Today was a great day ! Not only was the weather just the best - not too hot...not too cold...but the activities for Day Two of Rock the Block were just awesome. We started off at 9:00 a.m. arriving in our Parish Centre. It was great that everyone came on time. We reviewed yesterdays lesson - that we are invited to be a mirror image of Christ (as His disciples) even in the heavy climbing of life. We learned that today was going to be not only about fun, but also discovery. We were challenged to look for moments and times when we were, and could be, Disciples to one another and to other people. Our venue - Ontario Place.
Debby our bus driver got us safe to Ontario Place in record time, and we arrived at 10:30 a.m. The next few hours were filled with lots of activity and fun. We even developed a new word " Discipleish". We would compliment each other as the day went on if we saw something done by each other which represented the mirror image of Christ. Saying hello to a security guard, saying thank you to an attendant, letting others go in line before us, waiting for each other as we went from ride to ride - they all took on a brand new meaning in the rides, water park, and activities of Ontario Place which filled our day.
At 12:30 p.m. our three groups met up for lunch and then went off again until 5:00 p.m. for some afternoon fun - all in "Discipleish" fashion. Our teen leaders - Angie, Emily and Matt, along with Nicky and Father Freitas were good examples to us and certainly kept us safe as we travelled in our small groups.
As we got on the bus at shortly after 5:00 p.m. we paused for our group photo. A great keepsake of our time. The bus ride home was led by Nicky asking us to share what we saw. Everyone told an example of when someone did a "Discipleish" act. It was great to see everybody smile when their name was called out stating something they did. Everyone got a W.W.J.D. bracelet to remind us that the act of Discipleship begins with that simple question.
When we arrived back at the parish centre shortly after 6:30 p.m., Father Freitas led us in the Kids Klub prayer and we all agreed it was an awesome day - thanks to everyone who came. We can't wait for Wet Wednesday tomorrow and our final day of Rock the Block.