On behalf of the Cloud 9 Leadership Team, we want to invite you to our upcoming annual Great Lakes Regional Vineyard Youth Retreat. The past retreats have proven to be extremely fruitful for the groups that have attended and we expect that this year will be no exception.
Cloud 9 2006 is scheduled for October 27-29, 2006 at Michindoh Retreat Center in Hillsdale, MI.
The retreat is designed to stoke the fire that fuels our furnace and to provide a framework for students to embrace the intimacy of the Father’s heart , which provides the inner motivation that makes Christianity an inside-out experience. Within this framework students will gain practical skills for hearing his voice, and recognizing those promptings from the Spirit that open the door to God’s extravagant grace.
This Great Lakes Region Vineyard Youth Retreat is sponsored by Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia Vineyards that are focused specifically on the kingdom type of living that Jesus came to illustrate for us in our lives. Of course we're also very excited about the incredible opportunity that this retreat provides for our students to passionately worship God until their legs grow weary beneath them! We are in awe of God's awesome mercy towards us and only hope to humbly response to his call--the personal individual call that he has placed in our lives. This retreat time is an awesome way for us to share what God is doing and what he wants for us.
The retreat kicks off on Friday night; workshops, free time, and a concert are sandwiched by sessions (including worship and prayer ministry) Saturday morning and evening, and the retreat closes with a celebration on Sunday morning. The cost of this year’s event is $99 per person. This cost includes lodging, an event t-shirt, snacks on Friday evening, meals on Saturday, Sunday morning. You can purchase additional meals on Friday evening or Sunday afternoon for $5 per person/meal. Each retreat follows a basic schedule of events for activities, sessions, free time, and meals. Registration will open September 3rd and run through October 15th.
Once again, our hope is that students will experience several things at this retreat:
We want students to reap the encouragement that comes from meeting hundreds of students who share a similar church/spiritual background.
We want to place students directly under the outpouring of God's spirit. We expect that most students will be seriously strengthened and refreshed.
We want to challenge students to live lives worthy of their calling in Christ Jesus.
This event is open to any youth group (including non Vineyard Churches) and all teens between 6th and 12th grade. If you know of any group that would like to participate, please send them to this website or notify us and we will send them a Cloud 9 Group Packet. The upcoming retreat will be limited to 550 participants, so register your group as soon as possible! If you have any questions or need more information feel free to contact us at registration @ cloud9retreat.com anytime.
Give us your feedback now that this year's Cloud 9 has ended, we want to hear from you. Please take a moment and complete a feedback survey. Your input is helpful to the team of churches that plan the retreat.
Cloud 9 2006: Photos are online! Check them out , and Send us your Pictures: We need your digital pictures, just burn us a CD of your pics from Cloud 9 2006. We will post your photos to the Cloud 9 website and add them to the upcoming Cloud 9 2006 DVD. Just mail your Photo CD to Donnell Wyche, c/o Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor, 2275 Platt Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
Cloud 9 2007: We have scheduled Cloud 9 2006 is scheduled for October 26-28, 2007 at Michindoh Retreat Center in Hillsdale, MI. Registration opens August 1st and runs through October 12th. The cost of this year's retreat is $99 per person. This cost includes lodging, an event t-shirt, snacks on Friday evening, meals on Saturday, Sunday morning. You can purchase additional meals on Friday evening or Sunday afternoon for $5 per person/meal.
Cloud 9 Community Center: The Cloud 9 team has been working hard on the Cloud 9 Community Center , so you can keep in touch with the friends you made at Cloud 9 and help you make new friends who attended Cloud 9. Check it out!
The Cloud 9 DVD is now available for pre-order! Order your copy of the DVD for only $15. This packed DVD includes videos from five previous Cloud 9 Retreats, photos, music and a little bit more…
Send us your Pictures: We need your digital pictures, just burn us a CD of your pics from Cloud 9 2006. We will post your photos to the Cloud 9 website and add them to the upcoming Cloud 9 2006 DVD. Just mail your CD to Donnell Wyche, Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor, 2275 Platt Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
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