Ministry Quest September Retreat

13 leaders arrived in Fresno from all over North America (well, actually, mostly from Saskatchewan and Kansas with a few other places represented like B.C., South AND North Dakota, and I guess that's about it) for their fall retreat last week. The students are part of a program called Ministry Quest that calls, nurtures and enables high school student leaders. Each participant was nominated for the program by someone in their home church. The home church plays a large role in the year-long process of MQ by calling, sending and mentoring each student.
In the picture above you can see (kind of) confetti being tossed onto a few of the students as they arrive in Fresno. Ben and Julie arrived on an earlier flight and had a few minutes to plan their grand confetti welcome of their new friends.


During the five day retreat the MQ'ers had many opportunities to have fun together while also learning how ways to improve on their leadership skills. The picture above shows the students working together to stack Tim Horton's cups using only the string and rubber band.
Yeah, that's all fine and good, but CHECK OUT THOSE SOCKS!