SMC Retreat 2006 (21 Oct 06)
"Seeing God in all things"

We held our annual retreat at Aloha Changi's Yacht Club Chalet. It was a day of fun-filled activities, spiritual enrichment (with the help of Fr. Aloy, our retreat master), and makan!

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ARRIVAL - BREAKFAST - ICE BREAKERS

Our retreat at Aloha Changi Yacht Club Chalet started with breakfast at 9am. As "payment" for the first free meal of the day, everyone was to reflect on God's presence in their lives. Everyone wrote/drew little messages on colored leaves and stuck them together to complete the tree partially created by Candice, Lynette and Leslie (S) the previous night.

After breakfast, we had a round of introductions to help new members and older members learn more about each other. This was followed by icebreakers and an interesting group activity - lowering a "helium-filled" hula hoop that can't stay down!

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QUIETENING THE SOUL

After ice-breakers, it was time to quieten down in preparation for the spiritual portion of the retreat, led by Fr. Aloysius, our retreat master. This was followed by group sharings facilitated by Julia.

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OUTDOOR ACTIVITY #1 - MINEFIELD

Our first outdoor activity was really noisy and chaotic, on purpose. The choir members were split into groups of three. One seeing and two blindfolded ones bound together at their feet. The seeing one had to verbally instruct their three-legged team mate to cross a minefield, from a distance. To make matters worse, ALL the blindfolded folks made their journey at the same time. After a couple of collisions, a lot of frustration and some insect bites, they got through the minefield, and learnt a little more about paying attention to "the voice of God" as He tries to help us through the obstacles in life.
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