Rock the Block - Day One : The Wall

This summer we are having an event called ROCK THE BLOCK. It has the theme: Discipleship - Its the Sweet Life. Twenty five young people are a part of this great time and today was our first day. Father Freitas and Nikky Kloster are leading us and they along with Mrs Henderson, and three teen leaders; Matt, Emily and Angie all greeted us when we got in. But what really caught our eye was the 24 foot Rock Wall in the Parking Lot ! Wow !

We got to know each other with some games and then got divided into four groups - Smarties, Skittles, Jolly Ranchers and Rockets. Two groups went off to the Rock Wall and Two groups did some activities in the centre. The rock wall was awesome. We met "Captain" and his wife Susan and they got us pumped before we all had several tries to make it up the wall. Disciples never give up in reaching for new heights - the rock wall taught us that.

When the groups switched we went in to the Centre for an activity called "Mirror Image". Jesus ends the Gospel of Mark with the Disciples going out and doing the things that He did. We got into pairs and made a short skit of doing mirror images of our partner - we then presented that to the whole group. It was funny to see some of the things we came up with. Just as we mirrored other's actions by watching them we become disciples of Jesus by watching and following what we see Him doing in the scriptures.

Our great first day came to and end with snack, announcements about Tuesday, our closing prayer and then a little take home sweet - to remember the Sweet Life - Discipleship. We can't wait for tomorrow - Ontario Place here we come !