We had the Men's Retreat at Misison Lake Christian Camp this last weekend. It was a good time of worship and fellowship but I find myself with two distinct positions towards the event:
First, from the point of view of our particular congregation, the weekend was a success. We had a nice group of guys that spent Friday and Saturday together bonding and growing, becoming better husbands, fathers, man of God. I think our group would continue to do this even if no other church would.
But that leads to my other point. Why is the camp conducting an event that only one church has really attended the last two years? The last two years, we were 95% of the attenders. Are we not busy with demands on our time in Kansas City? Do other churches and ministers not know such an event exists (it's been the same weekend for years)? Many of the ministers and congregations in the area seem apathetic to this event, year in and year out (with a few notable exceptions).
So even though our group gets a lot out of it, other groups seems to be voting with their feet. Perhaps our church could just rent the camp and continue to do what we're doing, without any undue burden on the camp and with more attention to our group's specific needs. We have all sorts of ideas for including high school boys and making the Men's Retreat more comprehensive and involved. It's just a shame that small, local churches repeatedly show little or no interest.
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