Holden Youth Weekends are held at Holden Village, near Lake Chelan, WA, and sponsored by Trinity Lutheran College.

With guest artist Nate Houge

Choose from three dates:
Sat., May 19 to Mon., May 21
Fri., May 25 to Sun., May 27
Sun., May 27 to Tues., May 29

What are the Holden May Youth Weekends?

The Holden May Youth Weekends are retreat events for high school youth groups and their leaders, held at beautiful Holden Village, nestled in the beautiful Cascade Mountains. The program includes sessions, small group conversations, a service project, and free time activities. There are opportunities to enjoy the outdoors, including an afternoon hike to see a high mountain lake, mountains, and wildlife. Holden also has a recreation center, ice cream parlor, and plenty of space to sit and enjoy the beauty of God’s creation!

This year’s theme: Keep Church Weird

The Church is weird. For starters, our faith doesn’t begin with what we have done for ourselves, but instead recognizes what God has done for us.  In this world, that’s different. Even then, the Gospel of Jesus is (and, therefore the Church should be) counter-cultural, where the first are last, weakness can be strength, and death actually means living life to the fullest. Then we have our peculiar churchy traditions: sprinkling water on babies, eating bread, drinking wine, Confirmation, putting handprints on the youth room wall, and all those church potlucks. Weird stuff, isn’t it?

Our large group sessions will tackle such weirdness by exploring our freedom in Christ (Galatians 5:1), what it means to be a non-conformist in the ways of the world (Romans 12:2), how we live together as Christians (Acts 2:42-47), and how Christ calls us in our baptism (Galatians 2:20). Yes, the Church is wonderfully weird – so let’s keep it that way!

Guest musician and speaker

Registration information and forms

Registration opens Feb. 1, 2012. Cost is $165 per person.

Download Leader Information Packet (program info and registration details)
Download Group Registration Form (one form per group)
Download Individual Registration Form (one form per participant)

For more information contact Kathy Fisher, Holden May Youth Weekends Coordinator, at holden@tlc.edu.