{"id":1714,"date":"2020-02-23T16:42:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T00:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.followmeretreat.org\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2020-02-23T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T00:42:11","slug":"important-information-for-the-2020-come-follow-me-mens-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/?p=1714","title":{"rendered":"Important information for the 2020 Come, Follow Me Men&#8217;s Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some very important information for the men&#8217;s retreat.\u00a0 Please read, and call or email us if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Location and time<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 2020 Men&#8217;s Retreat will be held February 28th through March 1st at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Father+Bernard+Youth+Center\/@45.0608546,-122.8049693,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x54bfe2023eddec57:0x3524e4884aff87fe!8m2!3d45.0608508!4d-122.8027806\">Father Bernard Youth Center, 980 S Main St, Mt Angel, OR 97362<\/a>.\u00a0 <strong>Our check-in desk opens at 6:30 pm Friday; please arrive before 7:00 pm. Please eat a good meal prior to your arrival.<\/strong> We will have light snacks available Friday evening but no meal.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Arrival and orientation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is plenty of parking at the Center.\u00a0 Proceed to the main lobby where a retreat team member will greet you and check you in.\u00a0 We recommend you leave your bags in your car until you have checked in.\u00a0 <strong>Orientation will begin at 7:40 pm sharp.<\/strong>\u00a0 At that time we will provide additional details for the retreat schedule.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Accommodations <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We will be using the retreat center dormitory for the two nights of our retreat.\u00a0 You will be assigned a sleeping room, and will have time to settle in and set up your bed. You will be sleeping two to a room; please call or email if you have a specific bunking buddy request.\u00a0 Some rooms can accommodate up to 3 people &#8211; if you are in a group just let us know.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What to bring<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Twin bed linens (bedsheets,\u00a0pillow, blanket or sleeping bag)<br \/>\nBible<br \/>\nJournal &amp; Pen<br \/>\nToiletries<br \/>\nTowel<br \/>\nWater bottle<br \/>\nClothing for two nights<\/p>\n<p>To minimize the costs of the retreat you are expected to bring our own linens.\u00a0 <strong>Please bring your own bedsheets,\u00a0pillow, and blanket for a twin bed, or bring a sleeping bag.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Meals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meals will be provided by the Center.\u00a0 We will have breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday.\u00a0 On Sunday we will have breakfast and a potluck with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Light between meal snacks will be provided along with water, coffee and tea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please call or email If you have any special dietary needs, or any other special needs, that you didn&#8217;t share on your registration form.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Sunday Potluck with wives and family<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At 1:30 pm on Sunday afternoon we will have a potluck reception &amp; celebration with our families.\u00a0 Friends and family, including children, are welcome and should plan on meeting you at the Center cafeteria, just off the main lobby.\u00a0 <strong>Since this is a potluck, please have your family bring a main dish, side dish, or dessert.\u00a0<\/strong>The typical instruction is families with last names starting with A-I bring a main dish, J-R bring a side dish, and S-Z bring dessert.\u00a0 However, if you have a great dish your family wants to share, bring it regardless of your last name!<\/p>\n<p>Our retreat weekend will close at 3:00 pm Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Emergency contact information<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The retreat phone number is 541.525.9310.\u00a0 Please share this with anyone that may need to reach you in case of an emergency.\u00a0 This number accepts voice and text messages.<\/p>\n<p>The entire retreat team looks forward to seeing you.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s all pray for a fulfilling and rewarding retreat!<\/p>\n<p>Blessings,<\/p>\n<p>Ed Diehl<br \/>\nCome, Follow Me Retreats<br \/>\n541.525.9310<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:followmeretreat@gmail.com\">followmeretreat@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some very important information for the men&#8217;s retreat.\u00a0 Please read, and call or email us if you have any questions. Location and time The 2020 Men&#8217;s Retreat will be held February 28th through March 1st at Father Bernard Youth Center, 980 S Main St, Mt Angel, OR 97362.\u00a0 Our check-in desk opens at &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/?p=1714\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Important information for the 2020 Come, Follow Me Men&#8217;s Retreat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mens-retreat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/followmeretreat.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}