Day 2 at Montreat - Meeting our Small Groups, by Annie and Abbie Russell

Annie Russell, Kate Mader and Abbie Russell

Our second day at Montreat was our first full day being part of the youth retreat. Most of the day was spent getting to know our small groups. Each group is made up of about twenty people from different churches. We all get to spend the week together getting to know more about each other and growing in our faith. Each small group also has an adult leader that starts our conversations and helps us learn about being a better Presbyterian.

Today in our small groups we played name games and learned about the theme for this week which is searching for the signal. We learned that we are called to seek out signs from God, but to also be signs for God in the world.

We are meeting people from all over the country. In our small groups there are people from: South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Ohio, Michigan, Chile, and Washington D.C.. There is even another group here from Indiana!

We are looking forward to the rest of our week! Who knows what adventures we will have.