Abundant Springs’22 Ontario • Alberta • Manitoba
On May 21, 2022, 13 youth and three leaders from Straffordville EMC and New Life Christian Fellowship joined hosts Travis and Macey Plett and Sarah Barkman at Crieff Hills Retreat Centre for the first-ever Abundant Springs Ontario event. Travis is Young Life Pastor of Heartland Community Church and Sarah is a member of the National Youth Committee (NYC) and a student at Providence Theological Seminary. The day started off well with introductions, ice breakers, and a session with Travis Plett, who introduced us to the theme verses for the day (Acts 2:36-47). These verses describe how the message of Christ pierced the crowds to the heart and their desire was to respond. We also get a glimpse of the church: through Christ and loving him most we take on the role of the church, expressed through devotion to Christ, fellowship of the community, and transformation of sinners into saints. Following the session, we played games in the big field outside the meeting room. As we headed for lunch, a massive storm rolled through the area. While the heavy rain and wind only lasted for 45 minutes, the storm knocked out power for the rest of the day. Despite the power outage, we enjoyed
10 The Messenger • July/August 2022
MACEY PLETT
Ontario
