2025 Regional Youth & Parent Retreat
2025 Regional Youth & Parent Retreat
Our theme this year is Christ Our Everything.
We live in a time when people are consumed with finding their identity. Some look for it in their relationships, their career, or even in how many followers they have on social media, only to discover that relationships fail, careers change, and social media's fleeting validation leaves them empty and exhausted. These pursuits become their everything in the search for identity, only to fail them in the end.
Unlike the shifting sands of the world, there is a solid rock, an 'Everything' that never fails. King Jesus, the Son of God, friend of sinners, and the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world, becomes everything to those called by His name through the gospel. Christ is the singular definer of a believer's life, “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.” (Colossians 1:16–18)
In a world that constantly shifts and disappoints, Christ remains the constant, the anchor, the unwavering truth. In the midst of pressure, confusion, and the search for belonging, Christ is a refuge, a true identity, and a love that never fails. Christ is our Everything.
RETREAT INFO:
When | Thursday, June 5 - Saturday, June 7
Where | Lifegate Church in Seguin
Theme | Christ Our Everything
Content:
There will be 4 main sessions with a slot for 3 breakout sessions. We’re excited to have Steve Whitaker (SGC Louisville) in to preach a main session and have an extended time to share about Trinity College. We won’t have a parent-specific breakout session this year but it will be a joy to have them included in all the others with their children.
Registration
Registration is open and will close it Sunday May 18, at midnight.
Additional Info:
Students
- Ages 12-18
- If a student is still 11, they may attend if they are turning 12 by the end of September of 2025
- If a student has just recently graduated and is 18, they may attend
- Everyone ages 18 and older who will be attending the retreat will need to complete MinistrySafe’s “Sexual Abuse Awareness Training" through their local church.
Parents
- Parents attending the retreat will need to complete MinistrySafe’s “Sexual Abuse Awareness Training" through their local church.
Returning Students 18+
- We have received a few questions about young adults that have previously attended a youth retreat as a student and are now asking if they could still attend the youth retreat in an “attendee” capacity, not as a leader or volunteer. With us having on-going Young Adults Retreats, whether regionally or nationally, we think it’s good and healthy to encourage them to attend the young adults retreat as an attendee and if they so desire, look to serve as a volunteer at the youth retreat.
Volunteers
- All volunteers and leaders will need to complete MinistrySafe’s “Sexual Abuse Awareness Training" through their local church as well as pass a background check.
Registration
If you are planning on attending, please register below. Registration will close on Sunday May 18, at midnight.
