Retreat!!!

Our retreat less than a week away!
Here is a letter to the Gathering from our guest speaker:

Dear Friends of the Gathering,

Though we have not met, you each continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. Just thinking of you fills me with joy. I am excited for the upcoming retreat, but regardless of whether or not you are able to come, I pray you can be encouraged, empowered, challenged, and reminded daily how much you are loved.

I realize that the question running through all of your minds is who am I? I do not come with a name everyone has heard of, I do not have a reputation of great acclaim, so who then am I? I am many things. I am a friend, a brother, and a son. I am a student and a teacher. I am a retail associate and a youth minister. I am a speaker and a listener. I am a dwarf of physical stature and a giant of heart. I am Eric. But the focus of this retreat is not me. We come to this retreat each of us along a journey of faith. Some are just beginning, others have labored the road for years. But as we come may we come as family to fellowship, worship, and grow.Yours in Christ,

Eric