Week 18

This week we week we read, discussed and heard about the church as community. We all read the book Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We had a guest speaker come in to speak on Bonhoeffer and his take on a Biblical view of community. The week ended with our 2nd term retreat. We all went to a hotel that has pools and waterslides. It was a fun time of seminars, hanging out and being crazy in the pool.





We ended the retreat with a communion service back on campus. This service was an open time for people to express themselves to God in whatever way that they needed to. We set up stations for painting, writing, making a cross, prayer, cleansing, anointing with oil, there was singing and the center of the room was a large cross. We ended the service by serving each other communion and then sharing things that God has been doing in our lives. It was an amazing time for the community to come together and celebrate the ways that God has been and is at work.


Student Profiles:
Name: Micah Rude
Age: 18
Home Town: Crookston, MN
Hobbies: sports and guitar
Favorite thing about CBC: Being in Ecuador
Future Plans: Maybe college somewhere



Name: Natalie Rush
Age: 19
Home Town: Valley Springs, CA
Hobbies: Soccer, yoga and other exercise, music
Favorite thing about CBC: Living with people of the same faith and being challenged and given the opportunity to love people
Future Plans: Going to Azusa Pacific University to study sports medicine



Photos: Hannah, Heidi, Karianne, Baxter, John, Shane, Jake, Reid, Trevor, and Micah doing a pyramid at the retreat; having fun on the waterslides: Alex, Andrew. Elin and Caroline; we had a synchronized swimming competition: (one of the groups) Alexis, Tim, Caroline, Natalie, Kylene, Mandy and Andrew; our communion service (note: the cross in the center looks a little creapy in this photo but it was not in person); Micah; Natalie