MSYG Spring Retreat 2025
Own It
Cost of this event
$80.00 before March 5th at 11:59 p.m. This is the final deadline for registrations.
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This is going to be an amazing experience happening at University Christian Church and within the community of Manhattan. Middle School students will get to hear our speaker for the weekend, Austin Callahan.
About the Speaker
Austin is a Youth Pastor in Wichita, KS. Andrew and Austin met at church camp in 5th grade and have been close friends since 2002 (That is like two decades!) Austin attended Manhattan Christian College and is a terrific Youth Pastor that is passionate about teaching students about Jesus. He has been the speaker at King Solomon Christian Camp and is an authentic guy who will inspire students to own their faith.
A look at the Spring Retreat
We will be participating in some fun activities, acts of service, and spiritual reflection all weekend long as we work to Own It! Our theme is all about owning our faith and taking our walk with Jesus to the next level.
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There will be a spiritual reflection activity where students get to focus on God and connecting to Him through prayer and a guided exercise on extended quiet time with God.
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We will listen to three messages from Austin. These messages will cover how God invites you to own your faith, and how true friends shape each other's faith.
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A service opportunity. We will be playing Bingo, card games and listening to some of the elderly members of our community. It should be an incredible day.
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You can't have a retreat without having some fun. We will be headed to LEAP on Friday night for our fun evening after dinner. This is included in the cost of the retreat, but they must have a LEAP Waiver on file before they can attend. LEAP Waiver Form Link
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Locations
We will be stay at University Christian Church overnight on Friday. We will visit LEAP Friday evening and return to UCC. Saturday morning we will go serve at Via Christi Village in Manhattan, KS and then finish the retreat back at UCC.
University Christian Church
2800 Claflin Rd
Manhattan, KS 66502
LEAP Manhattan
3011 Anderson Ave
Manhattan, KS 66503
Via Christi Village
2800 Willow Grove Rd
Manhattan, KS 66502
Start and End times
Check-in will be Friday, March 7th, from 5:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday in the Youth Building at University Christian Church.
Pick-up will be Saturday, March 8th, at 6:00 p.m. in the Youth Building (same as check-in).
Forms
If there are any concerns, please reach out and call the church offices at 785.776.5440 and ask for Andrew Jansen.
If you have any questions then please email Andrew at andrew@university.church