Blizzard 2024 is our high school winter retreat hosted at Muskoka Woods. This year’s speaker features Tammy Giffen with Life Support as our worship team. Why join on February 9-11? This is an epic retreat with 500+ high school students from churches across Ontario and Quebec gathering in the Muskokas. Your church will be one of 4 teams converging in Muskoka for an 40 hours of fun, worship and learning
Avalanche 2024 is our jr. high winter retreat hosted at Muskoka Woods. This year’s speaker features Jason Persaud with Sanctus Worship as our worship team. Why join on January 19-21? This is an epic retreat with 400+ jr. highs from churches across Ontario and Quebec gathering in the Muskokas. Your church will be one of 4 teams converging in Muskoka for an 40 hours of fun, worship and learning in
This past weekend was our 23rd year of Blizzard, the first in-person since 2020. Lisa Pak drew us into the stories of Joseph, Daniel and Esther. Life Support drew us into God's presence through worship. A key focus this weekend was the concept of journey: with God, with friends and with trusted mentors. The intersection of our lives with one another centralizes in Christ and connects with various people
Blizzard 2023 is our high school winter retreat hosted at Muskoka Woods. This year’s speaker features Lisa Pak (with Finishing The Task (FTT) Global Strategist). Life Support will be returning to lead worship. Why join on February 10-12? This will be the first in-person retreat we've hosted since February 2020. Your church will be one of 4 teams converging in Muskoka for an epic weekend of fun, worship and learning
Avalanche 2023 is our jr. high winter retreat hosted at Muskoka Woods. This year’s speaker features Karra Busse. Why join on January 20-22? This will be the first in-person retreat we've hosted since January 2020. Your church will be one of 4 teams converging in Muskoka for an epic weekend of fun, worship and learning in God's word. We hope you'll join us on this "Roadtrip" where faith, life and
We are excited to be hosting our 22nd high school winter retreat: BLIZZARD! Due to changing circumstances, we’re hosting a satellite retreat where your group can choose to join us in your own in-person gathering or as a group online. This year, we're making Blizzard FREE! (If you'd like to help offset our expenses, feel free to e-transfer to donation@baptist.ca or online with pw "youth2000"; just include "Blizzard 2022" in
Almost 500 jr. high students and leaders converged on Muskoka Woods this past weekend for our 18th Avalanche retreat. While everything didn't always go according to plan, here were some key highlights: Our Friday night began with a "bang" (see the end of the video to the right). Students were challenged with key life questions like, "Do they want to pursue Jesus as their greatest hope?" and "How will
Avalanche is more than just a weekend retreat – it is often a life changing experience for many students. It is a chance for junior high students to join with 500 other young Canadian Baptists and see that they are not alone in their journey towards Jesus. Through high quality small group experiences, musical worship and engaging teaching, we aim to inspire your students, whether Christians or not, to begin
It's been less than 12 hours since all students, leaders and staff left Muskoka Woods. For 40 hours, we went from -25'C weather on Friday night to a "balmy" +2'C on Sunday. In fact, half the snow was sliding off the Music Hall. In that time, we've heard stories of many students seriously considering how God views them in light of what was shared. Chris Tompkins, our speaker, challenged "You're
