Daily Schedule at That Thing
October 15, 2009As always, we encourage you to tailor your schedule. If you’re eating in the dining hall, breakfast is at 8:30.
9:00 am - building/activity block
The morning building/activity block is a great opportunity for your group to do some team building, unity activities, have a small group discussion or let them sleep in. The paintball and obstacle course are open (by scheduled reservation) and the waterfront and other game/activity spaces are all open for use.
10:45 am - morning worship session
Morning sessions will run right up to the lunch break.
12:15 pm - lunch break
Grab a quick and easy lunch in the cafeteria or the beach house or head back to your lodge and prepare some home-cooking.
1:00 pm - One O’Clock to Five O’Clock Free Block
- 1-2pm - [small groups] space
This space is reserved for you to get your students in a discussion of your choosing. You can join the intercampus [small groups] or simply create your own groupings within your lodge.
- 2-4:30pm programmed events/activities
This spot right here is where That Thing’s Fun Engineer’s and other staff are out leading some great events and happenings around the site that include things like: volleyball, cornhole & dodgeball tourneys; creative, musical and artistic labs; brain-games, card games and other game labs; etc.
- 4:30-5:15pm spiritual development labs
At this point, the Fun Engineers will conclude their events but the activities will remain accessible for students/groups not wanting to hit up a lab. The labs split into four different tracks: [foundations] an introductory set of discussions to help students unfamiliar with the church get a basic understanding of God, Jesus and the bible; [re] features discussions to help reconsider and refocus on things we know but may have missed because of over-familiarity; [experimental worship] is an opportunity to discover truth and encountering God in settings that are uncommon; [leader networking] is a session providing current and future leaders (adults and students) a chance to focus on the skills of leadership, to chat, network and talk about the future of student and church ministry.
5:30 pm dinner break
Take a break and sit back with your group here to really dig in. Eat like a family unit, discuss like a family, clean the dishes like a family and grow as a group.
7:30 pm evening worship session
These corporate worship times will run about 2 hours.
10:00 pm after hours
The Beach House will offer an entertainment activity 2 of the nights and simply be open on the other evenings as a place to gather, sit, eat and relax.
11:00 pm in cabins
We ask groups to please respect their neighbors here and stay inside from 11:00 on. This is a great time to gather your students together for an evening devotion and discussion about all that occurred throughout the day as well as that evenings worship time.
Gern,
Schedule looks great. Just a quick note, in the Northwest Indiana, cornhole means something completely different. We call it bags.
Comment by Chris Matthews — October 17, 2009 @ 2:31 pm