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The Reformed Bible College and the ‘Deroche
Retreat’ Reformed Conference Society of the
Fraser Valley are pleased to introduce the
retreat: Heart, Soul and Mind: A
Retreat for College and University Students.
This stimulating event begins on Monday,
Aug. 31st, and ends on Friday,
Sept. 4th.
The faith of Reformed Christian students
attending secular colleges and universities
will come under serious attack. This attack
comes not only from the strong
anti-Christian opinions held by professors
and students and their non-Christian
assumptions of the prevailing worldview, but
also from the lifestyle exemplified and
promoted on campus. As one person put it,
“If you don’t consciously prepare for
College/University, you should probably
avoid it.”
We love to see Reformed youth not merely
surviving, but genuinely thriving in the
sometime hostile environment at
college/university. This retreat is
deliberately designed to help students
develop the tools and skills they need to be
an effective Christian witness as a
post-secondary student.
Our primary guest speaker, Dr. Ben Faber,
comes highly recommended. He teaches at
Redeemer University College, and is
intimately familiar with the challenges
young people face in our post-modern
culture. He introduces his work at our
retreat this way:
Confessionally-grounded,
academically-sound, apologetically-oriented.
This retreat invites students at secular
colleges and universities to come together
for three and a half days on the beautiful
Deroche Retreat, to reflect on their higher
education as an opportunity to engage the
world with heart, soul and mind. The Bible
studies, instructional sessions,
recreational activities, evening devotions,
and campfire fellowship will focus our
collective attention on all aspects of life
in college and university, from the
philosophical to the practical. Thinking
critically and creatively about our vocation
as students, we will see what it means to
"take every thought captive to obey Christ."
This is your heyday, these are your glory
years, and this is your retreat.
We also are pleased Rev. R. Schouten,
minister of the Aldergrove Canadian Reformed
Church will be leading the Bible Study
lessons each morning and Mark and Jaclyn
Penninga from ARPA Canada will do a session
on being actively involved on campus.
Additional retreat information related to
costs, application process, etc. can be
found at the website:
www.derochecollegeretreat.com. |
