Review of Hideaway Weekend

This past weekend we took 3 bus loads of kids and leaders to Pine Cove Camps in Tyler, Texas. We took about 40 more students than we did last year, and seemed to have kids all across the spiritual spectrum. It was a great weekend for our students and leaders. Here's how I would rank the following areas...
Attendance: Above Average (even with tons of scheduling conflicts)
Leader Presence: Above Average: we have some amazing new leaders that are bringing some great new energy to our high school ministry.
Fun Factor: Above Average: David (from this blog) came along and did some really funny skits with Bode. They are hilarious together.
Music for the weekend: Above Average-Patrick Ryan Clark led worship with two students playing electric and bass, and a leader playing the drums. It was great!
Messages: our kids liked them a lot more than our leaders.
Organizational Piece: With a growing number of students going on these big events, I've got some ground to take organizationally for us to be able to look back and see no holes in the weekend as far as the administrative part. We've taken some steps to correct that next fall for our high school retreat.
I've posted a couple pictures here for you to see, but to see a full slideshow of the weekend click here.