2025 Pictured Rocks Retreat

June 17 - 20

High School Youth Ministry invites you to join us as we travel to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore for adventure, fun, and memory-making moments of faith with your friends!

The group will leave St. John promptly at 8:00 AM on Tuesday, June 17, stopping for lunch in northern Michigan before arriving at the rental house in Munising, MI . The private house sleeps 25 and features 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, an indoor pool, hot tub, and sauna! (Click HERE to see the rental.) After unpacking and settling in, the group will have dinner, enjoy the amenities of the rental house, and have fireside devotion before bed.

On Wednesday the group will take a kayak and swimming adventure around the Pictured Rocks and will hike on Thursday. Each day will begin with breakfast at the lodge and end with dinner at the cabin, followed by devotions and plenty of free time.

Friday morning the group will have breakfast at the rental house before heading home around 9:00 AM.

Trip Cost: $400/per person
Cost Includes – Transportation, lodging, kayak trip, and meals.

There will be a mandatory meeting prior on June 8 at 9:30 AM for anyone attending this retreat.

For more information, please contact Melissa Hammett.

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