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2022 MS and HS Summer Youth Retreat

Goals

  • Give them an opportunity to discuss, vent, and ask questions related to the LGBT movement
  • Provide some answers from a psychological perspective (and using data and statistics 
  • Address current events (e.g. House Bill 1557 "Don't say Gay Bill", Disney Supporting it, Schools Protesting it, Roe v Wade overturning, etc.)
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Outline

  • Introductory Topic
  • Day 1 Stations: Homosexuality
    • Resources:
    • Where does Homosexuality Come From?
    • Biblical View of Homosexuality
      • Where is it seen in the Old Testament?
      • How is it addressed in the New Testament?
      • How about supporting the sin? (Romans 1)
    • Social Effects of Homosexuality
      • Many people use the argument now of "it's not hurting you"
      • How does acceptance of Homosexuality hurt our society?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJG9CtaBXeM
      • HowHomosexuality doesharms acceptancethe hurtperson practicing it
      • Homosexuality harms children and families?families
      • Homosexuality harms society
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  • Day 2 Stations: Transgenderism
    • God made man and woman
      • What are the roles of man and woman in society?
      • The role of man and woman in the church
    • Social Effects of the Transgender Movement
      • Sports
      • Bathrooms
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  • Other Ideas 
    • Feminism
      • Roles of men vs. women in church and society 
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bFj9Nn88kc 
        • This is a very good talk from Atlanta titled "The Church has a Woman Problem??"
        • It is very basic about the equality of honor and dignity, and the difference in roles
        • This is a 3-part series and the other parts will come in the coming weeks
    • Racism
      • Black Lives Matter (BLM)
    • Secularism
    • Abortion
      • Listen to Stephanie Gray...
      • Most Anti-Abortion arguments center around the fact that the Embryo is a living human being and terminating him/her is murder. Unfortunately, now many pro-abortion people are saying "yes the Embryo is a living person, but the right for bodily autonomy is more important" - how do we answer that? - Stephanie Gray  addresses that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGPudL_GQ3Y
    • Social Justice
      • I wonder what St Basil says in "On Social Justice"
  • Concluding Topic:
    • Supporting these things while not doing them...
    • What about love? Etc.
    • Romans 1

Supplementary Resources

 

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