MannaYouth Retreat
OCTOBER 7-10, 2024
Camp Homelani, Waialua
Join us for an awesome week on the North Shore for this year’s MannaYouth Retreat! The aim of MannaYouth is to equip our youth to change their world and this retreat is designed to do just that. We want to help you grow deeper in your relationship with God and discover and develop your unique gifts and callings. This will be a time of spiritual and relational growth as we dive into powerful main sessions with worship and small group discussion, deep times of connection with other students your age, workshops to help students dive deeper into their faith, and some friendly competition.
Partner with us.
We truly believe that God will move in a powerful way through this retreat, and we would love to partner with you to help make this happen.
There are a few ways you can partner with us:
PRAY
We can make many plans and create great services, but without God it would mean nothing. We would love for you to consider being a prayer partner with us as we prepare for this retreat. If you would like to become a prayer partner and receive updates as we go, please click here.
GIVE
As we often say, the Gospel is free, but sharing it isn’t! While we would love to make this retreat completely free, the reality is that it costs money to make this happen.
With a longer retreat and increased costs, many students will be looking for help in attending the retreat. If you would like to support a student financially, you can do so through our giving page. Simply select the “MannaYouth Retreat Donations” dropdown. Any amount is welcome! You can also find a breakdown of our costs below.
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If you have a heart for youth and are interested in being a part of our team for this event, we would love to hear from you. You can send us a message by scrolling to the bottom of this page and submitting the form. Just let us know that you are interested in serving!
How much should I give?
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Registration helps cover: food and lodging for students, food and lodging for leaders, meeting space, supplies for activities, honorariums for guest speakers, camp t-shirts, etc.
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Our leaders are generously taking time off work and giving up their week to attend the retreat in order to help invest in our young people.
We want to cover all of our leaders so they don't have to pay to be there. The base cost for a leader to attend is $194.00. We will likely need between 10-15 leaders.
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In order to hold this retreat, we have to have space to actually meet for services, workshops, etc.
The Pavilion area costs are:
$120 (plus tax) per day x4
$500 for all four days
During the retreat, we need space for our leaders, directors, and guests (speakers and workshop hosts) to prepare for each day.
The cost of this cabin is $300.00 per night or $950 total with tax.
We also have additional miscellaneous costs such as: honorariums/leis for guest speakers, supplies for tribe games and activities, fun add-ons at the retreat center such as a Ninja Course and Campfires.
Total needed for this is about $1,750.00.
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Any amount is welcome whether it's $10 or $10,000! Thank you for partnering with us.
PRICING
Registration includes: Lodging (for three nights), Food (Dinner on Monday, all three meals Tuesday and Wednesday, breakfast on Thursday, and additional snacks) Camp T-shirt, Main Sessions and Workshops, Games/Activities, Prizes, and more!
$299/registrant (closes Sept 22)
$249/registrant when registering multiple in the same family
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We are offering a family discount for those with multiple youth attending. Select "sibling rate" when registering.
Regular price is $299, sibling rate is $249.
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We are pleased to be offering some need-based scholarships to help make sure everyone who wants to attend is able to. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please click here. There are full and partial scholarship options available. Please visit the link to see all options.
Please note that scholarships are only available as funding is available.
In the meantime, to reserve your spot, you can register with the "pay later" option with a $50 deposit per registrant. Please see below tab "Pay Later" for more info. If you need further help, please contact Angel Choi at angel.choi@manna.church.
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We are offering the option for you to pay later if that suits your budget better.
To reserve your spot, a $50 non-refundable deposit per student is due at the time of registration.
The remainder of your payment must be completed within the registration date range to receive that price. (E.g. to receive the early registration price, full payment must be received during the early registration time frame.)
If you are registering multiple students, do NOT apply the family discount code. This discount will be taken off your total payment due.
DEADLINES
Last call for registration is Sunday, September 22, 11:59pm.
SCHEDULE
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4:00pm Check in
4:30pm Tribe Time
5:30pm Dinner
6:30pm Session 1
8:30pm Quiet hours
9:00pm Small groups
10:00pm Lights out
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7:30am Morning devotionals
8:30am Breakfast
9:30am Morning worship + Workshop 1
11:00am Tribe Activity
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Workshop 2
2:30pm Free Time
3:30pm Tribe Prep/Competition
5:30pm Dinner
6:30pm Evening Session
8:00pm S’mores
8:30pm Quiet hours
9:00pm Small groups
10:00pm Lights Out
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7:30am Morning devotionals
8:30am Breakfast
9:30am Morning worship + Workshop 3
11:00am Tribe Activity
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Workshop 4
2:30pm Free Time
3:30pm Tribe Prep/Competition
5:30pm Dinner
6:30pm Session 3
8:00pm S’mores
8:30pm Quiet hours
9:00pm Small groups
10:00pm Lights Out
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7:30am Morning devotionals + Pack up
8:30am Breakfast
9:30am Session 4
11:00am Check Out
Check out this recap of last year's retreat!
WHAT TO EXPECT
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In our main sessions, you will have the opportunity to engage in worship, hear a powerful message from one of our speakers, and break down what you learned during a small group discussions. These main sessions are designed to help you grow in your walk with God and inspire you to pursue Him more!
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Our small groups are designed to help you connect and engage in life-giving relationships. These are age and gender specific groups where you will get the chance to dive deeper into what God is speaking to you.
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What’s a youth event without some friendly (or serious) competition?? Every student will be placed into a tribe for the extent of the retreat. Throughout the event, we will have multiple team competitions as well as small activities, where tribes will compete to gain points. May the best tribe win!
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Workshops are designed to help you dive deeper into your faith in practical ways. These workshops may include things like: a short teaching, hands on activities, simple and practical applications for every day life. These workshops are meant to help students understand what it looks like to apply their faith into everyday life.
Workshops will cover topics such as: reading the Bible, prayer, and leadership.
FAQs
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Current registration is $299/registrant and $249/per registrant for those with multiple in one family.
You will have the option to pay in full or in part upon registration. In order to reserve a spot, a $50 non-refundable deposit is required. The remaining registration must be paid within the registration period to receive that price. (E.g. to receive the early registration price, full payment must be received during the early registration time frame.)
For those in need of financial assistance, we have some scholarships available. While we want to help every student have the opportunity to attend the retreat, our scholarships are dependent upon funding, so not all scholarship requests may be able to be fulfilled. Thank you for understanding!
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Yes! We are pleased to be offering some need-based scholarships to help make sure everyone who wants to attend is able to. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please click here. Please note that scholarships are only available as funding is available.
In the meantime, to reserve your spot, you can register with the "pay later" option with a $50 deposit per registrant. Please see below tab "Pay Later" for more info. If you need further help, please contact Angel Choi at angel.choi@manna.church.
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Yes! For families sending multiple students to this event, there will be a sibling rate available. Simply select the sibling registration option for each attendee you are registering.
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Yes! We are excited to open this retreat to any 6th - 12th graders, whether Manna attendees or not.
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We will release our recommended packing list shortly.
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We will have opportunities for you to connect with other students your age as well as some older or younger than you. All attendees will be split into “Tribes” for the event. This will be your team throughout the retreat and you will compete with them to win the prize. Cabins will be separated by gender, and small groups will be separated by age and gender.