Tip of the Iceberg Retreat

February 12-14, 2010

Calvin Center, Hampton, GA

Cost: $155

 

What is the Tip of the Iceberg Retreat? It is a retreat that deals with a huge topic, a topic often avoided, an awkward topic, a topic that needs to be discussed and considered in the perspective of faith. It is a retreat centered around discussions focused on spirituality and sexuality for grades 5-12 (Track 1: Grades 5-6, Track 2: Grades 7-8, Track 3: Grades 9-12). 

Framed within the context of Genesis 1:26-31,

“ Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’
So God created humankind in his image,
   in the image of God he created them;
   male and female he created them.
God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.’ God said, ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.’ And it was so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.”

This retreat will take place February 12-14, 2010 at the Calvin Center, Hampton, GA. The retreat is sponsored by the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.  Cost is $155.00. To register, please contact Susan Atkinson at satkinson@trinityatlanta.org.

In addition to the weekend retreat there will be both pre and post retreat meetings. It is strongly encouraged that you attend these meetings. They both will be at Trinity.

Both Erin McGee and John Ryan will be in attendance at this retreat, along with Trinity members Ellen Coggeshall , Elizabeth Wickland and others.

Below, you will find several documents that will give you a broader understanding of the scope and sequence of this weekend.