I posted the weekend schedule for our July College Student Seminar and Retreat (see linky). We still have room for ten students at the seminar and eight students at the retreat. Apply today!
I’ve posted updated information about College Student Weekend, planned this year for July 2-5, 2009. The weekend schedule for seminar and retreat is available, along with a downloadable application and online application.
The Seminar (Friday) is a one-day conference on “Developing a Christian Mind,” filled with lecture, breakout sessions for discussion, and study of the philosophies young people may encounter on college campuses. Speakers at the seminar include Patrick Heatwole, Lois Hershberger, and Jonas Sauder.
The Retreat (Friday evening-Sunday afternoon) is a weekend for young people in college to engage peers and mentors with their questions and struggles. It’s a safe place to discuss and think about college experiences and our Mennonite heritage. Activities include small-group discussions, thought-provoking sessions, panel discussion of issues, organized recreation, and times for relaxing and visiting. Dave Nisly from Manassas, VA, will be the guest speaker for the retreat.
Updated: download link should work now.
The College Student Seminar & Retreat, scheduled for July 3-6, is filling up. We have room for six additional students at the seminar and seven additional students at the retreat. More information about the seminar & retreat is available here. If you are a college or university student and would like to spend a weekend with fellow students, join us for this encouraging and relaxing event.
We have enabled online application for College Student Seminar and Retreat 2008. You may send your application to us via the web and pay your application fee online.
You may also print an application and mail or fax it here.
Read more information about College Student Seminar and Retreat.
When I posted information about the College Student Retreat earlier, the guest speaker was not confirmed. Now, I’m happy to announce, we have confirmed that Wendell Glick from Elmira, Ontario, will be joining us as guest speaker. Wendell teaches elementary and secondary theory and choir while finishing his composition studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. His compositions are inspired by the philosophy that every generation should leave a legacy of its own music. In addition to composing, he enjoys singing, choral conducting, aviation, and spending time in his treehouse.
A detailed schedule of the weekend is available here. The application is here.
Join us for a weekend of discussion, fellowship, learning, and recreation! FB’s College Student Seminar is planned for July 3-4, and the College Student Retreat is planned for July 4-6, 2008.
The Seminar (Friday) is a one-day conference on “Developing a Christian Mind,” filled with lecture, breakout sessions for discussion and study of the philosophies young people may encounter on college campuses. Topics this year include “Growing as a Student of Jesus While in College,” “The Intellectual Virtues,” Medical Ethics,” “The Arts,” “Reliability of Scriptures,” “Ethics,” “Reading as a Christian,” and “A Call to Christian Scholarship.”
The Retreat (Friday evening-Sunday afternoon) is a weekend for young people in college to engage peers and mentors with their questions and struggles. It’s a safe place to discuss and think about college experiences and our Mennonite heritage. Activities include small-group discussions, thought-provoking sessions, panel discussion of issues, organized recreation, and times for relaxing and visiting. At this point, the guest speaker has not been confirmed, but we hope to announce that information soon.
Faith Builders hosts both events at the Castle, a turn-of-the-century mansion built by an oil baron, now turned into a retreat center. The Seminar costs $55 per person, including overnight lodging, meals, and seminar expenses. The Retreat will cost $130 per person, including two additional nights’ stay, meals, and retreat expenses. Students registering for both events and those currently attending college will receive priority.
Apply now to join us for this great weekend in July! You may apply for the Seminar, Retreat, or both. You can view the detailed schedule here. Download the application here.
Well, we’ve been stretched to the max to keep up with updating our website! Here’s a photo album that should have been linked long ago! These photos were taken by various college students who attended FB’s College Student Seminar & Retreat in July, 2007, at the Castle.
College Student Seminar & Retreat 2007 Album
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Plan now to join us next year, July 3-6, 2008.
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Join us for a weekend of discussion, fellowship, learning, and recreation! FB’s College Student Seminar is planned for July 5-6, and the College Student Retreat is planned for July 6-8, 2007.
The Seminar (Friday) is a one-day conference on “Developing a Christian Mind,” filled with lecture, breakout sessions for discussion and study of the philosophies young people may encounter on college campuses. Topics this year include “Staying Christian in College,” Psychology and the Christian Mind,” “A Christian View of History,” “Christianity and the Fine Arts,” “Reading and Studying from a Christian Perspective,” “The Christian and Politics,” and “The Christian and ‘Serious Literature.’”
The Retreat (Friday evening-Sunday afternoon) is a weekend for young people in college to engage peers and mentors with their questions and struggles. It’s a safe place to discuss and think about college experiences and our Mennonite heritage. Activities include small-group discussions, thought-provoking sessions, panel discussion of issues, organized recreation, and times for relaxing and visiting. Steve Byler from Stuarts Draft, Virginia, is joining us as a guest speaker.
Faith Builders hosts both events at the Castle, a turn-of-the-century mansion built by an oil baron, now turned into a retreat center. The Seminar costs $50 per person, including overnight lodging, meals, and seminar expenses. The Retreat will cost $120 per person, including two additional nights’ stay, meals, and retreat expenses. Students registering for both events and those currently attending college will receive priority.
Apply now to join us for this great weekend in July! You may apply for the Seminar, Retreat, or both. Download the application (PDF: 45 KB, Word: 61 KB).
College students often feel alone, whether at home or at the university. At college they face pressures to compromise spiritual values and beliefs. At home they may be misunderstood or feared. FB offered this weekend as a safe place to consider those challenges.
The greatest values of the weekend, according to Steven Brubaker, is that young people in college can rest in their identity as college students, and that they can meet men and women who have successfully navigated the deep waters of education without abandoning their faith or heritage.
The Seminar on Friday—an additional day considering the topic “Developing a Christian Mind”—focused on the ideological framework that Anabaptist Christian students face as they grow in knowledge. Breakout sessions on studying Scripture, the natural sciences and bioethics broke up the intense lecture format.
The weekend’s recreation, discussion, lecture, sharing, and prayer for the challenge resonated with these students. Guest speaker Frank Reed sparked discussion with his call to transmit the gospel and let the Word of God shape a new generation of faith.
Without a doubt, the small groups of five or six students with older group leaders were the biggest highlight. Students enjoyed the freedom to discuss whatever questions they had. This weekend also offered two men and women’s split sessions, led by Mark Yoder and Sharon Yoder.
So many young people thanked the staff for the rejuvenating weekend. Perhaps for a while they knew they did not stand alone.
Plan to attend next year! Next year’s retreat is scheduled for July 5-8, 2007, at the Castle.
You may enjoy viewing the CSR photo gallery. Thanks, Mark! We will mail the CSR Photo CD later this week to those who requested one. If you would like to receive a photo/video CD for a nominal fee, please contact the office.
If you are a conservative-Anabaptist student attending college, you may ask to join FB’s CSR Googlegroup at http://groups.google.com/group/FBCSR.
If you attended the seminar or retreat, we welcome your comments.
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