This idea can be passed out to your families to do at home during Holy Week or you can work it into your Holy Week Lock-in.  A kitchen and an overnight time is required. 

A retreat for teens and their parents which did not include all the electronic noise of today's culture.

One of my son’s favorite books is “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstien. If you have never read it, I highly recommend it. It’s the story of a little boy and a tree that loved each other very much. They would play together, spend time together and enjoy each other’s company. The boy would climb the tree’s trunk, swing on her branches, eat her apples and sit in her shade.

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Welcome to the Retreats/Lock-Ins Resource. These are a vital part of youth ministry and with some creative tweaking parents can become a part of them.  Not as food providers and chaperones (but that extra help is welcomed) but also as another time for both to have faith experiences together.  What are your ideas?