Fall Retreat

Last weekend, we went to Cherokee Retreat Center on Lake Alatoona for our fall retreat. We spent time relaxing, engaging in ancient spiritual practices, and (of course) watching the UGA v. Kentucky game. The weather was beautiful and the leaves were amazing. We had the whole camp to ourselves, so that was cool.

One thing that we did that I particularly enjoyed was a time of Lectio Divina in which we did some painting with oil on canvas. I'm still waiting on my painting to dry, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

There was also a great Prayer Labyrinth there. We did that together on Sunday morning.

Poverty Simulation

On Oct. 27, we held a poverty simulation at the PSC in cooperation with the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. We invited some other campus ministries too. It was a very meaningful event. The night before, we had a "Broken Bread Poverty Meal" before worship at the PSC in which we served a corn soy blend porridge instead of our normal home-cooked meal. During worship, Betsy gave us a message about poverty and how we are called to respond to it as Christians.