Contributed by Alicia Kuhlmann
On June 15th and 16th, the CARP and HARP chapters in Salt Lake City, Utah hosted a two-day retreat focusing on the theme, One Family Under God.
Several participants of the retreat roast marshmallows around the fire pit before joining in a devotional song session.
(L to R) Jin-won, Jin-Hyung, & Masao smile after catching a fish at Deer Creek Reservoir.
The retreat included college, high school and middle school-aged participants with the local Utah Family Church at Deer Creek Reservoir. They enjoyed activities like boating, fishing and an evening devotional that helped them to reconnect with Heavenly Parent.
On Sunday morning, the Vice President of HARP Utah, You-won Hwang, led the participants in a morning reading from CARP Founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s autobiography about choosing and leading a principled life as a young adult.
Eun-young Hwang gives a lecture for the retreat.
Participants then received a lecture given by Eun-young Hwang, the local HARP president, on the topic: Find Your Purpose, Change Your Life. Many felt inspired to challenge themselves to deepen their relationship with God.
Yeon-su Hwang shares her personal testimony from her experience on GPA.
Following this, Yeon-su Hwang, a current Generation Peace Academy (GPA) missionary, gave a testimony conveying the message “The more it hurts, the more you should love”.
Meal time!
Boating with the participants.
Finally, participants received a lecture from Alicia Kuhlmann, local CARP President, discussing Life Long Goals Worth Living For. Her talk included the activity Touch Someone Who, leaving many deeply emotionally touched and helped build stronger brother/sister relationships.
(Top L to R) Akito, Ai-ju, Masao and Alicia pose while flying a kite during the scavenger hunt.
Several activities, including an extreme scavenger hunt and creating a gratitude message for the participant's fathers for Father’s Day, were included in the workshop.
Participants close the workshop in a song and representative prayer.
The retreat closed with a prayer session and with each participant stating his determination for the coming school year.
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