Thursday, October 23, 2008

"Ignite" Marriage Retreat

Last weekend we traveled to Hot Springs for a marriage retreat with couples our age from the church. Back in the spring, they announced the dates of the retreat and had a contest to come up with a name. Our name won, and the weekend was called "Ignite."

It was a great time to get away, spend time with friends and meet many other couples. The speakers were some of the pastors and wives from our church staff - they all were really great. It is so great to have leaders that are "real" people that are open to share everyday experiences and willing to answer any questions and help any way that they can.


Harry Bates, the 20s-30s couples pastor, opens the weekend and introduces Abe Smith, one of our worship leaders

Tye Hefner - pastor to young couples without children

Couples were put in one of five groups and given a large plastic Tupperware container. We had 30 minutes to come up with an interpretive dance using whatever we found in our container.

Here is a part of our performance

They based the competition on the TV show "America's Got Talent"

Another picture of the judges - our group was second place

Saturday night Adam Roth, our church's youth pastor, hosted Family Feud

Most couples were glad to have a weekend away from the kids, but Ryan and Samantha had to bring 3-week-old Rowan along.


Ryan and Samantha


Scott and Tamara


The view from our room - Lake Hamilton









We could not go to Hot Springs without visiting McClards BBQ - some of our friends came with us and were glad they did...





























Lily stayed with her grandparents for the weekend, and she had a big treat waiting for her when we got home

1 comment:

Heather said...

Great pics Ken! I would like to get a copy of them for my scrapbooking. I have also put your link on my blog.