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Counselors

Counselors for the retreat will have several freshmen in their family group that they lead in conversation pertaining to the different sessions, typical freshman issues, and how to be a disciple of Christ on campus. They will be paired with another counselor and their family group will meet together for the majority of the retreat. Counselors seek both to be a blessing to them at the retreat by helping them prepare to start college rooted in Christ, but they also seek to walk alongside their freshmen through their freshman year - it's not just about a few days together, it's about a life lived faithfully for Jesus on campus and everyday thereafter.

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CREW

The CREW is the team working behind the scenes to make everything happen. â€‹The role of CREW will involve Connecting with freshmen in various ways and helping them connect with others to have a strong Christ-centered community as they start college. Next it will involve Relying on the Lord in big ways as our CREW is the core of our prayer team during the retreat as well. Then we want CREW members to have eyes to see how to serve and work behind the scenes in order to Enrich the lives of freshmen attending. And finally you will Work on crew - setting up, cleaning up, serving, etc - but it will be incredibly fun and rewarding work because you know the impact it's making.

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Worship Team

The Praise Team is a group of staff members who will lead worship during the retreat, including the Tech Team, which will manage the audio and visual during the main sessions.

 

This team sees the honor in leading incoming freshmen, and our retreat staff as a whole, in worshiping the Lord through song.

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Leadership

The leadership team for the retreat leads in cultivating a staff of counselors and CREW members as well as finalizing the logistics and details that make the retreat come together. The different roles on the team work on various aspects of the retreat to set the table well to welcome incoming freshmen into a unified body of Christ on campus and in your city. This team works with the vision of helping freshmen start off college by being firmly rooted in Christ, connected to Christ-centered community, being able to learn from others who have gone before them and lived for Christ in college, and sending them to their campus as missionaries and not just consumers.

Staff Roles

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The Bridge Retreat is a ministry of The Oaks Collaborative. Contributions are solicited with the understanding that The Oaks Collaborative has complete discretion and control over the use of all donated funds. The Oaks Collaborative and any program of The Oaks Collaborative is not endorsed by, directly affiliated with, or in any way officially connected with any institution of higher education, including universities or colleges, or with any other company or non-profit organization.
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