Former staff and campers reconnect with this place and each other. Re-imagine what it means to carry camp into the divergent places, relationships, and occupations of life beyond the Canyon.
Seeking a Room in the House of the Lord
If you’ve ever been a part of Laity Lodge Youth Camp, then you probably know something of the power of the Frio River Canyon and the relationships forged within it. Camp has a way of getting in your blood. But once you’ve grown up and moved on, how can you ever recapture that? What would it look like to carry camp with you the farther you get from your dusty days at Echo Valley and Singing Hills?
The LLYC Alumni Retreat invites LLYC staff and campers from across the years to return to the Canyon for a special retreat weekend at Laity Lodge (Didn’t you always wonder what was going on up there at the Lodge anyway?). Together we’ll enjoy reconnecting with this place and each other. And we’ll continue to imagine what it means to carry camp with us into all our divergent places, relationships, and occupations.
This year, we’ll consider why it can be so difficult to find a place to dwell in the house of the Lord. A recent poll suggests that nearly two-thirds of 18-30 year olds who were raised as Christians end up quitting church. Many of these continue to identify as Christians, but no longer participate in a local congregation. In this retreat, David Nienhuis will lead us through a set of scriptural reflections on finding a lasting home in the community of the Triune God.
