Rise Up 2012

Rise Up, our annual youth retreat for senior high students, was a blast! The cabins and lodge rooms were all filled with students and youth leaders from nine different churches. It was packed! Worship was led by Steve  from Prairie Bible Institute and his team, which included a few Evergreen staff. We again welcomed Sid Koop from Lethbridge as our speaker, and he certainly gave the students lots to think about over the weekend.

As usual, it was a very busy weekend, with sessions, activities, and night programming. For the first night, we brought back the extremely popular Cirque de la Groove, but with a few extra circus acts! On Saturday night, campers were once again transported to the South Moscovian airport, and became involved in a Bible smuggling mission to North Moscovia. 

Rise Up is a highlight on Camp Evergreen's calendar, and our staff really love it! Now we have to wait another year for it, but in the meantime, here are some photos from Cirque de la Groove.

Hannah and Fritzi went all out with their costumes!
This picture and the one above show Courtney and Taylor on the mustache
teeter-totter that Taylor worked on. It was a big hit!
Advertising the mustache teeter-totter
Taylor, Krista, and Sienna in their Cirque getups
Moody, Megan, and Matthew are PSYCHED to be at camp!
DJ Ice-Baerg in the house!
Sarah heads up the conga line, and yes, she really can play that ukulele!
We love Cirque de la Groove!

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