out the piccies below... More photos (better quality photography too) on David's flickr site.
got junk?
our youngest regen member
Stewart's at Brookleigh
Dinner
reserved for regen
jennifer's scary baby
sunset
sunrise
sheepies
shutterbug
John getting ready to feed the addicts
reflection by the river
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