When soldiers go into battle, occasionally they are asked to retreat. This retreat is not a surrender, but rather a resetting and time of rest. We are in a battle. It goes unseen and often unnoticed, but if we don't take the time to reset and refocus our attention on the One who has already won the war, we will grow weary and become more susceptible to attacks from the enemy.

Ablaze Youth holds an overnight retreat once a semester for all 6th-8th grade students of the Brazos Valley. Retreats focus on giving the youth an opportunity to leave behind the worries of homework, social lives, and whatever problems they are facing to make time and space to be intimate and open with the Lord.

Our Spring Retreat planning is well under way! Registration opens in just a few weeks, and we are so excited to spend the weekend with your youth. Keep coming back for more information as we get closer to our registration date.





Our Fall 2019 retreat was a HUGE success! AWAKEN is our annual lock-in open to ALL 6th-8th grade students and includes talks, adoration, games, and staying up all night! Through the lens of the parable of the lost sheep, AWAKEN 2019 encouraged youth to recognize their identity as a son or daughter of God. They now understand that even when they are lost, the Lord is still seeking them, and their identity never changes. Youth were also inspired to respond to the call to share their identity with others, and accompany others into knowledge of their own identity in the Lord.

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