LEADER RETREAT 2022
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Friday afternoon, from 1-5:30, we will be hanging out on Lake Erie. Pastor Joe will have his boat out to take people tubing and cruising. We will meet at Edgewater Marina, 6500 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, Cleveland, OH 44102. If you can get off work, Pastor Joe would be glad to pull you around on the lake, float up the river, or just anchor up and enjoy the sun. First come – first served. Pastor Joe’s boat fits six additional people. Please let us know if you can make it!
FRIDAY EVENING
Friday evening will be full of dinner, dancing, and other shenanigans aboard the Nautica Queen. CVCYouth is covering the tickets/dinner. If you’d like to partake in an adult beverage, that is on you. Attire for this event is business casual. If your spouse does not serve with CVCYouth, they are welcome to join us! (We cannot promise that we won’t attempt to recruit them before the night is over.)
6:30 – Arrival and Boarding at 1153 Main Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113.
7:30 – Set sail, eat dinner, and make as many references to this clip as possible.
10:30 – Return to dock and head home.
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
9:00AM – Arrival & Breakfast
9:30AM – A Call to Endurance (Pastor Dale)
10:45AM – Session 1 – Unashamed of the Word (Joe)
11:30AM – Session 1 Q&A
12:00PM – Lunch
1:00PM – Session 2 – Guilt, Shame & the Church
1:45PM – Session 2 Q&A
2:30PM – Session 3 – Safety & Shame
3:15PM – Session 3 Q&A
4:30PM – 1st Annual CVCYouth Golf Outing (mini golf, that is!)
6:00PM – Dinner
7:15PM – Session 4 – Recalibrate
9:00PM – Training Concludes
A Call to Endurance
By Pastor Dale
Pastor Dale joined us to share stories from his time as a teacher and in youth ministry. If you want to be encouraged to play the long game, be intentional, and be unashamed, listen to this session.
SESSION #1 – UNASHAMED OF THE WORD
Biblical Fidelity in the Battle of the Hearts of Teenagers
SESSION #2 – GUILT, SHAME & THE CHURCH
The Role of Student Ministry in an Increasingly
Shame-Filled and Shameless Culture
Guilt and shame have played both helpful and dangerous roles in the lives of humans since the very first sin back in the garden. But as a culture, we’ve all but dismissed guilt and we’ve embraced shame as a way of live. In this session, we’ll explore how youth ministry helps address these two powerful emotions?
SESSION #3 – SAFETY & SHAME
Policies, Procedures, and Safety in CVCYouth
It’s not always fun, but it’s necessary if we are to guard our church, ourselves, and our students from unnecessary shame and guilt. How do we handle emergencies? What communication is appropriate? How do we guard from abuse? We’ll go over it all in this vital session!
SUGGESTED READING
All That's Good - Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment
by Hannah Anderson
Discipling - How to Help Other Follow Jesus
by Mark Dever
Evangelical Pharisees - The Gospel as Cure for the Church's Hypocrisy
by Michael Reeves
First Steps - Box Set
by Mez McConnell
Hope for All the Earth - Understanding the Story of the Old Testament
by Mitchell L. Chase
How Does God Change Us?
by Dane C. Ortlund
Pilgrim's Progress and Pilgrim Path
by John Bunyan
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
by Carl Truman
The Secular Creed - Engaging Five Contemporary Claims
by Rebecca McLaughlin
What Does It Mean to Fear the Lord?
by Michael Reeves
Why Should We Love the Local Church?
by Dustin Benge
Reading the Times - A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
by Jeffrey Bilbro
Glory Road - The Journeys of 10 African-Americans into Reformed Christianity
by Anthony J. Carter
Winsome Conviction - Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church
by Time Muehlhoff and Richard Langer