Sample Youth Retreat Schedules
Weekend Retreat Schedule
| Friday | |
| 7:00 | Meet at the church |
| 7:15 | Leave for retreat center |
| 9:15 | Arrive and settle in |
| 9:45 | Go over rules and expectations
Opening "ice breakers" |
| 10:15 | Snack attack |
| 10:45 | Session I: Introduce theme of the retreat |
| 11:45 | Free time: games, singing, walking around grounds |
| 12:45 | Lights out |
| Saturday | |
| 8:00 | Rise and shine |
| 8:45 | Breakfast |
| 9:30 | Session II |
| 10:30 | Free time: possibly group activities, games, burn off some energy |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Afternoon activity: hiking, canoeing, group building acitivities, arts project, etc. |
| 4:00 | Free time |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:30 | Session III |
| 8:30 | Break |
| 9:30 | Evening activity: singing, video, story telling, campfire, etc. |
| 11:00 | Snack attack |
| 12:30 | Lights out |
| Sunday | |
| 7:30 | Rise and shine |
| 8:00 | Worship |
| 9:00 | Breakfast |
| 9:45 | Load up cars/clean retreat center |
| 10:45 | Leave |
| 12:45 | Arrive back at church |
Overnight Retreat Schedule
| Saturday | |
| 9:00 | Meet at church |
| 9:15 | Leave for day's activity: mountain climbing/hiking, skiing, canoeing, work project |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Session I: Use the end of lunch to introduce the theme for the retreat and have a short time of discussion |
| 4:00 | Leave site and travel back to church or retreat center |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
| 7:30 | Session II: Process the day's activities as part of this session |
| 9:00 | Break |
| 10:00 | Evening activity: singing, video, story telling, campfire, etc. |
| 11:00 | Snack Attack |
| 12:00 | Session III |
| 1:00 | Free time |
| 2:00 | Lights out |
| SUNDAY | |
| 7:30 | Rise and shine |
| 8:00 | Breakfast |
| 8:45 | Clean up |
| 9:15 | Session IV: Wrap up the theme |
| 10:00 | Worship and group disperses |