I am very please to report back to all of you about our first ever Wellington Student Life Autumn Retreat! Now at our third year since pioneering a local university movement, we finally believed there was enough student involvement and momentum to host a retreat. Twenty university students joined us at El Rancho Christian Camp in Waikanae, north of Wellington city. The theme of the retreat (“To Know & Be Known”) was focused on helping students in our new and growing movement to get to know Jesus Christ better, grow in knowing one another, and then helping others around them to come to know God as well. Our guest speaker for the weekend was Justin O’Malley who is the National Director for Student Life in New Zealand. He did an excellent job helping our students look at Christ up close and he passionately communicated God’s heart for those who are lost. One of the highlights for the students was the afternoon of the “faith walk” when they led each other around the camp blindfolded! This was an exercise in listening to God and walking in faith as well as building trust in fellow believers. The highlight for me and our staff team was the two non-believers who attended the weekend retreat. You can read about Adam and Ash in the next article!
Staff and students play “American” football
Our Guest Speaker,
Justin O’Malley
Sylvia takes a jump of faith during the Saturday afternoon “faith walk”
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