Of the 47 youth attending, 20 were from Iowa! Awesome and Kudos to the advisors, parents, and pastors who brought them; namely Robert Caswell; John Elder; Jeff Neuman-Lee; Christina Tobias; Dennis Doud; David Grove.

The theme for the weekend was Seeing God and the leaders did an outstanding job of weaving this theme into the weekend. There was a time of introductions. A time of small groups led by the McPherson students and a time for breakout sessions such as seeing God through guided imagery, seeing God through National Youth activities. Of course there was free time which involved ultimate Frisbee (even at night); pool; ping pong games; and hanging out. The youth also participated in some service projects with some engaging in making Easter cards for Angel Arms Home Health; cleaning up brush around the campus; going to the Cedars and visiting with and playing games with the residents; going to the Humane Society to paint cages.

Worship times were led by Becky Ullom and Steve van Houten with music provided by Michael Good and Seth Hendricks, which was awesome.

Kudos to Tracy Stoddart, Shawn Replogle and the McPherson students; who organized a neat and exciting weekend for the youth to See God in various forms.

The youth joined in worship with the McPherson congregation on Sunday and shared through reflections and a skit what they did and learned during their weekend. The youth also enjoyed a potluck dinner with the congregation.

Here are some snapshots of the weekend.