Will You Strive For Justice And Peace, And Respect The Dignity Of Every Human Being?
Youth and adults from Good Shepherd, The Mission of the Holy Spirit, and St. Andrews Episcopal Church, traveled together for a weekend of skiing, community, and to visit some old friends from Grace Episcopal Church.
A special note of thanks to Ellen Selig, John Meek, Rick Martin, Carter Fur, Shari Parker, Rosanna Cotoure, Bob Howell, Greg Murphy, Ramone Escalante, and Josh Stephens who served as team leaders for the weekend.
The youth were asked reflective questions about the weekend. Here are their responses:
1. If you were to write a book about the weekend what would you title it? (Remember…it’s a bestseller.)
- How To Have Fun In The Cold
- Therapy For Those Afraid To Be Without Their Cell Phones
- Carving The Journey
- I Left My Wallet In Bob’s Car And Other Stories From The Lift
- How To Have Fun With No Sleep
- Weekend With Schuwan
- Ouch! My Bum Hurts
- How To: A Survival Guide To Ski Trips Without Beds, Showers, Towels, Or Cell Phones.
2. What in particular about our time at Grace Episcopal Church will you remember in 5 years?
- The stuff about fornication from the scripture. That stuff about how our bodies are God’s bodies, we don’t own them. So did I forget deodorant this morning or was that God?
- The last verse of the hymn when everyone sang really loud.
- Everyone singing Lift Every Voice And Sing.
- Communion with my best friends.
- The priest said my name when she gave me communion.
- The church was so small and relaxed. They greeted us like we were their favorite grandchildren coming to visit.
- (This is Ellie btw) The story about the Bishop who gave his shoes to the other guy. I lost mine yesterday and Ellen found me some more to wear. Now Carter has them.
- I didn’t know Ben played the organ.
- How the priest remember my name from last year and said it during communion.
- The lady telling us about when the man had a shotgun pointed at her and Robert Davenport because he thought they were breaking in the basement.
- Singing in the choir for the first time in my life.
