RPC Men’s Retreat {0}
I know this is not exactly youth related, but you’d be surprised just how similar hanging out with the Men of Redeemer is to hanging out with the Junior High boys of Redeemer. At some point after midnight I found myself dodging ping pong balls being fired at me in rapid succession by Elder Ubuntu. A bit earlier I was listening to another pastor get excited after he had defeated “Yo Mama” (I was using Emily Vesper’s screen name on Todd’s Halo video game). There were many moments to laugh out loud this weekend with brothers in Christ and there were just as many times we were praying with our brothers in Chris this weekend. Our speaker Mark did a wonderful job challenging the Men of Redeemer as the Kingpin’s of the Church. Want to know more ask someone who went. Follow the link below to see more from the weekend. Including a picture of men who said they would rather spend a night out with their wife rather than alone at home with nothing to do.
Pastor Nathan modeling the sleeping arrangements. He said he didn’t snore, at about 3 a.m. I had a different opinion.
These are Elder Ubuntu’s “holy” shoes
Brethren from Christ Covenant Church up north.
Dennis and Dan leading worship
Men
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This is a lock on one side of the pool at Youth Front keeping people out.
This is an opening in the same fence around the pool letting people in. You can see this in background of lock photo above.
Looking down the water slide
Looking up the water slide at Nathan
To be honest the water at RiverRanch is much cleaner…and we swim in a river there
Very cool directions sign
Mark thinking about what he could say that the men will never forget, he figured it out.
Looking down at the pond, very nice pond there
Ubuntu and Chico on one team
Lenin and Clint on the other team
These guys were watching Fireproof on a big screen, notice Steve and Greg are breaking Man Law by sitting next to each other despite plenty of seats. Woody knows the man law well though, very nice Woody.
Session Meeting
More Meetings. Something’s sanctified I assume, they mentioned a “Halo”
Does this guy ever stop playing on his phone?
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Travis has been around the youth enough that he his mocking me by throwing his arms up for a picture.
Manly Man, check out that beard
Creecy and Branson found the controls to the disco ball and turned it on. I’d be lying if I didn’t say it was really cool.
Ok Wives, take notes, these are the men who said they would prefer to spend a night out with their wives more than they would like to have a night alone with nothing to do. If I remember right Chico was undecided until he saw the camera.
Here are the guys who would prefer to have a night alone with nothing to do. Wives you should be proud, your husbands stood up to peer pressure and tell the truth no matter what.
Matthew (Note: a Mac/Apple user) sitting with Dan
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More mockery
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more men, Lenin is stuffing his face.
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Meat
Some “What is your name again?” time just as everyone is arriving. 20 hours later we all know each other much better.
Toll both Jonny
On the left is a handicap sign clearly marking this parking spot. On the right is a car clearly parked in said spot without a permit. In background is driver clearly walking towards me saying, “What are you doing? Stop it!”
The Chapel
