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| Ready to load the bus! |
Well... CLAY 2.012 has ended. We got up this morning and loaded the bus and then went for a 10am brunch at the conference centre. I must say, our team is awesome!! We needed to have all of our stuff outside of the hotel and ready to be loaded on the bus for 9am and without any difficultly at all we were successful. I had other home team leaders asking how we got our group up and ready in time... her group was still in bed. Team - you rock!!
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| Youth from BC at CLAY 2012 |
Following brunch we gathered with the other young people from BC for a large group pictures (I didn't realize how many of us there were) and then we went to the final Large
Group Gathering. This was once again filled with worship, music and a keynote speaker... this time we also celebrated Eucharist together. Far too soon the morning was over and it was time to catch the bus and begin our journey home.
We've made it to Calgary where we are spending the night once again at St. Peter's Anglican Church (thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!!), this time without the security system going off! Tomorrow it's onwards to Kamloops.
Today we have some reflections from Peter, Jolynne and Drew from their weekend experience. Enjoy!
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| Peter |
Hello
everyone, my name is Peter. Today
was Sunday and sadly the final day of CLAY 2012. We began the day with brunch at 10:00 which was a large
buffet of various foods. After
words, all of the participants met for the final large gathering. After singing, dancing and worshiping
for 3 hours our time in Saskatoon was over. It was also announced that CLAY 2014 would be held in our
hometown of Kamloops BC!
It was an
amazing weekend that I will never forget.
I especially enjoyed the selection of forums that were offered
particularly “Bull with Bill” and the “Songwriting” session with the band Lost
and Found. Both were very
interesting and very unique.
Hopefully all of the speakers will come back in two years so I and many
others can hear them speak.
Overall,
CLAY was a fantastic experience that I am extremely pleased I came to. I will hopefully be able to participate
in CLAY 2014 that will be very close to home. I am bringing home so many memories that will not be
forgotten.
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| Jolynne |
Hi, my name
is Jolynne, and I am from Logan Lake. I found that CLAY was a life changing
experience and I really hope I can go back in 2014! There were so many fun
things. They made it so that learning about God was fun.
Everyday we
were in Saskatoon we had these forums.
There was a bunch, but the ones I went to were Bull with Bill,
Vocations, Song Writing, and Be the Hands.
Bull with Bill was fun and hilarious!
There were some serious questions and some silly questions, but his answers
were worth it! He really knows how to talk to and with people our age, and I
would assume his age as well.
The forum of
Vocations was alright, it was kind of boring though. It taught us about how we
have to listen to Gods calls and he won’t give up on calling us until we
fulfill his circumstance. He will also do whatever it takes to make us realize
that it’s him calling us and not just a coincidence this ‘ job’ or ‘ need ‘ keeps popping up everywhere. It really made me
realize that I should pay more attention to conversations I have with the
outside world.
Song writing
was outrageous too! We had the main singers from the band ‘’Lost and Found’’
help us by answering our questions. The two guys also played a couple songs for
us. They had a sense of humor with is amazing to have, especially when you’re
speaking to a younger generation.
CLAY was
amazing and I’m taking home many memories!
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| Drew |
My name is
Drew. I’m from Savona, B.C. Some of the things I participated in were LGG’s, Worship
at the park, Forums and Late night worship. Everything I took part was amazing.
One of the
forums that I went to was “Christian-Muslim Dialogue.” This was led by Rev. Dr.
Volker Greifenhagem. He helped us realize that our religions have a lot of similarities.
Some of the similarities are they believe Angel Gabriel is God’s messenger just
like we believe; they praise the same God but I a different way. A difference
between our religions is that they use their whole body to pray and we only bow
our heads. This forum helped me realize that they are just as welcoming to new
comers as we are.
I also went
to a drama forum the leader for this was Jenny Salisbury. In this forum we were
told to make up a skit about conflict but not solve the conflict. Doing this
made me realize that trying to resolve conflict is very important, but that
trying to resolve it can sometimes be tricky. Jenny’s workshop was a lot of fun
it was very hands on.
My
experience at CLAY was awesome, I met new friends and learned new things! If I
had the chance I would go next time and I’m happy I had the chance to go to
CLAY 2012!
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