News from Montgomery
August 2013
By the Numbers...
This summer, by the numbers:
3,500 gallons of cold water to fill camper waterbottles at activities
3 broken guitar strings (a week)
346 dozen eggs, scrambled
7 inspiring chaplains
2,450 pictures uploaded
49 loads of tie-dye shirts, washed
12 priceless volunteers
21 rolls of masking tape
25 amazing summer staff
113 times the dining hall has been vacuumed
60 Golden Broom Awards awarded
539 children, youth and parents (Family Camp and You and Me Camp) that were a part of Montgomery’s Christian community
A BIG THANK YOU
We would like to send out a BIG THANK YOU to the youth and leaders at Geneva Presbyterian Church. They spent a week working on a retaining wall down at Emerald Lake. Check out this video of their hard work.
Tips for Retreat Planning
From the Community Tool Box: http://ctb.ku.edu
Whatever reason you have for planning a retreat for your organization or initiative, the key to a successful retreat is to plan carefully, and plan well ahead of time. Since a retreat is supposed to help you step back and take a refreshing, new look at your work, it's important to go about it in a way that doesn't stress you out or drain your resources. Retreats that are thrown together at the last minute rarely accomplish what they're meant to, and advance planning can keep you from becoming overwhelmed and overworked with the details. This article has tons of advice for how to make your retreat successful.
Read complete article here.
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