Saturday, May 10, 2008

Women's Retreat

Posted 4:55 PM by Dezi Rollins, LSSP

Last weekend, I went on the annual women's retreat. We left early on Saturday, and after making a stop at Starbucks, we were on our way! It took us about forty-five minutes to get there. After getting settled in, we started with an icebreaker activity. We had a list of items on a paper, and we had to find people to sign beside the item that described them, such as "married less than five years", "is an Aggie", or "has teenage children".

In the end, the person who had the most names got a prize. They had thirty-two and I had thirty. Oh well, it was fun going around and getting people to sign. After the icebreaker, we got into groups for discussion. Laura gave us a sheet with some discussion questions. For the first session, we were to think back to when we were thirteen and some of the worries/dreams we had back then, and how they influenced our choices.

We had a fun group in my opinion! The six of us in our group were a variety of ages and personalities. It was fun to talk about the fashions and hairstyles of our middle school days, as well as the issues that we faced. After group, we had lunch, which was a baked potato bar and pasta salad.

The afternoon session, we went back to age 20. In our group we were all in college, or about to get married when we were 20. It was neat to hear all the stories that they told from their college days. When we were finished with that session, we had a couple of hours of free time!

I strolled around the grounds a bit, taking pictures. Someone was teaching a painting lesson, I gave a try at it and had a lot of fun doing it! I don't think I'm the next Monet, but I thought it turned out fairly decent! When I was finished painting, I took my yarn and crochet hooks out to the patio, where a couple of women were crocheting.

It took me a few tries, but I finally got the hang of making a chain! My stitches were pretty uneven, but the more chains I made, the better they got. We congregated back for the afternoon session, where we heard from a couple of speakers. They talked about some of the struggles that they had gone through and how their faith had helped them through it. It was great to hear from different women in the church.

Afterwards, we had dinner, then watched 13 Going on 30. After we watched that, Laura introduced a new Bible study going on at the church. It's called Chick Flicks, and it involves watching a movie, then having a discussion afterward, with some Scripture references that relate to the theme. Our first study will be in a couple of weeks, and I'm really looking forward to it!

After the movie, I went back to my room and got ready for bed. My roommate came in shortly afterwards, we had some great chats! The next morning, we ate breakfast before having our final group session. We talked about where we are now, the fears and dreams we have, and how they guide our choices.

The last thing we did was to have a time of worship. Laura shared a message with us, then we all shared in the sacrament of Holy Communion together. As part of the tradition, we all wrote letters to ourselves, which Laura will send to us in three months. It was a great weekend, and I look forward to going next year! Here are pictures from the weekend!

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