Junior/Senior High Youth Retreat
and Workshops

Retreat: Friday, October 23–Sunday, October 25
This year’s colloquy includes a retreat especially programmed for junior and senior high youth. For the retreat, housing will be provided in congregations within the area surrounding the Temple. Meals on Saturday also will be provided, as well as a breakfast on Sunday before departure. There will be transportation to and from the Temple during the event. Three sessions of workshops will be offered with a focus on dignity and dating, dignity on the Internet, dignity in who we are and what we do, and more!

Retreat Program Includes:

• Challenge-Course Mixer

• Discussion with Dr. Halima Bashir from Darfur, Sudan (2009 Community of Christ International Peace Award Recipient)

• Visit to Hope House—a Women's Shelter

• Offering of Letters on Women's Issues—Dezirae Astle

• Tour the Temple and Auditorium

• Visit the Children’s Peace Pavilion

• Peace Rally Concert

Workshop Sessions Include:

• Boys Only!—Greg Wilson and Josh Goff

• Girls Only!—Jenn Killpack and Callie Streich

• Don't Tell Me What To Do!—Carol and Don McLaughlin

• Are We Dating? (Senior High)—Tere and Matt Naylor

• Hanging Out or Dating? (Junior High)—Tere and Matt Naylor

• Don’t Tell Me What to Do—Don and Carol McLaughlin

• Teen Pregnancy: Telling the Story—Panel

• Visit to Hope House—A Women’s Shelter

• Offering of Letters on Women’s Issues—Dezirae Astle

• Facebook—Jamie Varvaro

Registration:

Early-bird registration for the Youth Retreat is $25. After September 25, the registration fee will be $35. Register for this event onsite at the Peace Colloquy or through this brochure. A completed release form is also required. This form is available on the colloquy Web site and must be returned with a registration form to:

Colloquy Youth Retreat
c/o Jeanette Hicks
1001 W. Walnut
Independence, MO 64050

And check out Facebook: Community of Christ Jr./Sr. High Youth Program at the 2009 Peace Colloquy and 2009 Peace Colloquy—Jr./Sr. High Retreat.