Diocese of South to hold Fifth Annual International Winter Service Retreat for Youth and Young Adults
The Diocese of the South will be holding its Fifth Annual Winter Service retreat for Youth and Young Adults, from Monday afternoon, December 28, 2009, to Saturday, January 2, 2010, at St. George the Great Martyr Church, Pharr, TX.
The retreat will be lead by the Very Rev. Chad Hatfield, Chancellor of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, who will be speaking on the theme “Life Lessons from Alaskan Saints.”
Activities include sorting donated clothing items, staffing a special Nativity season distribution at St. George Food Pantry, delivering donations, and assisting in a work project at Casa Amparo Orphanage for Girls in Reynosa, Mexico.
Other activities include daily prayers, spiritual sessions series, trip to South Padre Island beaches, a new year’s party, a talent show, and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in Spanish.
The event is designed for older teens, college students, young adults, and clergy and families who wish to participate. Participants younger than 13 years of age must be accompanied either by a parent or designated guardian. Married couples who wish to attend as chaperones/staff and who have younger children can rent on-site motel rooms at a reasonable rate. All others will be lodged in bunk style rooms at a retreat center facility.
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