First...just want to say "Great Job!" after all of your ideas posted on the previous CSMDO entry on WATER. Now we've got another one for you. If you haven't heard of GO Deep yet, then i'm sad...and i need to work on my communication skills. But most likely you know at least a little. GO Deep is CSM's first missions retreat. It is a two-night retreat designed to prepare all participants in GO Local and GO Mamelodi CSM for their respective trips. So take a look at the GO Deep objectives, and post your feedback and ideas. We're looking for anything and everything that comes to mind. This is a brainstorming blog. So no idea is a bad idea.
GO Deep
GO Deep into our teams
* we will spend time doing teambuilding activities / bonding as a team
GO Deep into the cultures
* the respective teams will be learning / experiencing the cultures of South Africa & Urban Cincinnati
GO Deep into our relationships with God
* we will worship, learn about, and experience God throughout the retreat
Okay...those are the three areas we'll be focused on. Post your ideas for anything: games, activities, teaching, stories, etc. It will be a combination of activities, teaching, and worship. But anytime we can lean towards experiential things / hands-on learning, we will do so.
Also...if any bible stories or themes emerge as you consider GO Deep...post those too.
Sweet.
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I've got a possible activity for Going Deep into our relationships with God. They had something called the Labyrinth at the NYW Convention.
(http://www.labyrinth.org.uk/)
It was an interesting experience. Here is an excerpt from their description page . . .
Labyrinth is an interactive installation for spiritual journeys. It's for anyone who wants a break from surfing the surface of culture to contemplate the deeper things of life.
Labyrinth reshapes a 12th-century ritual for the 21st century. Its maze-like path takes you on a symbolic journey, creates space to unwind and think - in particular about our relationships with ourselves, one another, our planet and God.
"Designed for young and old alike, it provides a mixture of rituals and visuals, of contemplative words and contemporary ambient music, of symbols and media to help guide the spiritual traveler."
I've got another potential source of activities for the "GO Deep into our relationships with God" part of the weekend . . .
Don Evans and I met Karen Sloan, the author of the book Flirting with Monasticism: Finding God on Ancient Paths at the NYW Convention. We also got a chance to take part in some interesting monastic prayer services she lead at the convention.
I don't have a copy of the book yet, but I think there might be some prayer exercises in it that we could use.
I'll see if I can get hold of a copy to dig through, and maybe find something useful.
If you want to take a look at the book . . . this is the link:
(http://www.flirtingwithmonasticism.org/)
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