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It's a God Deal

 We are on the North (South?) end of fall retreat! Wooho! This always a big moment in our year, it marks the transition from people being new and still getting to know us to more bought in and excited to call this place home. We do a lot intentionally leading up to camp to make that transition happen but camp is always a huge boost for that for people. We were able have Ronnie Worsham from our Garland church come and give a message and that and the worship and student testimonies we worked into the weekend gave us all the place to go away and encounter God together for a weekend. Great stuff!


Over 260 Students this year just from our Denton FOCUS campuses came. Very exciting to see!



We have our small groups get together with another small group of the opposite gender the weeks leading up to camp to do a combined small group and that group is their team for the challenges at camp. Its something we started a couple of years ago and we love it! It helps get people who are on the fence to come to camp since they know more people before hand and gives them a teamwork element when they are there. Been a fun addition to our traditions! This team was the teal team. 

 
We just started a new sermon series this past Thursday night called Identity and Idolatry. Its exploring the biblical concepts of (you guessed it!) Identity and idolatry, and how to come to a place in our modern context where we let God tell us who we are instead of seeking our identity out through what's around us or our success, sexuality, self exploration etc. 

Should be challenging!

Thank you for your support and care, and I'll catch you next month. 

Ryan



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