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 Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:49 pm
I assume most of us have at least heard of them. What do you know about them and what are your thoughts on them? Good or bad? Pointless or worthwhile? and anything else you can think of.
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:01 am
I've been to one. I think in the right hands they have potential, but the one I went to was a big letdown.
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:46 pm
I'm sure I know what you're talking about is more than the one's I have been too, but I only have these few experiences.
We went to a Christian rock concert with our youth group. It was alright. But the thing is, it was at King's Dominion. So everyone just wanted to go on the roller coasters and forget the concert.
The next one was... an assembly? It was held in a huge convention center and had some great speakers and in between the speakers was Deyo, a Christian rock band. They were good. I liked them, even though I wasn't particularly Christian at the time. A few of us got some really good messages out of it, others... not so much.
Then we went to Mississippi after Katrina to help out with rebuilding houses. It kind of pissed me off because the owners were just sitting around while we did everything. Granted we're there to help them, but they had us painting black paint on their decorative wrought iron pillars, which did not need a paint job... That house was BS. The other house definitely needed help, but not from a bunch of teens. We put up sheetrock and others did wiring. We had a certified electrician and a few handy-man dads... I dunno. I don't feel those projects really help.
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:52 am
Ah, see mine was a UU retreat. I think the point was to learn how to "live in the moment", but that wasn't always focused. The biggest peeve I had with it is the hostess (I guess that's what you call someone who heads a retreat?) has us take turns watching her grandchildren at one point. Don't get me wrong I love kids, and they were at the age I enjoy teaching (especially when it comes to dance), but I didn't pay over 200 bucks to watch someone's kids.
I did also enjoy an exercise with what we did with a partner. We were paired up with people for the entire retreat and the first exercise we performed was to get rid of our preconceived notions about the person. We listed what we first thought of the person, of whom they reminded us where applicable, and how they weren't like the person of whom we're reminded.
I think the most I got from that experience is I've learned to pack intuitively, and that's discounting what I learned about people. Most of what I packed came in handy if not for me for others. My lavender oil was constantly pulled out for bug bites, chicken pecks, nettle stings, and even skincare.
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:52 am
I think they're alright, though people seem to get stuck off topic sometimes.
My Husband and I go to a UU fellowship, and if they offer another one we'll try to go.
It's a good time to meditate, and get your thoughts on your religion in order, IMO. Learn how to focus on what you want out of life, and how to help others in that capacity, ect.
Sometimes they just get a little ... summercampish? whee
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:43 am
i enjoyed a "Christian Ashram". it borrows on the Ashram retreat model from India but is much briefer. we pray for each other anonymously which i like a lot and it is ecumencial and no judgmentalism i hear it is now very popular in Africa. http://www.christianashram.org/Pages2/AboutUs2.html
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