Countdown to Katartidzo
It won't be much longer now. Only 27 hours, 39 minutes, and 28 seconds until Katartidzo.
What is Katartidzo, you ask? Well, first of all, let's clear up how to properly pronounce it. "Ka-tar-tid-zo" (stress on the /i/). Not "Kartaridzo" or "K-zo" or any other such moniker. We've been pushing the proper pronunciation especially hard this year, but inevitably some will get it wrong. I know. I have. Several times. So we'll work on it.
But anyway, "Ka-tar-tid'zo" is the name of our BCM fall retreat at Camp McCall. Defined, it means "to equip a person as a master does an apprentice." That's the core of what we'll be doing up there. Working to equip more people in discipleship and evangelism to build up the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12). Jenn Wilder has done an incredible job of pulling this retreat together, organizing the events, planning the games (kudos also goes to Jenn West for her help in that), and gathering material for group activities.
The response we've gotten has been tremendous for the most part. We filled two sign-up sheets, and I believe Rodney said as many as 50 students are going. Considering the fact that we had less than two weeks really to push Katartidzo with our promotions and TNT, that's awesome.
So many exciting things on the agenda. We'll have large group meetings, breakout group sessions, Bible story charades (!!), water games, wall-climbing, ropes courses, and lots more. This will actually be my first chance to join BCM for Katartidzo, as last year I was still settling into a new job and didn't feel comfortable taking off for an entire weekend just yet. So I'm excited about that.
I'm glad we scheduled a prayer meeting tonight specifically for the retreat. We absolutely need to be in tune with the Holy Spirit and what He wants to do with this thing. I think Jessie mentioned something about fasting for the retreat as well, but I don't know all the details about that. I guess I could start at noon and fast dinner and such. But anyway, I hope we have a wonderful time at McCall this weekend. We've got so many fun things planned, but all of that is secondary to what really needs to happen. This retreat needs to be a time for us to grow and to intensify our desire to live for Christ. I pray that we will go into this ready and eager for God's will to be done in our lives and our hearts. Also that we'll make new friends, and build new relationships that we'll bring back to Furman with us.
More than anything, I pray that the fire and passion we get from Katartidzo will become a flame in our hearts that lasts and lasts. Intimate worship with God is not a one-time deal, nor is it something we pick up from one retreat only to forget after a week or so. It is a lifestyle. It is who we are and what we do. It is a fire that funnels through every fiber of our being, that touches every aspect of our works. It is an act of total and complete submission to the one, true God, admitting that our ways are futile and that we NEED the Holy Spirit so desperately. We are lost without the Spirit. And so I hope that God will rekindle that fire in our hearts for those who need it. I know I need it.
Song of the Day: Bebo Norman - "You Are So Good to Me"
Verse of the Day: "We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me." - Colossians 1:28-29
What is Katartidzo, you ask? Well, first of all, let's clear up how to properly pronounce it. "Ka-tar-tid-zo" (stress on the /i/). Not "Kartaridzo" or "K-zo" or any other such moniker. We've been pushing the proper pronunciation especially hard this year, but inevitably some will get it wrong. I know. I have. Several times. So we'll work on it.
But anyway, "Ka-tar-tid'zo" is the name of our BCM fall retreat at Camp McCall. Defined, it means "to equip a person as a master does an apprentice." That's the core of what we'll be doing up there. Working to equip more people in discipleship and evangelism to build up the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12). Jenn Wilder has done an incredible job of pulling this retreat together, organizing the events, planning the games (kudos also goes to Jenn West for her help in that), and gathering material for group activities.
The response we've gotten has been tremendous for the most part. We filled two sign-up sheets, and I believe Rodney said as many as 50 students are going. Considering the fact that we had less than two weeks really to push Katartidzo with our promotions and TNT, that's awesome.
So many exciting things on the agenda. We'll have large group meetings, breakout group sessions, Bible story charades (!!), water games, wall-climbing, ropes courses, and lots more. This will actually be my first chance to join BCM for Katartidzo, as last year I was still settling into a new job and didn't feel comfortable taking off for an entire weekend just yet. So I'm excited about that.
I'm glad we scheduled a prayer meeting tonight specifically for the retreat. We absolutely need to be in tune with the Holy Spirit and what He wants to do with this thing. I think Jessie mentioned something about fasting for the retreat as well, but I don't know all the details about that. I guess I could start at noon and fast dinner and such. But anyway, I hope we have a wonderful time at McCall this weekend. We've got so many fun things planned, but all of that is secondary to what really needs to happen. This retreat needs to be a time for us to grow and to intensify our desire to live for Christ. I pray that we will go into this ready and eager for God's will to be done in our lives and our hearts. Also that we'll make new friends, and build new relationships that we'll bring back to Furman with us.
More than anything, I pray that the fire and passion we get from Katartidzo will become a flame in our hearts that lasts and lasts. Intimate worship with God is not a one-time deal, nor is it something we pick up from one retreat only to forget after a week or so. It is a lifestyle. It is who we are and what we do. It is a fire that funnels through every fiber of our being, that touches every aspect of our works. It is an act of total and complete submission to the one, true God, admitting that our ways are futile and that we NEED the Holy Spirit so desperately. We are lost without the Spirit. And so I hope that God will rekindle that fire in our hearts for those who need it. I know I need it.
Song of the Day: Bebo Norman - "You Are So Good to Me"
Verse of the Day: "We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me." - Colossians 1:28-29
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