The Salsky Update: Team Retreat : Sedona

Friday, November 25, 2011

Team Retreat : Sedona

Last weekend, our Tempe team took a 4 day retreat to the beautiful red rock country of Sedona, Arizona to celebrate our first 100 days as Antioch Community Church: Tempe! What a blast we had! We had a team retreat planned ever since we started, knowing from other church planters that the first 100 days as a church plant is hard--in the sense that we will be working our booties off and just persevering in all things. Having a retreat as a time to praise God and look back on our beginnings was a fun thing to look ahead to at times. (Disclaimer... although we have been working hard and persevering through this season, that doesn't mean it hasn't been FUN, EXCITING, and REWARDING! Also, this does not mean life will be cake now. We are all in this for the longhaul and ready for the next season of church planting.)

On this retreat, we...

gazed upon the beauty of the Lord,

hiked a beautiful mountain trail,

relaxed inside reading and

eating and

eating some more,

played Spades,

made meals together,

sat in the hot tub,

looked at the stars,

worshiped together,

encouraged one another,

thanked God for all the He has done...

It was SUCH fun time! I took 2 days off of work to be on this retreat, and it was so worth it. We loved getting extended time together as friends--and family. We really feel like we're a family and that more and more people are joining us.

Here are some pictures from the weekend...