August 27, 2016 - One Day Spiritual Retreat for Leaders - "What is Your Net Worth?"

Today, TNF Torrance held our annual One Day Spiritual Retreat for Leaders. 

This event was for our members age 16+ and the theme this year was "What is Your Net Worth?" In preparation for the coming school year, we want to remind ourselves about what is important in our service and renew our faith. We welcomed our current and future leaders to experience a day of self-reflection and discussion to talk about our gifts as children of God. 

We had several presenters including So Thanh (DMTG), Cha Long, Cha Hoai Chuong, Thay Pho Te Long, and our own HTs Anh Peter and Chi Diana. The day was spent exploring society's definition of net worth compared to God's definition of net worth. As Catholics, what ideas of net worth should we hold most important? We talked about what our God-given talents are and how to use them in our work as fishers of men. As young people, there are often no easy answers to these ideas but we want to continually recognize that we are all different and have many things to offer to God and our world.

One the short and simple ideas of the day: love yourself!

We hope that our participants were able to bond and have a great time throughout this retreat. More importantly, we hope that you were able to learn, be challenged, and grow from this experience.

Keep an eye out for Peter's Pickles for more on the discussion of "What is Your Net Worth?"!

- Chi Pauline

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RE: One-Day Spiritual Leadership Retreat

This past weekend on Saturday, August 30, TNF Torrance held our One-Day Spiritual Leadership Retreat for prospective leaders and well as our current leaders.

This year's theme was: Who do the crowds say I am? (Lk 9:18)
This verse is in reference to when Jesus asks His disciples who they think He is. We are followers of Jesus but how you live your life as His students also depends on your perspective. What kind of cross do you take up? Who do you think Jesus is?  

The event took place at our Ministry Center from 9 AM - 6 PM with 18 participants and 5 guest speakers. We had a full day of fun but also many learning experiences and moments of reflection.

We began the day with prayers and a short introduction to the purpose of the retreat. Then we headed outside for some fun warm up activities. Chị Britnee lead the group in a few rounds of a game called "Bird and Perch" well as "Body Parts" and "French Charades". By the end of the games we were comfortable and ready to learn.

Our speakers included Fr. Long, Anh Long, Fr. Hoang, TNF Torrance HT's (Brenda, Lucy, & Pauline), Deacon Long, and Linda. There were a range of topics such as Motivation, Priority Management, What it takes to be a Spiritual Leader, Love & Devotion, Reconciliation, and the theme, Who do the crowds say I am? (Lk 9:18). Each session was about an hour and included a variety of activities such as demonstrations, discussions, and reflections. 

Something fun we did was our Questions Box. Throughout the day, participants could put in questions for our speakers or to anyone else in the room. There were some silly questions, such as "What is your favorite boba drink? What do you think your best physical feature is?" and also some serious questions such as "Do you ever get scared about TNF? How do you deal with it?" 

At the end of the day, we were full of new ideas. We learned, we bonded, we laughed, and we cried. Looking back, we feel happy, motivated, and revitalized for the new year of TNF. 

We can certainly answer the question: Who do you think Jesus is?


Chị Pauline
Ðoàn Trưởng 
TNF Torrance

*Special thanks to our guest speakers for your continuous support and dedication to TNF and our future leaders. Big thank you to those of you that helped organize the event. We also extend thanks to those of you that participated in this event for your positivity and devotion to learning. Best wishes to all of you and God bless! 

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One-Day Spiritual Leadership Retreat

Summer is a time to relax and have fun but also a time to think and prepare for the next school year, especially for all of our youth leaders. We have a long year ahead of us (it's also our 25 year anniversary this year!) and we want to stay as enthusiastic and passionate about our work as much as possible.

TNF Torrance will be holding a One Day Spiritual Leadership Retreat for our youth leaders at the end of the month. There are many great guest speakers for this event such as our parish priest as well as other TNF leaders. The purpose of this retreat is to prepare our youth leaders as well as potential leader candidates to be great religious role models and get them excited for the coming year.

The theme of this retreat is: Who do the crowds say I am? Lk 9:18

We follow Jesus where He leads us and we want to take up our own crosses. But where does He lead us? What is the cross that we will take up? Who do you say Jesus is?

If you have been selected to attend this retreat, please RSVP on Facebook by Saturday, August 23.
We hope you can make it!

Chị Pauline
Ðoàn Trưởng 
TNF Torrance

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