The four OPC churches/mission works in the DFW area held a joint Fall
Retreat at Shady Lakes Ranch in Cleburne, south of Fort Worth.
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Some shots of the camp. Plenty of trees
to live up to its name!
That looks like a general store, but it's really a bunkhouse.
The main room at the camp. Here's where we had meals,
devotionals, and indoor group activities.
Part of the lake
The pavilion at the edge of the field
Friday night
Pastor Todd Bordow makes the opening announcements.
Regional Home Missionary Gary Davenport attempts to get our attention
to begin the singing.
Mark deftly wields a camera....
Some camera-shy girls!
Hayride
Post-hayride (plus someone else hiding behind a camera)
Rev. Davenport and Pastor Bond (Garland) discuss how hayrides fit into
OPC church-planting efforts. Or maybe they're just figuring out the
activities for the rest of the weekend....
Saturday morning tournaments
After a filling breakfast, Rev. Bordow fills us in on the morning's
events: various tournaments to be followed by a kids' olympics.
Rev. Bond leads a devotional.
Mark demonstrates casting
These guys came prepared--looks like they've actually done this
before....
Can Rev. Bordow catch a fish?
Jonathan gives it a try....
Meanwhile, several others try their hand at
horseshoes....
It's close--does that count?
I think the kids decided the adult events were boring, so
they started an impromptu game of volleyball... or was that kickball on a
sand volleyball court?
Canoe races
Those who preferred air-conditioning remained in the roomy confines of
the main building to anoint a Grand Champion of ping-pong in a
double-elimination tournament.
Any sport wouldn't be complete without fans... or were those hecklers?
Kids olympic games
Lining up for the water balloon toss
Instructions for the next game
Sack races!!!
Circling for the next game
Spectators
While the kids played with balloons, some of the men played with a
football.
