Posted by Heath in Hey Y’all!
I so enjoyed seeing you all at the alumni retreat! And enjoyed
visiting, sharing, and worshiping with you. Byron Hall shared all the
photos he took over the weekend and I’ve emailed them to Heath. Heath
will place all the pictures we send him on the alumni website in the
photo gallery under the community tab. Remember, it’s www.auwesleyalumni.org
. The pictures aren’t there yet . . .please send any good pictures
you took of alumni & families to webmaster@auwesleyalumni.org.
I’d also like to hear constructive criticism from you about the
weekend. Your comments will not be shared with your name with
anyone. I will save them anonymously in a file, to be used in
planning for the next retreats, so tell me what was good or bad or
just what might be different next time. Change can be very good!
Here are some possible things to think about:
Structure – Childcare – Spiritual Growth Content – Music/Worship – Food
Were the sessions too long?
Do we have the right number of sessions?
Do you wish we had more meals included?
Did we have enough free time?
Was it too structured or too loose?
What can encourage more to come?
Did non-Wesley spouses feel included?
Is it helpful to have a hotel set up? Other hotel suggestions?
Childcare? Good? Bad? Other?
Do you have suggestions to make our next experience together different
and as meaningful?
We’re considering having groups by the years you were active at Wesley
next time?
Did you feel connected enough with the current Wesley ministry?
Would you like time that you can schedule to go into . . . the black
hole (aka David’s office)?
Suggestions for who to contact as a speaker?
Suggestions specifically for the next speaker?
Suggestions for worship together?
Next retreat – Beach Retreat, summer of 2010 – - – - suggestions on
location or on timing? Thinking about June right now, but that means
a new location.
Next Auburn Retreat – Winter of 2012 – - – - was mid-February good?
(there’s no perfect time, though. I’ve learned that!)
Next Fall . . . would you like specific football weekends to target
specific decades? Or maybe getting the message boards (under the
community tab) going on the alumni website (under the community tab)
will get friends knowing when other friends will be in Auburn. We
need to get that networking working better! Remember to contact me if
you don’t know your password for cmist or the message board. They are
one and the same.
