Thursday, March 6, 2008

Guys Paintball Retreat

Ignite junior and senior high guys will be heading to East Chain, Minnesota, on Friday and Saturday, May 2-3, for the Marked Men 2008 paintball retreat.

The cost is $40 which includes food, air/CO2 refill, 1000 paintballs, and a T-Shirt. Optional items at an extra cost are available as follows: Paint $35/case (2000 count), $18 for ½ case, and Marker Rental for $10. Also, special this year, Marker purchase is available – Tank, mask, and a Tippmann Model 98 for only $160. Marker purchase orders must be placed and paid for by the April 9th deadline. Markers will be delivered at the retreat. This is a special price for this retreat!

Our plan is to leave Friday after school. We'll travel to East Chain, a tiny town in southern Minnesota (near Fairmont) down near the Iowa border. We have a little group meeting/session time for the first night, hang out at the church we stay at, then paintball all day on Saturday.

The paintball area is a large, open area surrounded by trees and farmland with a creek running through it. With permission by the landowner and the hospitality of the East Chain Sportsmen’s Club and the East Chain Evangelical Free Church, we will have a base camp at a small trap-shooting club. This year will be the fifth spring paintball retreat. It will include two evangelistic-focused sessions with teaching times and mixer activities. The Sportsmen’s Club has improved their facilities and worked alongside our landowner host specifically to accommodate our group. In the past they have had as many as 115 participants from 9 different churches.

The deadline for registration is April 2. Marker purchase payments must be in at that time.

Everyone will be sleeping on the floor at the church, so participants will need to bring a sleeping bag/air mattress.

Our schedule for the weekend will look something like this:

Friday

8:00 pm Arrive at church and eat

9:00 pm Session 1

10:00 pm Movie, basketball, hang out

12:00 pm Lights out

Saturday

8:00 am Wake up, breakfast, pack, clean

9:00 am Arrive at paintball site

12:30 pm Lunch and Session 2

1:30 pm Resume paintballing

5:00 pm Supper and clean up

6:00 pm Head home