Girls Weekend 2017 Recap

There are not many things I love more than Girls Weekends! It's such a sweet time for our lady students to get together, learn, grow, and just feel special and loved on. I'm going to share what we did and some elements we had that really made our Girls Weekend super special!

FRIDAY NIGHT

- We arrived at our site and the HS & MS bunking was split (the HS definitely appreciated this!).
- We got our rooms set up and then had orientation!
- This weekend's theme was placed around knowing who you are in Christ. We had some amazing worship then I got to teach the first night!
- After finishing the service, we broke up into their small groups for the weekend. We then answered questions and talked over what we had just heard in our small groups.
- After the service and small groups, we had a slumber-party themed party!! Which consisted of all the girls getting together to bond over nachos, drinks, karaoke, games all over the place, and much more! It was such a fun way to start off the weekend! But Saturday was the day our schedule was chuck FULL.

SATURDAY 

- We woke up and had our quiet times
- WORK OUT TIME! Everyone met on the basketball  courts & 2 of our amazing leaders lead a quick stretch and mini work out for our girls to get their blood moving
- Breakfast was served along with a run-down of today's schedule, followed by an amazing worship service.
- After the worship service, we had an amazing time for small groups to prepare ourselves for that afternoon and evening. 
​- We then had two 30-45 minute slots for break outs. We strategically had 3 breakout for the girls to choose from for each 45 minute slots. These breakout ranged from prayer to comparison, and from Mean Girls to Secret Sins (high school only). We made sure to have key volunteers, wives, and staff members come to help us lead these! & they were AMAZING!!!
- After all that, the girls had free time while we set up for a fancy dinner the girls had no clue about!! We dedicated this dinner to them for them to feel loved on and cherished!!
- After dinner, they all got ready and went to service. Service was full of songs and an amazing message. Which all echoed the lesson we were trying to convey to the girls THEY WERE LOVED, WANTED, CHERISHED, & MADE WITH A DIVINE PURPOSE!!

- After Service, they went into small groups to process what they had heard.
- By the time everyone got done with small groups, it was time for bed! 
- Our girls had to wake up early Sunday morning to eat breakfast, get their t-shirts, and get the busses loaded in time to be at church for Sunday AM small groups!

Even though this weekend was actually planned in 3 weeks, this weekend was an absolute blast! It was intentional and it exceeded every expectation our team set. Not gonna lie, God moved & I am so thankful to be a small part of His plan!