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What to Expect

At its core, Cloud 9 provides an opportunity for students to meet with God through worship, prayer ministry, and teaching, with opportunities to hang out, show off, play, sleep, eat, and laugh thrown in for good measure. The retreat is designed to stoke the fire that fuels our furnace, as well as provide a framework for students to embrace the intimacy of the Father’s heart. This framework provides the inner motivation that makes Christianity an inside-out experience. Within this context, students gain practical skills for hearing His voice, and for recognizing promptings from the Spirit that open the door to God’s extravagant grace. We’d love to have you and the students from your church join us in receiving the good gifts God has planned for us this fall.

Cloud 9 is produced with the help of volunteers, pastors and leaders from all over the Great Lakes Region.  Pastors and leaders are asked to help in many areas such as leading a workshop, organizing an activity during the free time, making sure one’s students as well as other students are having an awesome time, etc. If you want to serve, you can.  If you want to just sit back and enjoy, go for it. I did that the first time I went to Cloud 9. 

The Facility:

Camp Michindoh is great facility that is on a nice little lake in Hillsdale, MI.  We are the only people at the camp which makes it convenient.  The camp offers cabins with bunk-beds and bathroom facilities.  Four meals are served in a buffet style in the dining hall, which is located in the center of the camp.  The main meetings are located in the rec-center which is a multipurpose facility that holds all 500 of us. Seminars are held in the main lodge in different rooms throughout the conference center.  Check out the camp at www.campmichindoh.com.

The Sessions:

There are four main sessions throughout the weekend with three of those featuring three talks.  Talks are relevant in the sense that it deals with our need for the Father, not “How can I be a better boyfriend?”  On the surface the talks don’t seem to apply, but the kids pay attention and follow along because the Holy Spirit is driving this whole weekend.  Following the talks Cloud 9 provides for a time for ministry that allows those that attend to express what God is doing in their heart.

Ministry Time

Throughout Cloud 9 there will be times for you to receive prayer. One such time will be during each teaching session. Our experience has been that many people have different responses when God touches them. When God shows up some people cry others laugh and still some just sit in quiet. We have no desire to emphasize a particular response. Instead, we desire to invite the Holy Spirit to come and touch each of us. If you have any questions please talk with your Youth Pastor/Leader or one of the Cloud 9 staff members. We look forward to listening to you and learning together about what happens when God touches His people. We are so excited you are here and our prayer is that you have a meaningful encounter with God this week.

Workshops:

Workshops run the gambit of youth seminars from spiritual disciplines to the typical dating workshop. All of the workshops are lead by pastors and leaders from the region.  There are two sessions that allow the students to hit two different topics.  All of the workshops are located in the same building which makes it easy to herd the students into different workshops.

Free Time:

There is a scheduled free time on Saturday for two hours which allows everyone to decompress from the first two sessions. Anyone can do things ranging from taking a nap to canoeing to nothing.  Free time is just that, free. There is scheduled stuff to do that will be available for all to do. 

What to Bring

• Sleeping Bag, Pillow, Towel

• Bible, Pen, Paper / Notebook or Journal

• Camera

• Spending Money (CD’s, Books, Food/Snacks/Drinks, t-shirts)

• Any necessary prescribed, medication

• Personal hygiene products, Deodorant, Toothbrush and Toothpaste

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